Murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another; also the subject of an commonly banned book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Banned in some schools -such as Glendale (CA) Unified School District in 2012- for its gruesome details of violence, accounts of rape, and profanity, In Cold Blood depicts the murder of a family. Perry Edward Smith and Richard (Dick) Eugene Hickock, the killers, were hoping to gain wealth and fortune but ended up on Death Row a few years later. Although this novel plot is based around the true story of the crime, the main portion of the novel is focused solely around the murderers, around their mental state, around their horrific past and around the community's loss of the loving Clutter family. Parents around the country want to ban this novel for some mature themes and lock it away from teenagers’ libraries. In Cold Blood is too valuable to readers, especially teenagers,
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For example, Bobby Rupp, one of the victim`s first love. He was also the last one to see the Clutter family alive. This tragic loss, and accusations of murder, traumatized him for quite some time. Throughout the novel, Bobby, among other friends and family, had to cope with their tragic loss. At the end of the novel, Capote includes that Bobby eventually moved on proving to readers that even if something seems awful, things will get better and the wounds will eventually heal. “Does time heal all wounds? I would say so, time and faith have healed even this, the deepest of scars.” (Melissa Lee`s 2003 interview to Bobby Rupp) Most teenagers go through great loss, such as a death in the family or the loss of a friend, and often turn to literature as an escape. In Cold Blood both entertains the reader and helps them grow as people. The character Bobby is an example to readers that no matter how great the loss was, you will get through it and move
For example, Bobby Rupp, one of the victim`s first love. He was also the last one to see the Clutter family alive. This tragic loss, and accusations of murder, traumatized him for quite some time. Throughout the novel, Bobby, among other friends and family, had to cope with their tragic loss. At the end of the novel, Capote includes that Bobby eventually moved on proving to readers that even if something seems awful, things will get better and the wounds will eventually heal. “Does time heal all wounds? I would say so, time and faith have healed even this, the deepest of scars.” (Melissa Lee`s 2003 interview to Bobby Rupp) Most teenagers go through great loss, such as a death in the family or the loss of a friend, and often turn to literature as an escape. In Cold Blood both entertains the reader and helps them grow as people. The character Bobby is an example to readers that no matter how great the loss was, you will get through it and move