Tiare Mendez
6/6/2017 02:50:23 pm
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel because it revolves around the "true account of a multiple murder and its consequences". Capote interviewed all the people in this book or obtained information about them basically as an original source. The difference between fiction and non fiction is that the former is based on fabricated stories from the imagination and the latter is a true story based on facts with events that actually took place.
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DeJanae Phillips
6/9/2017 05:37:57 pm
This case is a real case. While they write this as something that seems to be fiction, it is non fiction. This is a true case in Kansas of 1959 about the shocking murder of the four Clutter family members. Brutally killed at point blank range with a gun, this is an author's mere attempt to tell the story of one of the criminals, as they had sort of 'befriended' one another due to an opportunity for the author to interview the criminal. This is a historical event that changed everything for the Holcomb community
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Journey Allison
8/11/2017 11:18:46 am
This is in fact non-fiction. At first, like you said I thought this was maybe realistic fiction because of the content. But after looking this up, the events in this book actually occurred. The main difference between non-fiction and fiction is that fiction based books are written from imagination; things or events that are made up. While non-fiction based books are written from fact and events that actually happened.
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Chantal Garcia
8/15/2017 09:41:02 pm
Yes this is of course a non-fiction. Just as you said it is a real life case that took place in a Kansas community. Capote wrote it as an author but also as a journalist because that is what he did to learn more about the case and Perry and Dick. But mostly, Perry. The only difference Capote did is that he dig more on interviewing. Others might have seen it as using it as entertainment but I feel it was more to get greater understand on why murders do such thing yet he wrote it in a novel with more creative writing. That's what author's do.
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Jelani Jaclson
8/16/2017 12:26:02 am
This is a non fiction book. I though it might have been fiction st first because of a few details that had throw me off, but after some research, I found out the exaxt opposite. It's a shocking murder case, and that just made it even better and easier to read
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Kevin Rodriguez
7/7/2017 05:37:43 pm
This book is Non-Fiction because the author went out to get some very straight and true facts about the events that had occurred to make this book as accurate as humanely possible. It is something that truly happened and we can see over the onset of the book that it has a real vibe to it. Truman went out and searched for primary sources to seek in order for the creation of the book and to make it accountable for all of the facts found.
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Star Brooks
7/18/2017 09:26:48 pm
Before I began to read the book, I did research on it and found out that it was in fact non-fiction. In my opinion, this is important to do especially for crime stories because it can cause later confusion after starting to read. The difference between this story, and a fiction story, is that everything in this story came from direct interviews and one can research about this specific homicide and find out the same basic information. In a fiction story, authors add all sorts of twists and turns to it to grab readers attention, and this can not be found in history, dated.
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Emily Gallegos
7/26/2017 03:16:47 pm
I agree with Star, when she had stated that it is important to find out what type of story you read before it causes confusion. This helped me out a lot before I had read the book. I also liked how Star had mentioned that fiction stories have twists in contrast to non fiction stories.
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Karen Diaz
8/6/2017 01:53:25 am
I also agree with you it's really easy to get things mixed up so sometimes it better to become more familiar with the book and search some things about it to avoid being confused as you read the story.
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De’Jah Donahue
8/13/2017 08:11:18 pm
Same. Although, I didn’t do any research because in the commentary on the back of the book, the New York Reviews Of Books tells us that it is in fact a documentary.
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Armani Pace
8/15/2017 06:26:56 pm
I agree with you because I also did research on the story but I did it after reading not before from curiosity. After I did my research it helped me to understand more about what happened in the story that I found confusing.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:23:53 pm
I agree with you Star, and I learned to do research before reading because it helps to understand about what is the book talking about.
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Markyla Thompson
8/16/2017 06:36:35 am
Everyone knows this is an non-diction book. I think this is a very important thing to remember because i think you could get caught behind trying to figure out how certain details or events are turn or not. You over read and miss out on a lot of important details.
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Isabell Gonzalez
7/24/2017 03:52:00 pm
This book is nonfiction and for this book the writer went out to find out details. He went out to get new information about a true story. While in a fiction book it is based off of imagination and creativity of the mind.
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Emily Gallegos
7/26/2017 02:53:25 pm
In Cold Blood is a work of nonfiction due to the fact that it is a true account of a multiple murder in Kansas as Dejanae had stated earlier. The difference between non-fiction and fiction stories are thst one tells truths and really facts as to the other stating imaginary non factual information. This book contains a lot of information based off is records and interviews.
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7/27/2017 08:22:08 pm
The Clutter murders were real and this book is a nonfiction novel. The book truly tells the tragic story of the Clutters and their murderers Dick and Perry. Works of fiction involve imaginary people and or places and tells stories that are either not true or could never happen. Nonfiction tells about real people, places, times, and how events took place.
