In Cold Blood Essay

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Violence in a community consequentially causes a community to unite and encourages its people to display good morals. Truman Capote displays the importance of virtues and morals throughout In Cold Blood. As a deadly murder unfolds Capote utilizes the real life scenario to show how the background of two killers and the reactions of townspeople play a role in this case. The redemptive community and family affiliated exemplifies the importance of proper morals while the perpetrators of the crime create examples of unethical decisions. Although people object to poor morals displayed in the nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, the use of this book in schools is appropriate in grades eleven and twelve because it discredits the bad morals that are portrayed. …show more content…

The main argument behind prohibiting Truman's In Cold Blood in schools lies in the scandal that the book surrounds, the murder of the Clutter family. Violence disrupts and devastates a community, causing a loss of innoncence in those affiliated with the murder. Nancy Ewalt was the first to find the family in the house, at a young age the effects of discovering this site would be horrific to such a innocent mind. For Nancy, she cannot articulate for herself the action of telling, or capturing the experience in thought, memory, and speech (LAM 37). She cannot "make sense of the nonsensical, of an experience that defies reason or logic," simply because she cannot understand who or why anyone would commit such a crime. Along with Nancy, Susan Kidwell was present when the family was found; Nancy cried out to her father regarding their deaths but Susan refused to accept the reality. Susan would not accept their deaths saying, "No she isn't. And don't you say it. Don't you dare. It's only a nosebleed" trying to rationalize the situation. Though the girls will be affected permanently it is valuable and teaches a lesson that the townspeople and readers should not ignore. Being aware of the possibility of this scenario as a reader is important, high schoolers should be educated on this

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