Post by aliviasteffen on Nov 15, 2014 13:33:00 GMT
With this book, Truman has been credited with developing a new genre of writing: "literary non-fiction." What might that term mean, and how does In Cold Blood differ from straight crime reporting? Why did Capote create the kind of story he did, and what is its impact on the reader of this new approach?
-This term is a genre of writing that is written as a true story, but is also meant to entertain you and keep you interested in the story even though you already know what's going to happen. Capote writes this story in many perspectives, those of the killers', those of the the Clutter family before they die, and those of the other characters in the book. He shows how everyone in this situation is a part of it and how it impacted their lives. Capote went undercover, basically, and recieved inside information on this case to write about it, and he writes it in a way where it's still suspenseful and exciting to read with literary devices such as imagery or differing point of view. In a crime report, you only recieve bare minimum information, and it's given to you in a way that isn't made to be suspenseful, or exciting because it's such a serious situation. And you don't get the inside information like you do in In Cold Blood, such as the killers' involvement and impacts on the neighborhood. I think that Capote wrote his book this way so that people would read it and be intrigued and want to keep reading, even though the story is already known about the Clutters. Giving all this inside information, such as the killers' experiences through this can end up making you feel bad for them, even though you don't want to feel bad for them since they had done something so awful. You feel weird for feeling bad for the killers' and I think that's what Capote wanted to make the reader feel like by using literary elements-he makes you feel a certain way that you can't really feel in a crime report that doesn't use these tactics, they're just there to give you the story. Capote also used tactic to keep the reader involved and interested in his book, to keep the reader wanting to read and I've found that with myself as I continue to read this book.
-This term is a genre of writing that is written as a true story, but is also meant to entertain you and keep you interested in the story even though you already know what's going to happen. Capote writes this story in many perspectives, those of the killers', those of the the Clutter family before they die, and those of the other characters in the book. He shows how everyone in this situation is a part of it and how it impacted their lives. Capote went undercover, basically, and recieved inside information on this case to write about it, and he writes it in a way where it's still suspenseful and exciting to read with literary devices such as imagery or differing point of view. In a crime report, you only recieve bare minimum information, and it's given to you in a way that isn't made to be suspenseful, or exciting because it's such a serious situation. And you don't get the inside information like you do in In Cold Blood, such as the killers' involvement and impacts on the neighborhood. I think that Capote wrote his book this way so that people would read it and be intrigued and want to keep reading, even though the story is already known about the Clutters. Giving all this inside information, such as the killers' experiences through this can end up making you feel bad for them, even though you don't want to feel bad for them since they had done something so awful. You feel weird for feeling bad for the killers' and I think that's what Capote wanted to make the reader feel like by using literary elements-he makes you feel a certain way that you can't really feel in a crime report that doesn't use these tactics, they're just there to give you the story. Capote also used tactic to keep the reader involved and interested in his book, to keep the reader wanting to read and I've found that with myself as I continue to read this book.
