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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood. A work of creative non-fiction Written like a novel, but true. Not necessarily chronological Told from alternating points of view. Truman Capote. Born 1925 Childhood friend of Nell Harper Lee Novel first serialized in The New Yorker in 1965

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In Cold Blood

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  1. In Cold Blood • A work of creative • non-fiction • Written like a novel, • but true. • Not necessarily • chronological • Told from alternating • points of view

  2. Truman Capote • Born 1925 • Childhood friend of Nell Harper Lee • Novel first serialized in The New Yorker in 1965 • Novel launched his career to the high society circles • Died 1984

  3. Capote first learned of the murders through an article in the New York Times

  4. Law and Order

  5. Setting

  6. The road to the Clutter home

  7. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “outthere.” Clutter Family Home (as it stands today)

  8. Law… • The Victims • The Criminals • The Witnesses • The Investigators

  9. The Victims

  10. Herb Clutter • Head of the Clutter household • Well-liked, respected member of the Holcomb community • Fairly prosperous

  11. Bonnie Clutter • Wife of Herb Clutter • Mother of four • A recluse

  12. Nancy Clutter • Daughter of Herb and Bonnie Clutter • Well-liked and popular • Bright, energetic, responsible • Dating Bobby Rupp

  13. Kenyon Clutter • Son of Herb and Bonnie Clutter • Quiet and reserved • Enjoys working with his hands • Fifteen years old

  14. The Criminals

  15. Perry Smith • Convicted thief • Sentenced to Kansas State Penitentiary • Met Dick Hickock in jail

  16. Dick Hickock • Inmate in Kansas State Penitentiary • Friend of Perry Smith • Learned of Clutter family from fellow inmate Floyd Wells

  17. Floyd Wells • Past employee of Herb Clutter • Tells Hickcock that the Clutters are wealthy • Connects Hickcock and Smith to the deaths of the Clutters

  18. The Investigators KBI

  19. Alvin Dewey • Main detective in the Clutter investigation • Acquaintance of Herb Clutter

  20. Other Investigators KBI Supervisor Al Dewey, County Attorney Duane West, Sheriff Earl Robinson, and KBI Agent Clarence Duntz. (left to right)

  21. To our “human” brothers who live after us, Do not harden your hearts against us, Because, the more you have pity on us poor ones, The more mercy God will show you.

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