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Karol Gonzalez
7/29/2017 02:43:56 pm
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction novel because Truman Capote clearly stated in the acknowledgements that all material displayed in the book came from official records or from people who were interviewed during the time that the incident occurred. Capote stated the names of those who were in fact involved in heartbreaking story of how the Clutters were brutally murdered and it is one shocking story to be told.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/14/2017 08:17:12 pm
Good job taking a look at the acknowledgements. I agree that this was a real heartbreaking story and even worse, it actually happened. I also looked at the acknowledgements because when I first started reading it had me second guessing whether it was fiction or nonfiction.
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Anna Antunez
8/16/2017 12:04:52 am
Nice acknowledging the facts and material that clearly show that the book is nonfiction. I agree that the story truly was heartbreaking and shocking to all those who knew the Cutter family very well.
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8/1/2017 12:12:14 pm
I have done my research, so I will say this is a non-fictional novel with slight twists. According to Capote, Mr. Bell, Willie-Jay, Perry and his sister have been given different names. This murder case is real, even if Capote did change something, the reality behind the story is real. This crime was done and these people were involved. Fiction, on the other hand, comes from imagination. There are no facts, as Capote was able to gather in Kansas before writing his book.
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Veronica Viramontes Saab
8/6/2017 10:11:15 pm
I totally agree with you Maryfer! I also thought that this book was non-fiction with definite SLIGHT twists. There was definitely true evidence involved in the process of writing this book, and I really love how interesting this murder case, especially because it actually happened in real life. As I had mentioned before, if this book would have been fiction, Capote could have just fabricated his own murder story, but he made it better by making it non-fiction.
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Kyuante Coleman
8/15/2017 11:39:52 pm
I agree that I like how Capote wrote the story. Twist and turns and everything. I was confused on whether the book was fiction or non-fiction, but I got it all figured out eventually. I enjoyed the book a lot.
Karen Diaz
8/6/2017 01:49:22 am
This is non-fiction because it talks about murder a true event that also happens to have facts to back it up. The difference between non-fiction and fiction is that fiction is created from someone's imagination which is not true because it has imaginary people, imaginary events as well as imaginary places. On the other hand non- fiction is true it involves real things, real events, real places etc. like this book.
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Veronica Viramontes Saab
8/6/2017 09:50:16 pm
This story is based on true events. Therefore it is non-fiction. Capote has gone out to research and investigate the brutal murders and he includes factual evidence. If this book would have been fiction, the difference would have been that Capote would have probably made up the whole murder instead of using details and the evidence that he used in the true story, In Cold Blood.
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Kyuante Coleman
8/15/2017 11:43:51 pm
The book was indeed based on true events, so it's non-fiction. I like the fact that you pointed out how it would have been fiction if he just had made up his own horror murderous story. The fact that he did his research to make this book even more interesting than a fiction book was interesting to me and made me want to keep on reading the book.
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Ingrid Diaz
8/7/2017 12:34:15 am
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel because its based on true events. Its also non-fiction because there is information that supports the event that Truman Capote wrote about. The difference between fiction and non-fiction is that nonfiction is factual writing. And fiction is not factual.
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Kristina Vargas
8/8/2017 03:28:06 pm
Before i read any book i tend to look to see what genre the book is . I think if i were to read this book without searching up what type of genre it was i would of said it was fiction and probably would of read it as a fiction book. But it wasn't and i after i found out it was non fiction and was real, i tried to read it as a fiction book and i just couldn't . The difference between the two genres is that fiction you mainly use your imagination and nonfiction is like facts. Like last year in sophomore English class fiction is like the story truth and nonfiction is like the happening truth.
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Million Abay
8/12/2017 04:59:23 am
The novel "In Cold Blood" is nonfiction because it is based on a true story told by people, Truman Capote, interviewed because they had first hand accounts of the situation. The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that in fiction you create the story where as nonfiction you tell a story that happened based on true facts.
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Ron Scott
8/12/2017 05:43:55 pm
Based on the context the book was written in at first I thought it was fiction, but the more I read the more I realized this book is non-fiction. There is factual evidence in the book proving that the events in the book took place. Fiction is something that is not true (a made up story) and non-fiction is (a real story).
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Adrian Fernandez
8/14/2017 08:06:11 pm
The same thing happened to me. I was reading the book and it first it seemed like it was fiction but I remembered seeing that it was a nonfiction book and then I had to look back just to make sure I was reading a nonfiction book. It’s based on true events and like you said, factual evidence that these things happened.
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Adrian Fernandez
8/14/2017 01:34:46 pm
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel because although it is non-fiction as a whole, Truman Capote uses his creative license to make us biased one way or the other. It’s both a novel because of the fact that he shows conversations between the family members that no one could possibly know and it is also a non-fiction piece. I, like many other people, tend to like at what kind of genre of book I’m reading just for curiosity reasons. With a bit of research I found out that a nonfiction novel is a “story of actual people and actual events told with the dramatic techniques of a novel” which is exactly what this book is. In Cold Blood is an actual story of the brutal murder of a Kansas farm family.
