Post by danpeale on Nov 1, 2014 16:33:22 GMT
1) Why is there a fascination with true crime in America? In what ways does In Cold Blood provide insight into the nature of American crime and how we react to it?
Well the reason that I think that there is a fascination with true crime in America is for the same reasons that haunted houses are such a big attraction. This reason is that Americans have a natural curiosity towards anything we don't understand, such as the motive for crimes or the occult. True crime provides us both with the elements of mystery and intrigue that fictional crime brings, and the knowledge that what the story is about actually happened simply magnifies the intrigue in our eyes. As soon as that intrigue is attached to a specific person, they will never shed that burden. For instance, if Casey Anthony moved into your neighborhood, you would be angry even though she was found innocent. In Cold Blood provides the criminal's point of view on the crimes, which either the American public is never exposed to, or we only take it as a guilty person trying to avoid punishment. It also shows how the exposure to an incredible amount of fictional crime has changed our lives in such a way so that as soon as crime touches our lives, we lose all common sense and rationally based perceptions and our deepest fears are ignited by the mere possibility that we could know such a depraved criminal. This is how In Cold Blood provides insight into the nature of American crime
Well the reason that I think that there is a fascination with true crime in America is for the same reasons that haunted houses are such a big attraction. This reason is that Americans have a natural curiosity towards anything we don't understand, such as the motive for crimes or the occult. True crime provides us both with the elements of mystery and intrigue that fictional crime brings, and the knowledge that what the story is about actually happened simply magnifies the intrigue in our eyes. As soon as that intrigue is attached to a specific person, they will never shed that burden. For instance, if Casey Anthony moved into your neighborhood, you would be angry even though she was found innocent. In Cold Blood provides the criminal's point of view on the crimes, which either the American public is never exposed to, or we only take it as a guilty person trying to avoid punishment. It also shows how the exposure to an incredible amount of fictional crime has changed our lives in such a way so that as soon as crime touches our lives, we lose all common sense and rationally based perceptions and our deepest fears are ignited by the mere possibility that we could know such a depraved criminal. This is how In Cold Blood provides insight into the nature of American crime