Blog # 4: Text Connections
The novel, In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, was written to illustrate the nature of violence in America. The story of the Clutter massacre is just one on a long list of murders in America. From O.J. Simpson to Jeffrey Dahmer to Gary Ridgway, the history of American violence has left a gruesome trail. All of the murderers were psychotic, they all left evidence that they thought they’d covered, and they were all mass murderers. Perry and Dick left shoeprints at the scene of the crime and they left a live witness. O.J. Simpson also left behind footprints and hairs and fibers. Jeffrey Dahmer and Gary Ridgway both left behind DNA evidence. All of the murderers killed more than one person and they all killed in a different way. These wide ranges of homicides are just a few examples of the many that America has seen. Truman Capote incorporates this connection to show the injustices that happen everyday. He describes the murder of the Clutter family in such detail to illustrate the severity of American violence.
I am fond of the text connection that you made because it shows what book may bring notice to the reader which is violence in America as you mentioned. It also shows that no matter how perfect and careful the killer is they always leave something behind that ties them to the case such a piece of hair. If maybe people read this book and see the gruesome crime that was committed to this perfect family then they may be more inspired to do something about the crimes that are being committed just like this in other places.
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