Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is a true description of a multiple murder. The victims were a renowned and respected family that lived in Holcomb, Kansas. They were murdered in their home in the early morning hours of November 15th, 1959. Though the book goes into great detail when it comes to analyzing the victim's thoughts, it leaves the reader to wonder just exactly Perry's motives for committing the crime. Perry Edward Smith's family life was …showed first 75 words of 709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 709 total…as an adult. It was like an epiphany at how a bad childhood could produce a natural killer. In the end, Jones achieves to pulls it all together into one truth about Smith: all of the past abuses, whether emotional or physical, inflicted upon him have influenced his adult behavior, and made him capable of killing in cold blood. Perry Smith's pathological side should have been at least predictable considering the difficult childhood he had.