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In Cold Blood - Coggle Diagram
In Cold Blood
Quotes
“The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” - Narrator, beginning of book
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“I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.” - Perry
“I've tried to believe, but I don't, I can't, and there's no use pretending.”
“They shared a doom against which virtue was no defense” - Barbara, about turning her back on Perry after their childhoods
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"having a bad spell," - Bonnie Clutter
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“Imagination, of course, can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.”
“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.” - Perry
“‘Deal me out, baby,’ Dick said. ‘I’m a normal.’ - Dick
there was, in Dick’s opinion, ‘something wrong’ with Little Perry.” - Dick
Context
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Hostile, close knit community, unwelcoming
Clutter family vs D+P, two rivers of american life
Truman's childhood , comparison, like looking in a mirror…
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Perfect, ‘town darling’ nuclear family
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