Thanks for the thought Grandma!

Yesterday afternoon I was talking to my Grandma about the book In Cold Blood and Breakfast At Tiffany's. I was trying to persuade her to read some of Capote's books but she refused. She told me she didn't like mystery stories. I explained that Breakfast at Tiffany's wasn't a mystery and it was a book she would like because of it's quick and witty writing, where as in In Cold Blood, it was more of a darker mysterious writing. She still refused. Upon asking why, she told me that she had read a book by Capote a long time ago and wasn't very fond of it. Said it was too dark for her. Of course I needed to back myself up as to win this argument. I explained to her that Capote was one of those writers that you could never judge by one book, because all his books are so different. One of his books is about murdering four people, with disgusting details that explains one murder in five paragraphs, while another one of his books is about a girl that thinks nothing can ever go wrong as long as you're at Tiffany's and you don't have to know what's happening in the world around you, while a third story is about Capote's real life of how he spent Christmas one year with his Aunt and how he was so happy. 

That's when I realized that I should write my paper about how Capote isn't a one genre kind of person, he likes to write his stories about anything and everything. I want to discuss the difference and similarities of his books, bust mostly the differences because Capote has so many differences between his books and stories.

In Cold Blood

I’m having trouble telling if the two robbers are gay. I’m pretty sure they are, but they never touch, or seem really into each other, except for how Dick always calls Perry, “baby” or “honey,” but those could just be terms of interment. They could be bi I guess. I mean both men were stuck in jail for a long time, and I hear that the men sometimes go gay being in jail, but Dick was also married twice, to women. Could it just be a new thing, where he’s gone gay for Perry? I think Perry was gay to begin with because he liked one of his cellmates, Willie Jay. Are they together as a couple? Or are they just on a job together and then when it’s over, they’ll just go their separate ways?

When you think about it, In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s have a lot in common. Both have to deal with criminals, and talk about a trial. Both the books start with background information that leads up how the characters get in trouble with the law. I’ve never actually read a book that tells you everything about the characters and then tells you what they did that was so interesting. Usually I’ve read or seen a movie in which you know what happens, and then people try and figure out how it happened. I wonder why Capote chose to write like that?

In Cold Blood

While readying In Cold Blood, I noticed that both the books have guitars in them. Both characters in Capote's books have guitars they like to play. I wonder if the guitars represent anything. Or if the characters were based on the same person, or something like that?