DeJanae Phillips
6/5/2017 11:54:44 pm
This murder is one of amazing carefulness. Seeing as the characters are all introduced in a timely manner, and how they were introduced as a group, it is not hard to tell that these are the ones that do get murdered. Mr. Clutter and his orderly family are in a for a suprise. If only Nancy had looked further into her suspicion and notified her father, maybe they would still be alive, or wouldn't have been murdered and this could have been prevented
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Ms. Zeno
6/21/2017 07:44:43 am
That's a great question, DeJanae! Kind of like the "happening truth" vs. the "story truth?" :)
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Veronica Viramontes Saab
8/6/2017 09:57:42 pm
Exactly! This book totally reminded me of "The Things That They Carried" due to the fact that I was confused on whether or not the book/ story was actually fiction or non-fiction. Also, it most definitely reminded me of "story" VS. "Happening" truth. And as to the actual question, I do trust non-fiction as fictional reading because I feel that it is not only easier to read, but also much easier to understand. It is also very fun and entertaining when you have to keep on reading to find out of what you're reading is actually 100% true or only partial truth. (:
Journey Allison
8/11/2017 11:31:07 am
I was also thinking of this being like The Things They Carried. In that book, you could definitely argue over whether it was fiction or non-fiction( story or happening truth). But after some research, you would then know that the events in In Cold Blood happened. But, to answer the question, I do trust some non-fiction that reads like fiction. Reading a non-fiction noel as fiction can give the reader the say in what is "true" or not.
Evelyn Padilla
8/15/2017 10:33:16 pm
I agree ! I trust non- fiction reading now only because we were exposed to it already and we know how it works kind of. I definitely saw a lot of it in the book because like it was mentioned this case was real and the fact that it was turned into a novel was pretty interesting and much more entertaining to read than just like some article about the case
Jordan Wright
8/15/2017 11:24:49 pm
This story is similar to "The Things They Carried" in terms of happening truth and story truth. It does stand alone, in my opinion due to the sheer detail given during the story. To answer the question, I trust non-fiction that reads as fiction because, even though none of us know exactly what happened, stories like this give a much deeper level of understanding than any news article ever would.
Tiare Mendez
6/29/2017 11:38:42 pm
I really enjoyed how some of the characters were, as you pointed out, introduced in a timely manner and later as a group. However, I did find it tedious to read and was even falling asleep! Nevertheless, I appreciate it when authors spend time to tell the accounts of individual characters.
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Deane Phillips
7/5/2017 10:16:16 pm
I was talking specifically about the smoke smell in her house. A parked car could mean anything, and any paranoid person(for whatever reason they are paranoid) would most definitely find suspicion in that. But that one example of smoke in her house was enough to have actually alarmed her of some strange situation that was taking place or possibly taking place. It was enough to look further into, instead of just letting it all just sink away with uncertainty. But that was just the one example that alarmed me personally, especially with me knowing what happens to her.
Star Brooks
7/18/2017 09:14:16 pm
I agree with what you said about Nancy and how things would've happened differently if she would have went about the situation in a entirely different way. As i was reading the part about the parked car, I thought of myself in her situation. I feel that she wasn't concerned enough to actually bring it up to her father because she could have feared things to turn out bad (kind of weird since she died anyways). She is my least favorite character thus far just because I feel like she took the idea of "being good or being the best" too far.
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Cierra Gardner
8/16/2017 06:59:53 am
I agree with you about Nancy. She's one of those people who always notices something important but never says anything until after it's all already to late.
Saniyah Jodan
8/14/2017 10:37:47 am
I agree, it all could have been prevented if Nancy had looked a little further
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Armani Pace
8/15/2017 06:40:06 pm
I totally agree with you about Nancy. There were many times when she felt paranoid and concerned but never said anything. I thought if I was in that situation I would've said something about both the car and the smoke. I am a person who is always paranoid and when I feel like something isn't right I say something even if it's dumb like a parked car but I would've especially said something when I smelled smoke.
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Diana Almanza
8/15/2017 08:21:43 pm
That actually stood out to me as well, as the story progressed and we started learning more about the characters I found like I was within a group, I loved this book for the reason that it reminded me of Orange Is The New Black, the only difference that they were victims and that their life's ended.
