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1) Ed Tom Bell a) He is in his late fifties and is a WWII veteran. b) He is the main character of the story. He is the sheriff that oversees the investigation of a trail of murders by Chigurh and tries to save Moss’ life. Llewellyn Moss a) He is a young man in his thirties. b) Moss stumbles upon a drug deal site where he finds two million dollars and goes on the run from Chigurh, a hitman trying to kill him. Bell tries to save his life during the course of the book. Anton Chigurh a) He is…

Imagine reading a book detailing the senseless slaying of four innocent lives and actually feeling sorry for the brutal killers. The book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote illustrates the murdering of the Clutter Family. The book appears to be a tell all about the killers’ and how their backgrounds and family history played a key role in how they got the title of cold blooded killers’. The Clutters were what some would call the perfect american family. They seemed to have everything that anyone…

When we think of murderers we often think of maniacal and evil individuals. Through the way that many works of literature and cinematic pieces depict murdered, we often see them as absolute evils. Murderers are flawed humans, albeit more than usual, they are not the absolute evil in fall in more of a gray area. Within Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, readers get an in-depth look at a pair of murderers and are able how one can fall down such a wicked path. In his novel, Capote recounts the…

SUMMARY OF BOOK 2 While investigating Katherine Lincoln’s death, another murder shook the core of Jackson Heights. Are these deaths connected? Why do they arouse old childhood scars? BOOK 2 While sitting in the office discussing Katherine’s case the phone rang, “Wallace here,” Smiling, Detective Wallace said, “That is great, bring him in we want to meet him.” Noticing his partner getting excited, Detective Johnson asked, “What’s that all about?” “Wait a minute and you’ll see,” he said,…

Responding to the resolution of the Clutter family murder case and questioning the humanity of using the death penalty, Truman Capote, the father of true crime itself and a well-known journalist from the 1960s, wrote with elaborate style and vivid details the first nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, in which he developed and differentiated the dynamic characters Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Portraying Perry as a man one could possibly sympathize with and demonizing Dick as a nefarious criminal,…

When you can tell the difference between good and bad, it shows morality. When you can differentiate between principled behavior and nefarious behavior you have, by definition, values and ethics; but having morals is more than just knowing the difference between right or wrong, it is showing compassion for other people and animals, feeling guilt when you know you have done something wrong, and taking personal responsibility for your actions. Perry shows all of these characteristics, whereas…

In today’s culture, men and women’s’ lack of prudence, in all areas of life, cause a slew of undesirable effects every day. Often enough, irresponsible actions cause one to leave the stove on overnight, or miss one’s dentist appointment. However, the idea of irresponsibility takes on an entirely new meaning in Truman Capote’s true-crime novel In Cold Blood. In the novel, Capote analyzes the personalities of the late Clutters, but also those of the culprits, Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith…

What aspect of the criminal mind sets apart a cold-blooded killer from the rest of the population? One major point of separation between these two types of people is the ability of a true murderer to distance themselves mentally and emotionally from their deed. Fyodor Dostoevsky's explores this distinctive characteristic in depth through his novel Crime and Punishment, in which Raskolnikov's sense of guilt indicates his inability to separate himself from his crime. Raskolnikov's sense of guilt…

This paper will analyze the “insiders” and “outsiders” in “The Jew’s Beech Tree” written by Annette Elizabeth von Droste-Hülshoff in 1842 in Germany (Hughes 37). This story follows the life of Frederick Mergel who rises from the lower class to the upper class due to working for his wealthy uncle. However, murders happen throughout the story where Frederick is always suspected as the culprit and he soon goes missing after the murder of a Jewish man. In this story, we see examples of anti-Semitism…

When an insidious wife-killer and wife-beater subsequently commit suicide, Joe “Dart” Dartelli is able to connect the two cases and realize that this was a homicide. In Chain of Evidence, he suspects his mentor, Walter Zeller, to be the murderer. It is up to Dart to prove if Zeller is in fact the killer, as he questions his own view on police and human ethics in an intense story of student versus mentor. While reading this novel, I made connections with Dart, questioned his decisions, and…