Explorial Contributions In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Truman Capote decided to write his “non-fiction novel” entitled In Cold Blood when he saw a brief report in the New York Times. The report showed how a certain Clutter family was murdered in 1959 (BBC News). Capote's novel was a product of hard work and a lot of research. As a matter of fact, it took him several years to research the case. His friend, Harper Lee, helped him in asking significant people involved in the case, such as the neighbors of the Clutter family, and in the long run, the murder themselves (BBC News). In line with this, this paper will discern how Capote revealed the nature of his research through the construction of the book. Aside from that, this paper will discuss about the significance why Capote himself was never named, and how this absence endangers the credibility of the narrative in lieu of the Heisenberg Principle.

The Nature of Capote’s Research

Unlike any other novel, In Cold Blood's novelistic elements offered a deceptive way of reading the novel itself. This is because Capote's primary intention was to break the conventions with regard journalism (Smith). Aside from that, Capote sought to challenge the traditional modes by which stories were told. When readers explore Capote's book, it would be natural for them to think that murder in all-American family is

In this period of time, some gays committed a crime as a means of avenging themselves by how they were treated in the American society. However, through Capote's creative input, he was able to provide a better explanation why Dick and Perry were able to murder the Clutter family. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is very helpful in understanding Capote's way of writing because this gave the readers the realization that there is a way of understanding a novel through considering the uncertain