The Malleability of Nonfiction in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood
Write an analytical paper about Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. The paper must STUDY ONLY THIS TEXT, and therefore must CITE ONLY THIS TEXT. Evidence of Capote’s approach to new journalism as a narrative fictionalization of true events must be found and analyzed within plot elements as well as Capote’s use of language. An example which ought to be studied for its new journalistic narrative elements are Dr. Jones’ non-testimony during the trial; Capote’s omniscient ability to predict what Dr. Jones would have said, and to see inside his head, so to speak, is typical of New Journalism in which ways? The malleability of nonfiction defines Capote’s forerunning style of New Journalism; show how.