Week #(four)

[kevonohanlon]

Literary Non-Fiction was created by Truman Capote, with his novel In Cold Blood; this style of writing uses real events and factual evidence to tell a story, while at the same time uses literary elements to pursued the reader to some unstated claim. ICB uses interviews and primary accounts to tell the story of the murder of the Clutter family. The author, however, uses literary elements like foreshadowing, tone, and imagery to depict the voice and point of view of the suspects, Perry and Dick. Where as straight crime reporting states only facts, like the crime scene conditions and autopsies of the victims, in a concise and simple manor, Capote gives his personal opinion on the subject. His claim, although unstated, is depicted because of how he reports the point of view of the criminals and how they, as well as the rest of Holcomb, feel about the murder of the Clutter family. In traditional crime reporting, the "opinions" of those involved are not included, as they create bias toward one verdict over the other, especial not the opinion of the criminal.         

[Ashley]

The only part I disagree with with what Kevon said, is that I do not believe that there is much foreshadowing involved because Capote is so unpredictable in what he actually feels and jumps around a lot throughout the book. One point you think he hates Dick and Perry for what they did, and the next moment he tries to make the audience feel sympathy for them. I do agree that Capote gives a lot of his opinion throughout which separates his writing from crime reporting. He throughly describes the feelings that the characters are feeling which makes me more intrigued personally. I think that also makes the reader feel uncomfortable when reading because usually when you read a book you are usually able to predict what is going to happen, or you are able to tell what the authors feelings are towards something, but capotes.. you can't.