Week 4

[lauraboehm]

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?

"Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives." Capote has developed this new genre that utilizes literary styles and techniques to specifically differ from straight crime reporting in order to show the reader a different perspective on the murder crime from what society has originally always shown the audience when analyzing murder crimes. In Cold Blood differs from straight crime reporting because the author utilizes emotional appeals on the audience, differentiating tones toward the murders, the author's bias towards Perry, and other literary techniques to tell the factual story of an actual murder crime while a crime report is just a report with straight facts and contains no bias towards anyone.

[yovanivelasquez]

I would have to disagree on you with the media not having bias. The media is one of the most biased based stories that only focus on the crime. Nothing else, while they do not evoke the defendant's more appealing side, their goal is to inform you of the incident but get you to feel anger towards them. If they showed his more sweet side, you could very possibly be more sided with the criminal's side.