Truman Capote was the is credited with inventing the nonfiction novel with In Cold blood. The novel tells the story of the Clutter family and the two men that murdered them, Dick and Perry. Capote became fascinated with these murders after seeing them in a news paper, so much so that While he was writing his book Capote spent a lot of time getting to know Dick and Perry personally, visiting them in prison and exchanging letters with them. Doing so allowed for him to acquire information about the two and their lives before and after the murders. If Capote did not have this information he wouldn't have been able to invent the nonfiction novel for he wouldn't have enough information to write an entire novel based on the information in the newspapers
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Herb clutter is only ever described in a positive light, “commenting upon a generally recognized quality of Mr. Clutter's: a fearless self-assurance that set him apart, and while it created respect, also limited the affections of others a little. 'I can't imagine you afraid.’”(Capote 47). As a man Mr. Clutter is described to be very confident and strong, members of his community even look up to him and see him as above to rest. Details like this show a clear bias of Capote’s towards more masculine and strong figures. This bias becomes even more apparent when Mr. and Mrs. Clutter are mentioned in the same sentence. When discussing Mr. Clutter’s successes in life Capote brings up his marriage writing that, “he wore a plain gold band, which was the symbol of his marriage to the person he had wished to marry, She had given him four children – a trio of daughters and a son.”(Capote 17). There are a lot of clear biases in this short sentence. Firstly he refers to it as the person that he chose to marry, as if the woman had no real say in it, even inferring that she would automatically be happy to marry him. Furthermore Capore writes that she had given him the four children, as if despite her carrying them and birthing them they were more his property then hers. Capote's sexism is just another one of the biases that has slipped into the novel.
Another one of the biases present in Capote’s writing is …show more content…
When discussing the town he says that there is “Not much to see”(Capote 14.) Capote obviously thinks that the town is nothing special,but by saying that there is really nothing to see there and then proceeding to describe it in such detail as he does he is able to make the murders seem all the more jarring. This is one of the few times that his biases actually lend himself to the story overall. Capote also describes the town’s people in a very non objective way. He describes the way that the people talk as “barbed with a prairie twang, and a ranch handed nasalness.”(Capote 14.) Capote’s word choice of barbed,twang, and nasalness makes the citizens of Holcomb seem almost annoying in the eyes of the author. This bias forces the reader to go along with the views of Capote and makes it rather difficult for them to develop their own thoughts and opinions about the
Herb clutter is only ever described in a positive light, “commenting upon a generally recognized quality of Mr. Clutter's: a fearless self-assurance that set him apart, and while it created respect, also limited the affections of others a little. 'I can't imagine you afraid.’”(Capote 47). As a man Mr. Clutter is described to be very confident and strong, members of his community even look up to him and see him as above to rest. Details like this show a clear bias of Capote’s towards more masculine and strong figures. This bias becomes even more apparent when Mr. and Mrs. Clutter are mentioned in the same sentence. When discussing Mr. Clutter’s successes in life Capote brings up his marriage writing that, “he wore a plain gold band, which was the symbol of his marriage to the person he had wished to marry, She had given him four children – a trio of daughters and a son.”(Capote 17). There are a lot of clear biases in this short sentence. Firstly he refers to it as the person that he chose to marry, as if the woman had no real say in it, even inferring that she would automatically be happy to marry him. Furthermore Capore writes that she had given him the four children, as if despite her carrying them and birthing them they were more his property then hers. Capote's sexism is just another one of the biases that has slipped into the novel.
Another one of the biases present in Capote’s writing is …show more content…
When discussing the town he says that there is “Not much to see”(Capote 14.) Capote obviously thinks that the town is nothing special,but by saying that there is really nothing to see there and then proceeding to describe it in such detail as he does he is able to make the murders seem all the more jarring. This is one of the few times that his biases actually lend himself to the story overall. Capote also describes the town’s people in a very non objective way. He describes the way that the people talk as “barbed with a prairie twang, and a ranch handed nasalness.”(Capote 14.) Capote’s word choice of barbed,twang, and nasalness makes the citizens of Holcomb seem almost annoying in the eyes of the author. This bias forces the reader to go along with the views of Capote and makes it rather difficult for them to develop their own thoughts and opinions about the