In Cold Blood

Title: In Cold Blood
Category: Literature / Novels | Words: 424 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)

In Cold Blood

Analysis Capote wrote In Cold Blood as a literary experiment. He wanted to write a "nonfiction novel." He felt that he was one of the rare creative people who actually took journalism seriously. The question is whether a book such as In Cold Blood is actually a novel, a creative work, or journalism. We can pinpoint several artistic aspects of In Cold Blood. First, Capote has to make choices about the structure of the book. …showed first 75 words of 424 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 424 total…apparent--as in the case of his opposition to the death penalty--but the novel itself has several major themes. First, it is a commentary on the American Dream. Herb Clutter has made a wonderful life for himself--his daughter, after all, bakes apple pies. But Herb Clutter's American idyll is abruptly and arbitrarily shattered by two petty criminals. The American dream is fragile, and it only functions if marginal people (ex-cons) are not present.

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