Summary Of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

“'Cold Blooded': New Docuseries Picks Up Where 'In Cold Blood' Left Off” article written by Amelia McDonell-Parry. This articles basis is a deeper look into the famous novel “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote more focused on the Clutter family themselves and not the murderers. A documentarian named Joe Berlinger went back and took a closer look at the Clutter case to find out who the victims really where. Many of the populus affiliated with the Clutter family claimed that Capote focused more on the character and aspects of murderers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock and portrayed the clutter family inaccurately (McDonell-Parry). Many new things were learned from the documentary made by Joe Berlinger called: Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders. What is said is that the killers gave graphic descriptions of the murders; giving the motive of believing that Herbert Clutter had thousands of dollars stashed away somewhere in the house but only came across fifty dollars and a radio (McDonell-Parry). Along with other new facts being Nancy Clutter would still be alive if she had not rescheduled her date, Bonnie Clutter was never depressed, Truman Capote never asked for consent from the Clutter family to write this novel, and Harper Lee, author of To Kill a

Mockingbird told those who were close to the case to avoid press (McDonell-Parry)
In “'Cold Blooded': New Docuseries Picks Up Where 'In Cold Blood' Left Off”, the author states the facts and evidence of the the novel stating Truman Capote’s lack of going into much depth in the portrayal of the clutter family.

The author of the article, Amelia McDonell-Parry , expresses the reason why “In Cold Blood” was so acclaimed and how Berlinger went farther into depth into the murderers of the Clutter family and the severity of the crime along with how the residents of Holcomb, Kansas viewed it. Quoted in the article, “It's not like we're reinvestigating and presenting a whole new theory and you're going to watch the show and say, 'Oh my God, this is a whole different take on what's happened ” (Joe

Berlinger).
In the article, the author seems to write in an information based writing style than an opinion based writing style. Facts are used mostly to compose the majority of the article rather than opinion. Since morals play a role in this case killing, especially of an innocent family with barely a motive to speak of; killers going of just a hunch. The article mostly has data on the the documentary that Joe Berlinger was creating and what would commence in it. The author uses emotional appeals to get the reader to argue with her by adhering to human morals and the empathy that humans feel for the innocent.
In the article, “'Cold Blooded': New Docuseries Picks Up Where 'In Cold Blood' Left Off”, the credibility of the article written by Amelia McDonell-Parry is quite reliable because of how McDonell-Parry quotes the Joe Berlinger and the press that had interviewed him as well as she has.