The Role Of Murders In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

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In the book In Cold Blood the people of Holcomb and other friends of the Clutter family are deeply affected by the murders. The people in the town perceive the Clutters as the family “least likely” in the world to be killed. Rejecting the idea that the killers were strangers, many of them become suspicious of everyone and anxious about their own safety in the company of their neighbors. According to Truman Capote, the author, it is the first time the community of this part of Kansas have had to undergo the “unique experience of distrusting each other” (page 88).

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