Final Forums Questions

[jeffstrickley]

1.)I believe a real crime story has more of a chilling effect on the reader because the thought that it actually happened makes you question humanity. You go through the whole thing thinking "OMG I can't believe that actually happened!" The same thing applies to any movies that tell a real story. Most people go to Google search the real story to see what all in the movie was actually true. Violent-Fiction still leaves a crazy "OMG" effect, however you don't get that same "It was real" feeling in your stomach.

2.) I loved where the book ended. I love character backstory, especially if the characters were real people. It makes you feel kind of bad for Dick and Perry. However a terrible childhood still doesn't justify murdering a family. I don't think the book would have been as good if it ended sooner, because all of the tension and character build-up made us keep wondering when they were finally going to be caught and what their court punishment was going to be.

3.) I believe the last words of Dick and Perry showed that they both knew they deserved what they were getting. However Dick wholeheartedly accepted what was coming to him, especially since he said he holds nothing against the state for this and then shaking the four KBI officers' hands. Perry however states that he doesn't believe in the death penalty, showing that he doesn't think anything is bad enough to deserve death as a punishment. But he still apologizes after sobering up before he is hanged. Both characters felt like they had finally reached the end of their roads.

4.) No I think Capote speaks through Perry by saying to the audience that he is opposed to the death penalty.

[catschnier]

I agree with your third answer. I feel that the two answers given by them both fit their personalities, and their actions within the crime.

[oliviawhite]

I agree with you. Story lines that are based on a true story effect the reader more than one  that is simply made up. When i watch a movie or read a book that is based on a true story, my emotions are heightened, making the story more dramatic and personal. I also really liked your point on about how the real and true story makes peopel question humanity allowing for the authors point to be made more clearly. 

[summerbalser]

I agree with you both, Catherine and Olivia. People are all very different in their own ways and all handle things in their own ways. Both Perry and Dick's last words resembled things that fit with their personalities