... non-fiction read like fiction. Capote is a pioneer with this type of style, very few writers before him had ventured into this formally forbidden land. His pioneered work, In Cold Blood, is described as being "A new literary form that trumpeted the advance publicists", that many will come to praise and denounce (French 929). He captivated readers and critics with ... , even in his nonfiction novel, are described by Alfred Kazin: "Yet with all these effects of In Cold Blood on Capote, the book itself goes back to the strains behind all Capote's work: a home and family destroyed within a ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock were convicted of murdering the entire Clutter Family. When proven guilty, both Perry and Dick were sentenced to death. Though ... as his mother had then said, Perry tried to run away from his mother. She had then send poor Perry to a Catholic orphanage. There, Perry was mercilessly beat by nuns who punished him for small things like wetting his bed. After such an experience, Perry began to resent nuns, religion and God, altogether. He was kicked out ... of the Catholic orphanage and sent "somewhere worseA chil...

• Word Count: 1251
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood, he recounts the gruesome murder of a well respected Kansas family. The Clutter's lived in the small town of Holcomb where Herbert W. Clutter was a successful farmer. He was known for being an honest and fair man with ... background of the killers which allows the reader to understand how they evolved into murderers. Richard Hickock and Perry Smith both suffered from mental illness caused by their pasts; although they were guilty of the crime, putting them to death was unjust because of their mental health and because they were deprived of ... 't effecti...

• Word Count: 2417
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... would not have been sitting there if he had the money to buy a better lawyer, which is an all to common occurrence and injustice in the US judicial system. Instead he was appointed a lawyer given to him by the state who had never preformed a murder trial before. Sister Prejeans character was really incredible, as she took allot of flak from the victims ... is much more important than the prior criminal record of the defendant or the actual circumstances of crime. The death penalty is by far the most severe of all sentences. It has been banned in many countries around the world, but in t...

• Word Count: 2281
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School