In the book In Cold Blood, Truman Capote used the first four lines of the poem "Ballad of the Hanged Men". ... Truman Capote also does this as a way to set the tone for the rest of the book and it also gives the reader something to think about before and while reading the book. ... The book In Cold Blood is a nonfiction novel about a recreation of a murder. In this book Truman Capote describes how two murderers killed and robbed a family of Kansan farmers. ... That is why Truman Capote used the first four lines of "Ballad of the Hanged Men" as an introduction to In Cold Blood. ...

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Truman Capote's, In Cold Blood was the innovation of a new literature style after being credited the first of non-fiction writing. ... T ruman Capote's, In Cold Blood is a non-fiction read that includes bias towards one murderer that impacts not only the audience, but also authors of his time. ...

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That is the question that Truman Capote asked without asking in his novel "In Cold Blood". ... But the most important trigger was his psychological disorder, which made Smith live in confusion between two personalities, one in which he was a sweet, caring person, and another one in which he was a cold blooded criminal. All these factors tormented Perry and finally, combined with tension and frustration turning him into a murderer. 1(Truman Capote; 1965; "In Cold Blood"; page 188.)...

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Analysis of Truman Capote and his Writing Style and Techniques Truman Capote's innovative and controversial techniques earned him celebrity status and fame as a professional author. ... His pioneered work, In Cold Blood, is described as being "A new literary form that trumpeted the advance publicists", that many will come to praise and denounce (French 929). ... His nonfiction novel, of course, is In Cold Blood. ... In his nonfiction novel In Cold blood, Capote does a lot more than just state the facts of a quadruple homicide in Kansas. ... Capote reverts back to this type of styl...

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According to Truman Capote in the opening of In Cold Blood, "like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." ...

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