In Cold Blood

Life goes on in the book In Cold Blood. The author, Truman Capote, engages in an analysis of both the murderers and the people who surrounded the Clutter family. Capote goes through an intensive breakdown of the characters, clearly showing how each was affected as an individual by the events of November 15, 1959. The Clutter murders shocked the peaceful lives and futures of the residents of Holcomb County.
Susan Kidwell, Nancy Clutter’s best friend, is affected in a very unique way. From the beginning chapters we see how Nancy confides everything with Susan. Capote allows us to feel their closeness as in page 21 we are carried into a conversation where they exchange secrets and dreams. This relationship explains Susan’s reaction when she finds her best friend dead. When a neighbor, Nancy Ewalt, shouts that Nancy’s dead, Susan turns offensive, "No, she isn’t. And don’t you say it. Don’t you dare." Susans love for Nancy does not allow her to realize that Nancy is real...