A famous biologist once said, “Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger.” There are many studies to the nature vs. nurture debate, but there isn’t a definite conclusion. In the novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote investigates the debate between two men who went down different paths growing up. After a family of four was brutally murdered, investigators race against time to find suspects. With no leads and barely any evidence, the investigators have trouble finding a place to start. After a key witness gives Perry Smith and Dick Hickock up, Truman Capote and investigators digs into their backgrounds. Capote finds out quickly that these two men have nothing in common. Dick never had any troubles throughout his childhood, while Perry
