In Cold Blood written by Truman Capote is novel were most of the readers that read the book, have to think more than enjoy. The novel is about a murder of four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas who were murdered by two men, which go by the names of Perry Smith and Dick Hickok. Throughout the novel Capote builds a relationship with one of the murderers, Perry Smith. The way Capote structured his book was that every chapter had a different character point of view, one being the town and the other being the murderers. Capote broke down his novel into 4 parts. The first part talks about the town and the people. The second part talks about the murderers and who they are. The third part talks about the actual murder and what really happened. And then Capote wraps everything up in the last part, which is the part readers find out the real truth behind the murder and the novel itself. The language Capote uses throughout the novel helps the readers realize that you can use imaginative writing with some journalistic reporting, so he wrote a nonfiction book with a little twist. Capote made sure that his readers understood the text and felt the text because he didn’t want them to treat this novel like any ordinary novel. The reason being is because; Capote manipulates reader’s minds by using different point of views, historical, biographical and psychological by utilizing the tone very well. The town of Holcomb wasn’t big at all, according to the article City of Holcomb, Kansas in 1950 there were about 270 residents that lived there. The town was so small; everyone knew everyone that lived there and their information. The news came out pretty fast once the Clutter family was murdered. The way the book was formatted was, in part I Capote gives us descriptions that make images in our head to show how the town was like. Capote literally summed up the town in only 3 pages. Capote is already starting the manipulation in the first part by
In Cold Blood written by Truman Capote is novel were most of the readers that read the book, have to think more than enjoy. The novel is about a murder of four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas who were murdered by two men, which go by the names of Perry Smith and Dick Hickok. Throughout the novel Capote builds a relationship with one of the murderers, Perry Smith. The way Capote structured his book was that every chapter had a different character point of view, one being the town and the other being the murderers. Capote broke down his novel into 4 parts. The first part talks about the town and the people. The second part talks about the murderers and who they are. The third part talks about the actual murder and what really happened. And then Capote wraps everything up in the last part, which is the part readers find out the real truth behind the murder and the novel itself. The language Capote uses throughout the novel helps the readers realize that you can use imaginative writing with some journalistic reporting, so he wrote a nonfiction book with a little twist. Capote made sure that his readers understood the text and felt the text because he didn’t want them to treat this novel like any ordinary novel. The reason being is because; Capote manipulates reader’s minds by using different point of views, historical, biographical and psychological by utilizing the tone very well. The town of Holcomb wasn’t big at all, according to the article City of Holcomb, Kansas in 1950 there were about 270 residents that lived there. The town was so small; everyone knew everyone that lived there and their information. The news came out pretty fast once the Clutter family was murdered. The way the book was formatted was, in part I Capote gives us descriptions that make images in our head to show how the town was like. Capote literally summed up the town in only 3 pages. Capote is already starting the manipulation in the first part by