What were the conflicts in the book 'In Cold Blood'?

Answer 1

In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel about the murder of the Clutter family by to men (Dick and Perry) and after their murder it focuses more on Dick and Perry's travels "on the run" as well as their arrest.

Answer 2

Published in 1966, Truman Capote's bestseller, "In Cold Blood," details the 1959 quadruple-murder of a Kansas family by two ex-convicts on parole. The primary conflicts of the book are as follows: between the murderers and their victims, between convicts (or ex-convicts) and society, and between the two murderers themselves.

Answer 3

Robbery. Smith and Hickock thought the Clutters learned from a fellow inmate in prison that the clutters had 10,000 dollars in a safe in the house. All they got was $40.00, a radio and a pair of binoculars.

Answer 4

One expample is how Capote makes the first section called "the last to see them alive" making the reader think that the section is on the last witnesses. Not that it is on the killers which is what it actually is on.

Answer 5

The main conflict in "In Cold Blood" is between the two murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, and their victims, the Clutter family. The book also explores the conflicting emotions and motivations of the killers, as well as the ethical conflict surrounding capital punishment and the justice system.

Answer 6

Its when they find out Perry and Dick killed the family and they are taken to court to be tried.