In Cold Blood Analytical Essay

The book often considered to be the first non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is an interesting read that takes the elements of fiction and implements them into a nonfiction story. Capote dedicated six years of his life to this book which is unanimously considered his most well done work as well as his most famous. Capote’s life and environment when growing up is a big factor in the writing of his masterpiece “In Cold Blood” which tells of the murder of an innocent family, and the justice gotten from the death of the murderers.

Truman Capote was born in Louisiana in 1924 (Biography.com). He is remembered as the author of “In Cold Blood.” As a young boy Capote grew up with his purpose in life clear: to become an author (Biography.com).

Although Capote grew up in the south, he was quoted as denying his southern roots. Capote was influenced by many different sources and also incorporates his unfortunate childhood into his stories, by including dark details. Capote’s growing up in a dysfunctional family with abusive parents led to a certain belief in justice. This belief in justice is prevalent in his work In Cold Blood which consumed the life of Capote for over six years and while it brought him success, it turned his life to a life of addiction (Krebs). The main reason for this drastic psychological change is the relations with the subjects of the book, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith (Biography). Capote to get the conclusion of his book pushed the criminals and hoped for their deaths. Unable to deal with his conscious after this Capote turned to drinking. Capote claimed that he could have published a book with all 6000 pages of his notes before he condensed them down (Krebs). The subjects were not mentally stable and dealing with them for so long led to Capote having much guilt and mental unstableness (Biography). The majority of Capote’s influences come from his life and experiences which while they were often damaging, created the style and