they want through hard work, which is shown in In Cold Blood. Although this is true, the Dream can go wrong anytime and can end up working against the expected. This theme is apparent in Capote’s book, as it is what happens to the Clutter family, and the murderers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. Both the Clutters and the murderers experience unexpected turns in their road to the American Dream. The text employs the Dream by showing how it can
question: why did he care so much about this particular case, these people, and even the killers. Perry Smith and Richard Hickock; the killers that committed the crime were thoroughly interviewed by Capote, some people even say he formed a relationship with Mr. Perry Smith. Perhaps it was because Mr. Smith was even considered to be an outsider himself (Richard). When Capote was left alone to interview Smith, Capote even opened up to him about his past and then later stated, “Were not so different as
Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood embodies a novel-esque style by using rhetorical strategies to bring a true criminal account to life. In an early excerpt from the work, Capote highlights sixteen-year-old Nancy Clutter’s character on the eve of her gruesome murder. Capote cleverly characterizes Nancy throughout this passage in order to build a stark contrast between her innocent, kind qualities and the reckless insanity of her murderers, as well as to build sentiment for her short-lived adolescence
Truman Capote was one of the most famous writers in American literature. As a child, he rarely saw his parents and was often left alone. Truman had always known he wanted to be a writer. When he was four, he taught himself to read, at age eight was learning to write, and wrote his first short story when he was ten. Two of his most famous works are In Cold Blood (1966) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958). Breakfast at Tiffany’s was later made into a movie which has become an American classic. Truman