Part one of term paper
Many times, people can find themselves thinking that nothing can hurt them. Things such as car accidents and robberies are all too common. Who would think to worry of such things as murder? No one would until something happens to wake everyone up, such as in Truman Capote’s “”. The book describes the almost unthinkable act of murder ...

Part two of term paper
... and eventual hanging of the two young murderers, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. both begins and ends with descriptions of the wheat fields around Holcomb, Kansas. Capote has said that part of his reasoning for choosing to write about the Clutter murders was the remoteness of the setting. He wanted to broaden his writing subjects beyond the too-narrow personal world with which most writers concern themselves. The setting of “” matters very much to the symbolism of the plot. The n ...