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    characters that have more similarities to each other than differences. They describe a tall and masculine fellow who follows the orders of their smaller and more bright individual. The perception is that Capote created these characters but his novel‚ “In Cold Blood‚” the character’s Perry Edwards Smith and Richard (Dick) Eugene Hickock are real people. That is why Capote’s book is considered a nonfiction novel. On the other hand‚ John Steinbeck writes the book‚ “Of Mice and Men‚” which is about what it means

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    1. In the novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ based on a true story‚ there is no one main character. There is actually two main characters. The two main characters are the killers of the Clutter family‚ Mr. Perry Edward Smith‚ and Mr. Richard Eugene Hickock. These two men murdered the Clutter family for some money‚ which in total was about $40. They decided to leave no witness to this gruesome crime. Mr. Perry Edward Smith is one of the main characters in this novel. One of the conflicts Smith

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    Khaqhovia Lee Ms.Bolle IB English November 18‚ 2012 The Clutter’s death fades as time disperses the clouds of darkness‚ revealing winds of prosperity. Within the frigid pages of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ death haunts the living as time sways through the air. A reunion between Dewey and Susan Kidwell‚ portrays the endless chain of life and death‚ as the waves of turmoil of the Clutter family’s death to the execution the murderers. Fields of wheat wave to the dead and the blue sky protecting

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    Jazmin Castro Mrs. Clement AP Language and Composition‚ Period 7 10 April 2014 Entry 1‚ page 5 “But afterward the townspeople‚ theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors‚ found fantasy re-creating them over and over again—those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely‚ and as strangers.” I found this quote to be a sad truth. It is

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    In the outsiders‚ violence was a commonly occurring theme. The Socs‚ the highest social class‚ and the greasers‚ the lowest class‚ are always going at it. It is a common thing in their everyday life for them to be at each others throat. Johny gets jumped‚ and Pony too. Most is ok‚ until the night someone takes it to far. Violence is never the answer. Early on‚ one night after Pony ran away‚ because Darry hit him‚ Pony and Johny ran to the park. When they get there‚ they come to find the Socs

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    Outsiders‚ violence is depicted in numerous ways. The Greasers and Socials use violence towards one another regularly in the story. For instance‚ the story begins with a group of Socials jumping a Greaser. However‚ the author tries to convey to the reader why violence is never the answer. In the text‚ she attempts to get through to the reader that violence does not resolve anything for both groups. By trying to explicate this through the text‚ she conveys to the reader how violence is the theme of the

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    Great stories and poems have many literary elements that make them captivating. An element that many authors use is violence because it doesn’t exist for its own sake. It exists to show a relationship between two different people and help give the hero a chance to prove himself in battle. In the poem Beowulf‚ Violence is used in many scenes throughout the book. This Violence is shown especially when Beowulf fights Grendel and Grendel’s mother because of the way the author describes the battle

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    Alternatives to Violence History 12 “Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” John F. Kennedy September 25‚ 1961 The Cold War‚ which took place between 1945 and 1989‚ has been the event in which the two superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union directly threatened each other with nuclear weapons‚ almost bringing “an end to mankind”. All those that offered explanations during and after the Cold War have been classified

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    Capote’s own dealings with the residents of Holcomb and Garden City. Here‚ also‚ Capote compares the landscape to that of ancient Greece‚ indicating that the story contained in these pages has larger significance as an examination of timeless human themes. “This hitherto peaceful congregation of neighbors and old friends had suddenly to endure the unique experience of distrusting each other; understandably‚ they believed that the murderer was among themselves.” pg. 88 The Clutter killings wreak

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    idyll is abruptly and arbitrarily shattered by two petty criminals. The American dream is fragile‚ and it only functions if marginal people (ex-cons) are not present.” http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/incoldblood/section10.rhtml A second theme of In Cold Blood is the randomness of crime. The Clutter family lived in rural Kansas hundreds of miles from a major city‚ and people of this small community felt a sense of security. The Clutter family murder made national headlines because this crime fit

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