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Tiare Mendez
6/29/2017 11:15:38 pm
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Karol Gonzalez
7/29/2017 03:05:52 pm
I agree that one tale of fiction may be someone else's truth. Yes, reading nonfiction as fiction doesn't make the story not true anymore, it just give the readers a different way to see the truth. Like the story, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, the author stated that one way for a story to be true is that it has to make you feel it in your stomach, and I think that's what Truman Capote did when he wrote this novel.
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Jonathan Vega
8/15/2017 08:42:13 pm
Karol I agree with you. In my opinion if the story can make me feel a certain emotion I believe the story can be true. Indicating that nonfiction as fiction dissent make the story true is wrong because if the certain story can make you feel something than that one story is can be true. Fiction does not identify lies , because at the end of the day nonfiction can be just as fake if he doesn't make you feel those emotions.
Chantal Garcia
8/15/2017 09:34:32 pm
I agree. Like this mad me think back to where we were in a circle with Ms.S and I remembered I said that either if its a nonfiction that reads like fiction it doesn't make any less true. It is a book,not a history book or article. I like the way how Capote wrote a true story into a way that makes it more entertaining yet still having the moral of the story true.
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Kevin Rodriguez
7/7/2017 05:27:33 pm
I personally do trust that type of literature, where the truth id being mixed with some other things to make it more emotional to the reader or to plainly entertain us, it can be viewed as something rare and with just the right mix of the truth and some fantasy, something amazing and creative could emerge. It doesn't have to be completely real in order for it to be full of facts, that could, for some readers, make it quite boring. So to have some creativity in an event that actually happened, can not only make it more interesting to read, but it also gives the truth to event that has occurred, just like it is shown in the book. It causes emotions, it tenses us up and leaves us on the edge of our seats waiting for the next chapter to see what is told. A story can be over-exaggerated, yes, but will that ever mean that it is false?
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Emily Gallegos
7/26/2017 03:22:11 pm
I love how Kevin incorporates the amazing, creative, fantasy with the factual events in the story. I can agree on how fiction can draw interest to specific readers. Emotions can changes rapidly from one case to another but it's the suspense and wording of the story that make this happen.
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Emily Gallegos
7/26/2017 03:03:43 pm
I do trust novels that read nonfictions stories as fiction because at times non fiction stories can be a little dull to read in my opinion in contrast to fictions stories, in which have more creativity and open minded thoughts put into it. It gives the story more life and imagination to the readers. Don't get me wrong, factual reality is interesting but when an author spices things up a bit more it creates these intense feelings as if you were one of the characters in the story.
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Star Brooks
7/26/2017 09:59:45 pm
I get what you're saying Emily because it is kind of boring (for the reader) if an author just repeats another story without adding to it, especially for those who have already heard this particular story beforehand. This is a great way to engage his audience and keep them engrossed.
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Kristina Vargas
8/8/2017 03:55:49 pm
Emily and star i agree with both of you . I hate reading a story over and over again and it being the same exact thing. i like when someone puts a twist on something. I like when the author makes something that has been told over and over again theirs and makes me want to read it.
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Chelsea Owusu-Bonsu
8/15/2017 03:42:29 pm
I totally agree! Nonfiction stories that are read as Fiction makes the story more interesting and spices things up like you said. In my opinion it makes me picture it in my head and makes me more engaged in the story.
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Anna Antunez
8/16/2017 12:00:19 am
I agree, some books do get dull when it only has one genre to it. books that have more genres and creativity to it makes it more interesting and makes me want to read more and give my mind to create a story to play through my mind.
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Star Brooks
7/26/2017 09:41:10 pm
This message is in regards to the title itself, "In Cold Blood"
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Dé'Janae Phillips
8/8/2017 09:27:18 pm
I also did some research. And I can say that reading through the book, a lot of hints were given. There was a lot explained, and a ton of foreshadowing. That also made it very interesting to read.
