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   1# *In Cold Blood* - Truman Capote
   2
   3## Setting
   4
   5**What does the setting of the text include?**
   6
   7- Holcomb, Kansas, America, 1959
   8- cultural information - America, small isolated community, agricultural economy, 1959
   9- explicit mention of dates to set period (Nov 14, 1959)
  10- Holcomb, Kansas - small town, "not a place that strangers come upon by chance"
  11- introduction to characters - family interactions/relationships
  12- integration of events & people to describe culture/period/location
  13- "hip-high, sheep-slaughtering snows" - harsh weather
  14- description of clothing - "narrow frontier trousers, Stevensons, and high heeled boots"
  15- description of accent - "the local accent is barbed with a prairie twang"
  16- landscape - dusty, dry flat, vast
  17- low population
  18- "few Americans [..] had ever heard of Holcomb"
  19- dilapidated buildings, uniform through town
  20
  21**How do the setting and events work together?**
  22
  23**Foreshadowing**
  24
  25p 25, 41, 52, 63, 67
  26
  27- chapter titles - "the last to see them alive" etc
  28- not going to church
  29- ambiguous implications
  30- “Chinese elms had turned into a tunnel of darkening green” (leading up to Clutters" house)
  31- “until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans [..] had ever heard of Holcomb”
  32- Herbert “headed for home and the day’s work, unaware that it would be his last”
  33- “if Dick had not hammered home the every-minute importance of the next twenty-four hours” - Dick and Perry planning
  34- “the only sure thing is every one of them has got to go” - Dick
  35- “four shotgun blasts that, all told, ended six human lives”
  36- “Only now when I think back, I think somebody must have been hiding there. Maybe down among the trees. Somebody just waiting for me to leave”
  37- dual narrative in chronological order approaching murder
  38- - create a sense that the narrative will "collide"
  39- - different settings, same time
  40
  41
  42## Characters
  43
  44### Herbert Clutter
  45
  46- owns River Valley Farm
  47- four children - two daughters (Eveanna + Beverly) + Nancy + Kenyon
  48- successful - owns large property
  49- "I"m not as poor as I look"
  50- devout Methodist
  51- approves of Bobby but wary of their relationship
  52
  53### Bonnie Clutter
  54
  55- wife of Herbert Clutter
  56- mentally unstable (anxiety/BPD)
  57
  58### Kenyon Clutter
  59- 15
  60- builds stuff
  61
  62### Nancy Clutter
  63- boyfriend Bobby Rupp
  64- best friend Susan Kidwell
  65
  66### Clutter family
  67
  68- complement each other - "just beautiful honey, a beautiful southern Belle"
  69- cares for each other - "poor Bonnie"s afflictions", "just one serious cause of disquiet"
  70- controls his kids with a genuine interest - "suggests she see less of Bobby", "his laws were laws"
  71- strict routine/organisation
  72- a family that was stereotypically perfect until Bonnie was sick - judgement of others
  73
  74### Bobby Rupp
  75- Nancy"s boyfriend
  76
  77### Alvin Dewey
  78- Investigator for Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  79- wife Marie (stenographer), two sons
  80
  81### Dick Hickock
  82
  83- murders Clutters with Perry Smith
  84- "Dick, the practical Dick"
  85- appears confident
  86- married twice, had three sons
  87- calls Perry "honey"
  88- impulsive - if he had enough money, he "would spend it on vodka and women"
  89- egotistical - e.g. tattoos (contrasting themes) etc
  90- moderately high IQ
  91- diction - indicates uneducation
  92- charistmatic (e.g. cheques)
  93- "honey"
  94- family believes he is more innocent
  95- diverts blame to others, justifies behaviour
  96- desire for "American Dream"
  97- assumes power over Perry
  98- views himself as a victim of society
  99- food
 100- cautious of Perry due to tendency to suddenly take control
 101
 102
 103
 104*Perry and Dick appear less genuinely criminal at the beginning of the novel*
 105
 106### Perry Smith
 107
 108- murders Clutters with Dick Hickock
 109- injured in motorcycle accident
 110- breakfast - "three aspirin, cold root beer and a chain of Paul Mall cigarettes"
 111- self-centred/egotistical - “Every time you see a mirror you go into a trance”
 112- more open/prominent in text than Dick
 113- messy/materialistic - “Christ, Perry. You carry that junk everywhere?”
