Wichita, Kansas

In the fall of 1959, the Clutter family from Holcomb, Kansas was brutally slaughtered with the two murderers, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, condemned to lives of indefinite pain and misery by the American society. In this nonfictional tale that encaptures the homicide of a down-to-earth, American family, Truman Capote goes beyond ordinary detailing to deliver this true account from perspectives that transcend ordinary thoughts of violence. Indeed, it was through his unique style of writing and…

Real Life Situation: As part of my English Literature and Language Course, I’m analyzing a book by Gabriel Marquez, named Chronicle of a death foretold. The book is based on true events, and explores a local murder. In order recount the events and causation of the murder; Marquez interviews several eyewitnesses of the murder, each of which remembers the day very differently. Ranging from disagreements about the weather to the amount of times the victim was stabbed. This seemed absurd to me, as…

Perry Smith was a murderer, who along with his partner, Richard Hickock, killed a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. This brutal crime is portrayed in a book called “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote. This book is non-fiction and conveys the lives of these two criminals before, during and after the murder, up until their death sentence in 1965. Capote traveled to the small town of Holcomb to interview and investigate in order to write the most accurate version of the story that he…

In Cold Blood recounts the story of the actual murder of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas. Taking place in 1959 the book tells of the murder of the Clutter family, Mr. and Mrs. Clutter and their two teenage kids, Kenyon and Nancy, we also get to see the events that lead the killers to commit the chilling murder. Living in Holcomb, Kansas, November of 1959, the family was brutally killed, with no apparent motive, by Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. The family was discovered bound and shot to…

The film Lone Star (1996) directed by John Sayles is controversial. It’s one of few films that you the audience have to pay close attention to the plot. In trying to solve the murder mystery of Charlie Wade there is a lot of discovering interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas throughout the whole investigation. The local sheriff Sam Deeds is the man for the job in starting to investigate the forty-year-old skeleton that was found in the desert by accident as two men were…

and you want to see something special. What if one can’t find anything special. Well I know if you go to Kansas City we have fountains. We have over two hundred fountains around Kansas City. One might think that Kansas City is very large but once you get to know the city it is very small. Whenever I go to visit these fountains they bring me joy,and happiness. The first fountain made in Kansas City was on 15th and The Paseo, but was later destroyed. Although later that year George Kessler…

In 1869 the town was named after J.W. Wells, who is the father in law of Colonel Clark W. Thompson, the "father" of Wells. He was a member of the 6th Territorial Legislature in 1855, and he was also a member of the Territorial Council in 1856 and 1857. He was also a member of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857, where he helped frame our state constitution. In 1860, he was a presidential elector with the republican ticket. Then president Lincoln appointed him superintendent of the…

It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning when I was headed to the park at 7:00 in the morning. My friend had just picked me up from my house to head to our last practice before our event. Our event was called, “The Battle of the Tribes.” “Battle of the Tribes” is an event where schools our the area compete with each other in creativity, games, and making skits. Our leaders double checked to make sure everyone brought their costumes and props. We ran our skit on last time before heading to…

Task 2-1 Step 1 Individuals with disabilities in the Kansas City metro, and everywhere, have varying degrees of need in their everyday lives. To have these needs met, it is vital that they know the advocacy organizations and resources available to them. Several organizations exist in the Kansas City metro that allow individuals with disabilities to live enriched and fulfilled lives through school, home, community, and camp programs. Two of these organizations are The Joshua Center for…

For my initial observation, I am going to use Jackie Robinson Community Center in Pasadena California. Jackie Robinson Center Serves a wide variety of community assembles sporting events and holiday gatherings. I remember spending some of my best childhood experiences on the fresh cut grass near the Community Center Field right across the street. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to enjoy the sports gym and fields before the recent City of Pasadena recognized million Dollar renovation that is…