A little late

Okay, I think I finally figured out this thing. In reading through Cold Blood (which I'm slightly over halfway done with) it intrigued me the similarities between the book and the recent Tiffany Souers murder and how the media (or in this case, author) can portray a story and alter our perception and opinions of the happenings. In the book, when the murders were discovered the description that ensued was so descriptive and graphic that it plants a very vivid picture in your mind about what happened there that night. The story seems to touch so close as home as it could be any story you'd read when you pick up most newspapers in America. That being said, the telling of the story illustrates the real life aspect of the murders and presents hard facts of the dealings that took place. Capote uses literature to not only develop the characters further, but it alter your perception of both the murderers and victims as a whole. By describing in great detail the actions of the family right before their murders, the victims become even more believable and an even more realalistic feel is applied to them. Similarily with the murderers, by divulging in the characters backstories and prior dealings, Capote alters the opinion that the readers possess as Perry becomes a victim and Dick an adversely influential criminal taking advantage of Perry's fragile mind. Using these literary tactics, Capote reinforces the human aspect and in doing so makes the characters seem more real, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.