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In Cold Blood By Truman Capote
2,064 wordsIN COLD BLOOD BY TRUMAN CAPOTE IN COLD BLOOD by TRUMAN CAPOTE On the night of November 15, 1959, in the little town of Holcomb, Kansas, Herbert W. Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and their teen-aged children, Nancy and Kenyon, were savagely murdered in their home by blasts from a shotgun held inches from their faces. wrote E. Fremont-Smith in his Books of the Times (10 January, 1966). Herbert Clutter was found in the basement, his throat also slashed; Bonnie and Nancy were in their bedrooms; Kenyon h...
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Truman Capote Cold Blood
2,364 wordsTruman Capote is one of the greatest authors of all time. He was born in 1924 and died in 1984. Since his early childhood, he has written many books and he has won many prizes and awards. Many people say that In Cold Blood was Capotes best work. In this book, Capote writes a carefully detailed account of the murder of the Clutter family. In this detailed account, Capote follows the Clutter family's subsequent adventures, which include the murders, the arrest, trial, and executions of the murdere...
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One Of The Men Truman Capote
1,175 wordsIn Cold Blood I didnt want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat. (p. 110) These are the words spoken by Perry Smith, one of the men who on November the 15 th, 1959 killed the four members of the Clutter household. In Cold Blood, a nonfiction novel by Truman Capote tells just what happened on the days before and after the murder of the Clutters. Right up until the time the two murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hic...
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Dick And Perry Nancy
1,679 words" In Cold Blood" summary Many times, people can find themselves thinking that nothing can hurt them. Things such as car accidents and robberies are all too common. Who would think to worry of such things as murder? No one would until something happens to wake everyone up, such as in Truman Capote? s " In Cold Blood" . The book describes the almost unthinkable act of murder in a small town setting. The novel is about the events and people surrounding the brutal slaying of the ...
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Perry Smith Cold Blooded
2,014 wordsPerry Smith: The Serene Man with the Explosive Temper Perry Smith is perhaps the nicest, most gentle-hearted man Ive ever met in my life. If he and I were to have met under different circumstances, I would never have hazarded a guess that this kind man could be a cold-blooded killer. Hes such a gentle man that it startles me to think that a man such as he would ever so much as touch a hair on a human head. However, it is the story of his past that lends credence to the fact that he slaughtered f...
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