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7/27/2017 08:17:23 pm
Most times I don't trust nonfiction the reads like fiction because some things seems too good to be true. Some examples from the book would be the murder itself. There was no evidence at all, not even the shotgun shells that should have been left behind from the bullets. But one picture with a dusty footprint turns up and that one photo solves the case. Even the Clutters neighbors should have heard something. But when Dick and Perry were taken into custody and questioned they even found the exact spot the rope and shotgun shells were buried in and even the boots that had been shipped back to Vegas. It all just seemed too perfect to be a non fiction story. When Dick and Perry gave their accounts of what happened they differed from each others but I didn't understand why because throughout the book they were practically glued to each others hip. That made me kind of skeptical of whether it was true or not.
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Karol Gonzalez
7/29/2017 02:52:43 pm
I really like when nonfiction stories are told in a fiction manner because it allows room for a deeper truth. So, I would say that I do trust nonfiction that reads like fiction. The "story truth" really grasps a reality that the "happening truth" can not provide. The "story truth" is not necessarily adding lies to the factuality of the story, it is just enhancing it to make the audience believe and feel what can be and is true.
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Million Abay
8/12/2017 05:25:12 am
I agree with your interpretation of what nonfiction read like fiction does to the story. All a book like this does is create a stronger bond and feeling with the characters of the novel as books should do, and when you add certain details you simply make a more clearer and vivid story truth as you said.
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Maryfer Palacios
8/1/2017 10:21:39 am
Normally, I would not trust nonfiction that reads like fiction, but this piece is told quite realistically. Every aspect is so real and Capote uses concrete diction throughout the crime. His description of the characters, especially the criminals, are so vivid that I can picture them in my head. Capote also emotionally moved me. It varied from the shock of the Clutter family getting murdered to the suspense of the criminals getting caught and then to the sorrow of Perry's loud crying. I would not believe that this book is fiction even if it were, for it is so precise.
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Ingrid Diaz
8/7/2017 12:14:35 am
I do trust nonfiction that reads like fiction because it gets the reader more interested in the book, instead of just being historical facts. I also trust nonfiction books that reads like fiction because it gives the reader more freedom and just because its read like fiction it doesn't mean its all fake.
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Dé'Janae Phillips
8/8/2017 09:57:24 pm
I also trust it going both ways. I think that it gives the reader more freedom as well. It makes it more fun to read, because I personally enjoy fiction more than nonfiction. This is an amazingly written book. So I do trust nonfiction written like fiction.
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Kristina Vargas
8/8/2017 03:12:13 pm
Reading this book , i was kinda bored. This book definitely reminded me of The Thing They Carried but i was actually interested in reading about the characters in TTTC because the author made the characters interesting and described them but with ICB it was different. When the author was introducing the characters in Cold Blood i felt the characters were all real. That there wasn't really anything that i thought was not true or made up about them. It really surprised me of that, how the author introduced the characters and made me actually feel like they were realistic and everything the author said about them was actually true. I couldn't trust nonfiction that reads like fiction because in my eyes i honestly don't think you can portray a nonfiction book and its nonfiction ideas in fiction.
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Jonathan Vega
8/15/2017 08:52:33 pm
I totally agree with you Kristina. I feel like this book was not a book i would read again. I felt like this book really dragged to get to the certain point. At the end of the book i was waiting for that moment where I want a part two , but in my opinion i felt like that part really never came. I think when comparing this to Maus I & II i feel like those two stories had different plot twist and really engaged the reader. These stories made something that is talked about even more interesting and I don't think In Cold blood did this.
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Million Abay
8/12/2017 04:25:08 am
Nonfiction that reads like fiction establishes a sense of excitement and truthfulness that biographies cannot. When I read a biography there is always a point in the book that makes me bored and when I read a nonfiction novel that reads as fiction I become more intrigued and involved in the novel. A novel that is nonfiction but read as fiction only demonstrates a story in a creative way but the morals and teachings of the story are the same. So, I do trust nonfiction that reads like fiction due to the fact that they both have the same base in story telling.
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Ron Scott
8/12/2017 05:54:09 pm
This question really had me thinking for a while. It's hard to say because a book could be non-fiction, but what if an author tried to manipulate some story elements to make a book more interesting. Similar to how movie directors add things that aren't in the book to make the movie plot more engaging. I really can't trust nonfiction that reads like fiction. It seems like you can't trust everything in certain books. The author may know his research on specific events. But can an author really portray real people as characters without being in their shoes?