 114- "know the ins and outs of hunting gold"
 115- has trouble meeting deadlines - "if Dick had not hammered home the every-minute importance of the next twenty-four hours"
 116- criminal past
 117- "never drank coffeemy name sluger lolol"
 118- personal account of boyhood while in Mexico
 119- parents were rodeo riders
 120- two siblings and one inlaw committed suicide
 121- tattoos - more delicate / meaningful than Dick"s (juxtaposition). contrasting themes
 122- legs
 123- snake in dreams
 124- yellow parrot
 125- tiger
 126- guitar
 127- family issues
 128- childish
 129- hymns/music
 130- correcting grammar
 131- premonition
 132- idolises Willie-Jay
 133- relationship with Dick as a substitute for Willie-Jay
 134- motivated to murder so that he can be associated with Dick
 135- idealistic
 136
 137### Willie-Jay
 138- assistant to prison chaplain
 139- respects and mentors Perry
 140
 141### Minor characters
 142
 143- Myrtle Clare - postmistress
 144- Mrs Hideo Ashida - family moved due to crime
 145- Floyd Wells - worked on Clutter farm, imprisoned with Dick, snitched Dick & Perry
 146- Andrews - prison inmate, temporary friend of Perry
 147- Paul Helm - looks after Clutters" farm, close friend of Herb
 148
 149### Suspects
 150- Bobby Rupp - lie detector test
 151- John Jnr/Snr
 152- Mr. Smith
 153- robbery?
 154- Mabel - cafe worker
 155- Jonathan Daniel Adrian - breaks into Clutters" house, reported by Paul Helm
 156
 157**Manhunt** - Floyd Wells alerts authorities and Alvin Dewey starts manhunt. Dick and Perry steal car then return to Kansas to produce more cheques. They then move to Miami, then Las Vegas. Policewoman in Vegas recognises car. Dick confesses first, then Perry. Both undergo trial and are condemned to death. Five year appeal process - Perry starves himself, Dick writes letters to organisations. Dick accepts death sentence politely, Perry regretful/apologetic.
 158
 159## Themes
 160
 161- appearance vs. reality
 162- family & relationships
 163- juxtaposition/irony
 164
 165## Text structure
 166
 167Transition between scenes:
 168
 169- linking event/scenario e.g. car engine, full moon etc
 170- continuous timeframe
 171- songs/hymns
 172- location is gradually introduced into transitions
 173- aids with flow of storyline
 174- foreshadowing of collision of character narratives
 175
 176## Writing style
 177
 178- detail
 179- imagery
 180- mixed perspective
 181
 182### Rhetorical devices
 183
 184*Specific word choices that are used to create meaning, evoke emotion or to persuade audiences*
 185
 186- **Alliteration** - repetition of first sound
 187- **Metaphor** - directly compares two things that are not alike
 188- **Simile** - compares using "like" or "as"
 189- **Anaphora** - same word is repeated at beginning of next phrase for emphasis
 190- **Euphemisms** - replacing words with a more positive spin e.g. "little spells", "nervous"
 191- **Erotesis** - asking rhetorical questions e.g. "Am I sorry? If that"s what you mean - I am not"
 192- **Litotes** - double negatives, e.g. "not unlike"
 193
 194### Figurative language
 195
 196*When a word or sentence does not have its literal meaning*
 197
 198- **Hyperbole** - describing something in an exaggerated manner
 199- **Imagery** - including details that appeal to the senses
 200  - animals e.g. Perry's parrot (spiritual/saviour); dogs & coyotes (violence/fear)
 201
 202## Creative response analysis
 203
 204- knowledge of other parts of text
 205- minor characters
 206- descriptive imagery
 207- linking motif in scene transitions
 208- long sentences
 209- include obscure plot details
 210- implicit explanation of people & emotions
 211- contrasting voice of dialogue & narrations
 212- use obvious/explicit motifs sparingly
 213- past tense consistently
 214- don"t replicate events from original
 215
 216### Statement of intention
 217
 218- explore purpose & style
 219- explain themes & symobls
 220- **justification of creative choices**
 221
 2221. Outline what you have explored (characters, themes, settings)
 2232. Outline how you explored the above imitating Capote's style
 2243. Outline why you have made these choices
 225
 226## Essay notes
 227
 228- introduction - Herb and Kenyon walk along property boundary inspecting fences (short paragraph)
 229- Teddy (Clutters' dog)
 230- driving to Garden City (Dick drives)
 231- timeframe - meet in morning, drive and arrive at Holcomb at night
 232- Perry - muscular
 233- Perry's belief in fate/superstition
 234- Perry forgot to bring gloves
 235- "No witnesses" - Dick
 236- black stockings, rope
 237- shopping at Emporia, Kansas
 238- foreshadowing
 239- Perry's ego/selfishness
 240- **siphoning petrol**
 241
 242
 243### Statement of Intention notes
 244
 245- symbolism of Herb and Kenyon introduction - foreshadowing
 246- setting/choice of prompt - important time for setting up plot
 247- hyphens/long sentences
 248- rubber gloves - integration with original plot
 249- guitar stolen - symoblism of Perry losing his freedom of expression
 250- transition - walking/pacing metaphor (Capote's style)