How do the narrative voice and the sentence structure of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood change when the story shifts from descriptions of the Clutter...

employs
two very different writing approaches when describing the Clutter family, who are the innocent
victims of Dick and Perry, and when describing Dick and Perry, the perpetrators of the horrific
murders.

Capote emphasizes the innocence of the Clutter family by describing
their home poetically:

The village of Holcomb stands on
the high wheat plains of Western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out
there.'

The descriptive nature of Capote's language in
this long, evocative sentence creates a picture in the reader's mind of a lonely and isolated
place, one that may not provide protection to the residents of Holcomb. The natural environment
is wholesome and unadulterated, which implies a trusting innocence about the Clutters, who
choose to live in such a simple landscape despite its isolation.

In
contrast, Capote employs shorter phrases, strung together in a punchy style, to describe the two
criminals, Dick and Perry. This sentence is long and conversational,...