In Cold Blood

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about the criminals (Reed 107). In order to write this book, Capote had to compile years of research, mounds of tapes and endless interviews (Magill 51). Capote wanted to write this book in a way so that the murder was known almost as gruesome as it was. Truman Capote made significant contributions to American Literature in the mid twentieth century, especially by portraying the murder case as being inhumane, unnecessary, and without motivation throughout the novel . Truman Capote was an author with a well diversified background. From his birth, Capote always thirsted for fame (Gale 13). However, it was not always the kind of fame that he wanted. Capote's life became public knowledge (Gale 1). His troubled childhood was even a factor in the media. When looking back on his childhood, Capote associated his mother with emotional neglect and his father with leaving the family. Even though he had a rough childhood, Truman always excelled in school, especially in English classes. From ...

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had one last great book which was Answered Prayers. Capote then began a short decline downhill, because of his writer's block and failing health. Capote then passed away in 1984 and the cover was closed on a great career. was a book written on a true account of the murder's of the Clutter family of Holcomb County in Kansas. The book starts out describing the setting and the family. The descriptions reveal the Clutter family as being a happy go-lucky family, with everything going for them. Capote then switches his point of view, and describes the murderer's and their plan for the attack on the Clutter household. The Clutter family is going about their normal way of life, while Perry ...

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