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Elizabeth Asamoah-Baffour
7/29/2019 02:58:14 pm
I think this nonfiction uses novel elements because I believe the author wants to draw the readers in a way to make them ponder to see if they can read a book normally while knowing that this is actually pure facts that actually happened in real life. I believe this method of writing is quite sharp and it could make a great factor in future nonfiction books. It's truly to draw readers in and not totally feel like everything is too factual even though in a way it is. Because if it's totally like that then they'll feel like it's too boring.
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Bach Tran
7/31/2019 02:07:38 am
I do agree that the novel form can be a type of attraction for readers because it is telling a long and interesting story about how the whole case started, what occurred and the capture and punishment of the criminals as well as their background stories. Reading this is much more interesting than looking at a documentary.
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Jessica Robinson
8/10/2019 04:11:35 pm
I also agree with you, when reading seems too factual, it seems more informative. I do not mind reading books based on facts but my first impression of this book seemed more like a mystery type book. I would’ve been disappointed if I further read and noticed that it was pure factual. When the author adds novel elements, it does attract me, and I believe this book was meant for that type of art.
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Isabella Hernandez
8/11/2019 12:33:12 am
I totally agree with you! That is exactly what I was thinking about this book. The author was finding a way to create some sort of hook or a different formatting to help attract the readers into reading this story and wanting them be interested as well as finding out what had happened in the story, without them knowing that this based on true events. Without this type of style the author used in the book, the reader would defiantly get bored and get tired of the book since it was so interesting to them.
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Nikya Warren
8/11/2019 06:00:44 pm
I totally agree with you Elizabeth. I feel like the author wrote this as a novel to keep us drawn in. When we hear something as a sorry instead of straight facts we are more drawn in because when something is written as a story it has a different feeling towards it.
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Bach Tran
7/31/2019 01:44:20 am
I think the author uses the novel form because he wants the reader to visualize the criminal case by themselves. From interactions and the crime scene, I think the author descibed very detailedly how everything look so the readers imagine as if they were there, alive when the case occurred. Another reason might be because he didn't have the images of the crime scene or enough materials to make it a graphic novel.
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Ryan Sarau-Young
8/3/2019 02:14:45 pm
I also agree with you on why Truman uses this style of writing. Not only does keep the reader inform about the situation, but also keeps them invested. If it was in a different style, very few people would be interested. I, for one, wanted to keep reading the story all the way until the end. So I think that Truman does an excellent job of keeping the reader interested
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Yareli Santoyo
8/11/2019 07:54:31 pm
I agree with you Bach, I think that the author wanted us to visualize the like we were there. I also felt like he wrote it as a novel to make it more interesting instead of making it only with facts. I also agree that he might have not had enough info physically but only had opinions and testimonies to make it into a novel instead of making it more informative.
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nghia nguyen
8/18/2019 02:30:20 pm
i agree, but visualize the whole thing is pretty hard for me. But its a good idea of yours to know the author do that to keep the reader visualize the whole crime scene and stuff that is going on
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Ryan Sarau-Young
8/3/2019 02:06:34 pm
Easy, the answer to this question is to keep the audience entertained. If it just was pure information, I would have enjoyed it. On the other hand, others would have not enjoyed it. It was all of the matter of making the most amount of people enjoy this story. Since more people would enjoy it because not only does it excite you, but it also keeps you guessing how they catch Dick and Perry.
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Kailyn Adames
8/10/2019 12:00:02 pm
I think that not only was it to keep the reader entertained but also so that the story can have some depth. If the book was solely about the murder the characters wouldn’t have personality and it would be basic ... the way that the author writes makes it more enjoyable and keeps me coming beck for more
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Marco Nova
8/6/2019 07:28:29 pm
I think the author wrote the book as a novel because a nonfiction book only based on facts isn't much of a storytelling or interesting book. This was to keep the audience engaged and wanting to learn. For example I don't like full nonfiction, it would've made me snooze. That's why he wrote it as a novel.
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Xi Cheng
8/9/2019 11:20:25 pm
Yes! I agree with you. The full nonfaction sometimes are telling in a simple, flat way, just like some news, serious and boring. Some cases makes us shocked only because the case itself is already terrifying. But lots of time, the cases cannot make us to realiza the or to be afraid like the person who are in the cases. Thus, the elements of a novel can help to be into the case and feel the stories like our own experiences. To add the elements of a novel no only help the nonfictions to be more real and close to our life, it also helps the author to attract more readers, and bring them into the cases.
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Minh Le
8/10/2019 04:54:44 am
I agree with you. If the book was fully written as a nonfiction than it wouldn't be so different from reading a news article or an investigation report. Apparently, nonfiction books written as novels keep readers more intrigued in the story.
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Jessica Robinson
8/10/2019 04:08:16 pm
I do agree with you, to entertain the readers and make them interested I think it’s necessary to have writing styles from novels. Nonfiction, I feel like I’m reading passages that I’ve imagined before and it doesn’t seem too engaging. Making it into a novel-like book opened my mind, it gave me a broader view on writing, and I do like this storytelling trait.
