2. Freres humains qui après nous vivez, N’ayez les cuers contre nous endurcis, Car, se pitié de nous povres avez,  Dieu en aura plus tost de vous mercis.
Men my brothers who live after us, have your hearts not hardened against us. For, if on poor us you take pity, God will sooner show you mercy.
—Francois Villon, "The Ballad of the Hanged Men"

3. In Cold Blood A work of creative non-fiction Written like a novel,
but true.
Not necessarily
chronological
Told from alternating
points of view

4. Truman Capote Born 1925 Childhood friend of Nell Harper Lee
Novel first serialized in The New Yorker in 1965
Novel launched his career to the high society circles
Died 1984

5. Capote first learned of the murders through an article in the New York Times

6. Law
and
Order

7. Setting

8. The road to the Clutter home

9. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.”
Clutter Family Home (as it stands today)

10. Law…
The Victims
The Criminals
The Witnesses
The Investigators

11. The Victims

12. Herb Clutter Head of the Clutter household
Well-liked, respected member of the Holcomb community
Fairly prosperous

13. Bonnie Clutter
Wife of Herb Clutter
Mother of four
A recluse

14. Nancy Clutter Daughter of Herb and Bonnie Clutter
Well-liked and popular
Bright, energetic, responsible
Dating Bobby Rupp

15. Kenyon Clutter Son of Herb and Bonnie Clutter Quiet and reserved
Enjoys working with his hands
Fifteen years old

16. The Criminals

17. Perry Smith Convicted thief Sentenced to Kansas State Penitentiary
Met Dick Hickock in jail

18. Dick Hickock
Inmate in Kansas State Penitentiary
Friend of Perry Smith

19. KBI
The Investigators

20. Alvin Dewey Main detective in the Clutter investigation
Acquaintance of Herb Clutter

21. Other Investigators
KBI Supervisor Al Dewey, County Attorney Duane West, Sheriff Earl Robinson, and KBI Agent Clarence Duntz. (left to right)

22. The movie trailers 1967 https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=ZTlJjmbKzS E
What was the intent
1996
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What was the intent?
Which one would you want to watch? Why?