Murder in Capote's "In Cold Blood"

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This paper discusses and reviews the book, "In Cold Blood," a true story about the murders of a family in Holcomb, Kansas, written by Truman Capote. It describes the events surrounding the murders and the investigation and looks at the impact that the murders had on the town of Holcomb. The paper discusses how Capote portrays the experiences of those involved with the family and the investigation.

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"He spent roughly six years being forced to be obsessed with this case. He came to know Alvin Dewey as a personal friend, as well as his wife. He took time out of his own life to sit with Perry in his prison cell in Lansing for years, and convinced people to pay for legal help for both Perry and Dick. People often mistake what he did as him wanting them to live, when really he only wanted answers. He wanted to know the why behind the why. "Why did you really kill them when there was no absolute reason to?" Truman dealt with the human dimensions of this case more than any other person involved, because he actually cared about the lives of the Clutters and the lives of Dick and Perry. He cared so much that upon the request by Perry, we witnessed the execution of both Perry and Dick. He later stated that the execution was the worst thing that he had to ever endure and he would forever be haunted by it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Deigh, John. Ethics, Vol. 105, No. 4. Pgs. 743-763. The University of Chicago Press, 1995,
• Levine, Paul. The Hudson Review, Vol. 19, No. 1. Pgs. 135-138. The Hudson Review Inc., 1966.

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