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Yareli Santoyo
8/11/2019 08:32:21 pm
I agree with you Marco, the book would’ve been much more boring and less interesting if it had only facts. I usually don’t like reading non-fiction books just because they bore me but with this book I almost forgot it was non-fiction since it really did sound like a fiction novel.
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Marcel Torres
8/7/2019 01:21:20 pm
I feel that the author wanted his audience to empathize with the people of Holcomb and understand the gravity of the murder. If the book was written as a news report and pure facts, many of us would write it off as a "horrendous atrocity" and then proceed with our lives. With the book written like a novel the audience can feel emotionally attached to the people in the story. However, Capote may have over succeeded because the gravity of the crime is lost when the people who were slain are seen as characters.
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Valentino Lara
8/9/2019 05:02:47 pm
I also agree that the author wrote this as novel for people it only to empathize with the family but also read it as if it is a story which is much more desirable than reading a report of the deaths. The way Capote writes the story is about as mesmerizing and audacious as he himself as a person was! I personally feel like the goal of most authors is to make it easy for people to find a way to relate to the story.
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Xi Cheng
8/9/2019 11:05:45 pm
I think In Cold Blood uses elements of novel help the stories more interesting to attract people because the nonfiction are based on the serious boring facts, it's more important for them to embellissh these facts by using some novel elements. In addition, one of the most fascinating parts of nonfaction is tells the real stories, not partial real, they are totally real events. For example, In Cold Blood is totally based on a real case. And the case itself is horrible and mysterious. And the additional details or the elements of a novel helps the readers to understand and to be closer to the murderer or victim. And the author can pass the thought to the readers completely.
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Kailyn Adames
8/10/2019 11:57:49 am
I think that he wrote this as a novel because he wanted to make it something that can lead us into thinking about our own way of the thoughts and opinions of the people in the book. We
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Isaiah Davis
8/10/2019 11:17:22 pm
I believe the author chose to write the book as a novel to give the book a little spin from the actual events that happened in real life. Maybe Capote thought that a book with straight facts might be a little bored for a readers. Me personally, I like straight up facts are better because it is a creepy factor to it that these are actual events that really happened at some point in time. I believe Capote did this because he wanted his audience to interpret the story on the same level and get the same deeper meaning he got from it. With that in mind he reimagined the story as if it was his own.
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Randhy Perez
8/11/2019 02:11:34 am
I think he wrote it as a novel because he wanted it his novel to be unique. Not like other murder novels out there that are pure fiction.
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Alexandre Martinez
8/11/2019 09:13:36 am
I think it is to lure the audience into thinking it is something fake or too good to be true. If it was just giving us facts then that would be just boring to read and comprehend. With this smart approach it tricks people into reading this.
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Nathan Borja
8/11/2019 02:06:15 pm
i think the author wrote story like a novel because, even though it was based on true events because more students or people would read it. People don't tend to like biographies or documentaries as much so Truman made it into a novel so people can read and understand the incident better.
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Samuel Barrera
8/11/2019 05:04:06 pm
I think that the author choose to write this as a novel because he wanted to keep the audience engaged. I also think the author wanted to put his own spin on the actual events.
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Haziel Sanchez
8/11/2019 08:43:40 pm
Reading this book, I could really imagine what was going on. I think this has to do a lot about making this nonfiction book a lot like a novel. I prefer books like this than book that seem too factual. I think the author wrote this book like this, not only to keep the readers entertained, but I think to emphasize more of this story.
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Andrea Lagunas
8/11/2019 09:12:45 pm
My thought on why the author wrote this book as a novel was to put the reader in the characters position and bring the audience to a more appealing book . The book brought factual events that even I sometimes forgot because I was im depth with how it transition to Dick then another. It certainly is a book that a reader won’t put down , which is what I think the author was going for as he display it as a fiction .
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Alejandra Sotelo
8/11/2019 09:35:21 pm
I believe this was a way for the reader to catch the readers attention in a unique way. Knowing that this book was based on real facts just makes the book more interesting and unique which I enjoyed.
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Jailyn Adames
8/11/2019 10:59:40 pm
To make the story more interesting. If the author wanted me to know the straight facts then In Cold Blood would have just been the entire murder case. I think writing this case in a way that is like a novel makes the event more dramatic and read worthy. I am more likely to read this because of its style, rather than just a murder case.
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Jocelyne Salgado
8/12/2019 08:03:56 am
In my opinion the author wrote this nonfiction as a novel to grasp the attention of the readers, often younger audiences such as myself are not hooked by nonfiction but with this book being written using elements of a novel I was kept engaged. I believe the author purposely used the format of a novel to appeal to a wider range of audiences to inform people about a series of tragic events.
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Imani Gonnigan
8/18/2019 08:57:41 pm
I think that writing nonfiction like a novel takes away from the actual people involved and makes you feel like they're more characters than actual people and sometimes I believe it could take away from their story as well because it starts to seem like it's just an elaborate story since it's written like a novel. I think that the author wrote it like a novel to keep people entertained and involved in the story. So people want to come back and see what happens next.
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