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De’Jah
8/13/2017 08:01:47 pm
Ron, I couldn’t agree with you more. You made a great comparison between the directors of movies and the authors of books. And just as I said works such as these can be fabricated to seem more appealing.
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De’Jah Donahue
8/13/2017 07:53:12 pm
I would trust nonfiction that reads like fiction only to a certain extent. It may be fabricated for appeal. I would trust the story line but not every detail.
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8/14/2017 01:25:52 pm
Well, before I read this book, I didn't believe that the nonfiction can be read like fiction. I thought the nonfiction was boring and I would not be interested in. However, when I read this book carefully, I totally forgot that it was non-fiction, because I was just fascinated by the bloody murder and the process of exploration which was very suspenseful. I felt the same emotion of the other people in town who were very scared after knowing the murder. And I almost thought the book was fiction. Then I realized that the nonfiction can be read like fiction.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/14/2017 02:00:50 pm
I do trust nonfiction that reads like fiction and I enjoy it when it reads that way as well. My reason being is that a nonfiction is a writing based on real events and real people with facts to prove it all yet sometimes the facts don’t tell the entire truth to it. In a sense, it’s not just black and white, with fiction gives us a sense of what’s going on inside a person’s mind and to be able to read their thoughts. I know this isn’t about some imaginary tale since I saw that it was nonfiction before I started reading, yet I like the taste of fiction with nonfiction.
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Melany Montesdeoca
8/14/2017 09:02:06 pm
I personally do trust non-fiction that is written like fiction because I know the story is based on true events and accounts that were not created upon someone imagination. When it is written like fiction I do get counfjaed in Tim but i overall do indeed trust what the author is saying and what is happening. The form in which the story was written made me speculate if the events where true but overall I was able to trust knowing this is a true account
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Yuxin Hong
8/14/2017 11:49:56 pm
In my opinion, I totally agree with that nonfiction reads like fiction. As our classmates said, these kind of murder stories are really attractive. Many stories we can only read in some fictions. These words provide readers good imagination. Stories are very coherent. Readers can have good imagination when they are reading these words, and that' the point. Because of these good imagination, nonfiction reads like fiction.
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Edgar Garduno
8/15/2017 12:16:15 am
I agree with the statement "'nonfiction reads like fiction". The imaginative writing of authors can often persuade readers to believe that their stories are true. We are often enveloped by real-life events that seem like fairy tales and stories, so it is possible to believe these stories as real.
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Makiya Baskerville
8/15/2017 03:45:20 pm
I do trust a story that is non-fiction but reads like fiction. There is only so much that I would trust from the story. Key details and important ideas is something I would trust, but necessarily mean that I would trust everything that comes out of the book. Some stuff could be added for an affect.
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Aaliyah Reese
8/15/2017 06:05:25 pm
I would say that it is difficult to trust nonfiction that reads like fiction cause you really get to thinking like was this murder that easy to solve or was this the author making a more interesting easy read. It also confused me at the beginning a little. But as you work your way through the book you find out reasons why the author made the novel as so. It allows for a good visual of the book as well.
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Dung Viet Nguyen
8/15/2017 10:48:50 pm
I would trust this kind of story because if the author only tell us the murder story it will seems like we are reading a criminal case. The details that the author added actually made the story more intense and more interesting.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:18:13 pm
I would't trust everything the book says because I know some of them are not exactly the truth, even though they look like it is the fact.
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Edgar Godinez
8/15/2017 11:06:58 pm
I do trust nonfiction stories that read like fiction because it makes stories way better in a certain way. In a nonfiction story it expands our understanding of things and increases our imagination. Fiction stories are pretty straight forward while nonfiction stories makes us think and analyze more.more things are interesting when a bit of nonfiction is added in.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:16:21 pm
This is an interesting question because it reminds me of The Things They Carried, the story truth and the happening truth. I will probably get confused if nobody tells me it is a non-fiction book, so I guess I will believe part of what the book says, but not all because it's unnatural when things are described so clearly.
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Anna Antunez
8/15/2017 11:40:50 pm
I don't really know if I fully trust a book that is non-fiction but read as fiction it is kind of weird but also interesting. It is only told of the murder and it really reminds me of "Criminal Minds" or "Law & Order" and it is kind of weird reading it in a point of view of the author but i think I would trust it.
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