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8/14/2017 01:36:19 pm
Well, this is nonfiction, since it describes the true thing which happened in the past. Although when I read it , I felt like it was fiction since it was very suspenseful, it was the truth. All in all, it is very interesting.
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Isabell Gonzalez
8/14/2017 08:22:07 pm
I agree with you having a book that reads fiction but isnt at all is different. It is intriguing and suspenseful like you said. While being very interesting it always can confuse the readers which is what i believe.
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Chelsea Bautista
8/14/2017 07:30:54 pm
In Cold Blood is nonfiction since this event actually occurred in real life. The book contains true events and real people. As devastating as it is that a family was actually killed “in cold blood” without any motive or reason, it actually happened. That’s mostly what a nonfiction book, it backed with facts and occurrences that really happened. If it were a fiction book then the story would be altered to the point where it would be made up or false. Sometimes fiction books may resemble features as if it happened but there would be something to give it away as not being true.
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Melany Montesdeoca
8/14/2017 08:56:15 pm
The story is non-fiction because it is Truman Capote account of the murder that took place in Holcomb,Kansas. The difference bewteen fiction and nonfiction is that fiction is composed of events or people that are nonexistent based on the imagination or altered. Non-fiction is based and composed of true accounts and facts that took place
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Yuxin Hong
8/14/2017 11:36:50 pm
Non-fiction
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Edgar Garduno
8/15/2017 12:49:58 am
The story is indeed non-fiction. Truman Capote based the book off of the real Clutter Family murders in 1959. However, aspects of fiction come into play as Capote describes our main characters' escapade after the murders. He uses precise details to illustrate the unknown lives of our
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Makiya Baskerville
8/15/2017 03:29:04 pm
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is non-fiction novel. The story may see like it is fiction but the book is based off of true events involving the murders of the Clutter family. He indeed did find information on the case and interviewed anyone who had information of these events. When I first began to read this book, I thought it was fiction.
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Aaliyah Reese
8/15/2017 05:49:22 pm
In the book cold blood it is a non fiction. It is non fiction because the events happened in real life. The murders had came to the house to kill the Clutter family. To me it seemed as if it was a fiction novel at first but it is not. The author just adds twist to the novel to add excitement.
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Armani Pace
8/15/2017 06:23:46 pm
In cold blood is a nonfiction book. After I finished reading the book I did research on it and found that this is not only nonfiction but based on a true story. Truman Capote went to Kansas after the murder of the clutter family and investigated the case. He interviewed many neighbors and local people living near their farm. The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction is based on imagination and myths but nonfiction is based on real events that can actually happen.
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Dung Viet Nguyen
8/15/2017 10:42:32 pm
In cold blood is a nonfiction story. It was based on a true story of the murder of the Clutters which the author spent 6 years of investigating and research. It might seems like a fiction story if you don't read the whole thing.
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Evelyn Padilla
8/15/2017 11:02:20 pm
In cold blood is non fiction because its based on a real life case. Capote put a lot of work in to making this book to the work of literature it is. He interviewed lots of people to get the story right. Non fiction is when the events in the book actually happened, and this case unfortunately did actually happen
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Edgar Godinez
8/15/2017 11:20:51 pm
In Cold Blood is a non-fictional story because it was actually based on a true story where there was a lot of killing and many consequences. Information was recorded by Capote who interrogated the people who were involved with these multiple scenes. Facts are realistic and In Cold Blood has that, therefore it is nonfiction because it actually happened and there was plenty of resources. If it were to be fiction it would have been a made up story by someone who has a big imagination, but it wasn't.
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Ho Kwan Cheng
8/15/2017 11:21:52 pm
The book is a non-fiction book because it is based on a true story, different from fiction books because they are mostly imaginations in stead of true facts.
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Jordan Wright
8/15/2017 11:33:45 pm
The book itself is a non-fiction book, though I do believe that a few of the events may have been exaggerated to give more detail. I don't think there's anyway someone who hadn't witnessed a thing and was just looking from the outside in could have all these stories down to quotes. Not that the events didn't happen, they were just re-imagined in a way that the readers could get a better understanding
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Anna Antunez
8/15/2017 11:52:04 pm
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction book because the author, Truman Capote, researched about the murder of the Cutter family, the murders themselves and how Perry's childhood was. Fiction is information that was thought through the mind and using imagination. it was clearly shown that the book held more facts.
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Cierra Gardner
8/16/2017 06:52:17 am
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction book because it's based off a true story and is realistic. Fiction books tend to have something to do with a power beyond our comprehension and we label it as magic or a miracle.
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Tiare Mendez
8/16/2017 07:43:24 am
I am wondering if people are sympathizing with Perry. What do you think about the following quote from page 300, " the child's exposure to overwhelming stimuli, before he can master them, is closely linked to early defects in ego formation and later severe disturbances in impulse control". Would this be a factor into the thought that mental illness, although it does not excuse murder, make it more understandable?
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