Genre In John Capote's 'In Cold Blood'

Genre: I believe In Cold Blood is a narrative novel due to how the author describes the events that happened through his own perspective. However, he does it in such manner that he does not intervene with the events that happened. Thus, making it as if this was like a series of newspaper stories published through interviews conducted by him.

Subject: This narrative novel retold the murders of the Clutter family conducted by Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith. The author retold these events as a non-fiction novel as new and creative way of expressing journalism. Throughout the first chapter, Capote kept mentioning the irony of the Clutter family not knowing that they were going to be killed despite how obvious it is. Later on, the novel

Chau often first mention about the main differences between the two at the start of each chapter then follows up with scenarios that involves her daughters and how she taught them. Utilizing her experiences with her own parents and her daughters, she then concludes how eastern methods might seem harsher but is a very effective way of teaching compared to western ones. She believes that her daughters should always strive for number 1 because it is a normal and reasonable way to repay their parents of the education they have given

The author very creatively used this book as a memoir and yet express her viewpoints in parenting effectively. The author expressed how the western’s way of parenting tries to respect and nurture their child’s individuality, however she argues that discipline and developing skills for their child is more important for them to be successful in the future. Some of the things she says is somewhat agreeable and situations her children are put into are relatable. The book is very engaging and I would recommend this book to people that thinks they have tough