In Cold Blood All-Around Mind Map
- Created by: Sulaiman Mamoun
- Created on: 02-11-17 14:09
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- In Cold Blood
- Characters
- Clutters
- Bonnie Clutter
- Gave up training as a nurse & committed to being a housewife
- Suffers from Chronic Postpartum Depression
- Herbert Clutter
- Character & motives are consistent
- Herbert Clutter is goal oriented.
- "Always certain of what he wanted from the world, Mr Clutter had in large measure obtained it" -pg.4 ln.8-9
- "The son of a farmer, he had from the beginning aimed at operating a property of his own." pg.9 ln.26-29
- The American Dream when compared between Perry & Herbert is contrasting as Herbert was born in the right circumstance unlike Perry, however it doesn't end well for either characters.
- Herbert Clutter is goal oriented.
- We only know about him from what his friends say about him.
- The only bad things the reader is told are from people who are envious about his jobs.
- Herbert Clutter is goal oriented.
- "Always certain of what he wanted from the world, Mr Clutter had in large measure obtained it" -pg.4 ln.8-9
- "The son of a farmer, he had from the beginning aimed at operating a property of his own." pg.9 ln.26-29
- The American Dream when compared between Perry & Herbert is contrasting as Herbert was born in the right circumstance unlike Perry, however it doesn't end well for either characters.
- Character & motives are consistent
- Nancy Clutter
- Tries to talk to Perry in a friendly and casual way.
- Represents innocence
- Model student
- President of her class
- Teaches music, sewing and baking to younger girls
- Kenyon Clutter
- Described as the least likely to be murdered (Ironic)
- Symbol of absolute integrity of family
- Family gets destroyed by Perry
- Represents everything it means to come from a broken home.
- Family gets destroyed by Perry
- Bonnie Clutter
- **** Hickock
- Parents were loving
- Wife divorced him and he thinks the divorce started his drinking
- Perry: "I think there must be something wrong with us to do what we did." ****: "Did what?"
- Perry regrets and shows remorse whereas **** never has a second thought about anything
- His psychiatrist suggests that he has an attachment disorder
- Perry Smith
- Remaining sibling is afraid of him
- Two of his siblings committed suicide
- Mother's an alcoholic & father refused to send him to school
- His only relationships consist of fellow convicts
- Father beat mother
- Used to be in the army
- "Remember, ****? All that talk about getting a boat.." -p.47
- Perry: "I think there must be something wrong with us to do what we did." ****: "Did what?"
- Perry regrets and shows remorse whereas **** never has a second thought about anything
- "Since childhood, for more than half his 31 years he had been sending off literature; answering adverts that stoked a longing to realise an adventure his imagination swiftly & over & over enabled him to experience." -pg.15 ln.7-15
- Tries to talk to Perry in a friendly and casual way.
- Represents everything it means to come from a broken home.
- Investigators
- Alvin Dewey
- Maria Dewey
- Ronald Nye
- Roy Church
- Clarence Dunce
- Alvin Dewey
- Clutters
- Themes
- Relationships
- Crime
- Social Class
- Childhood
- Psychology
- Plans & Dreams
- Religion
- Innocence
- Family
- Context
- U.S In The 1950's
- He lived in a time where homosexuality was taboo
- Truman Capote
- Parents were divorced when he was 4
- Author's Perspective
- Book was published less than a year after the deaths of Hickock & Smith
- Became close with the suspects of the Clutter Family murders
- Capote was confident in being homosexual.
- He lived in a time where homosexuality was taboo
- Mother didn't approve of sexuality
- Capote's mother dreamed of travelling the world
- U.S In The 1950's
- Characters
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