Comparative+Texts

media type="custom" key="25053734" **Truman Capote bio** = = =12DM - Crime and Espionage=

Chapter 1 - Activities and Discussion Questions (copied from unit website).
Where is the narrative set? 1. Using google maps or another mapping programme, plot the towns mentioned in Chapter 1. Where is Holcomb? Where do the sisters Beverly and Eveanna live? Where was the diner where Perry waited for Dick? Where was the jail they had been released from? As towns are mentioned, plot them on your map so that you can begin to understand the geography of the novel.

Characters in the novel. 2. There are many diverse characters in the novel, all based on real people. Begin keeping a list of all the characters you meet, including those which you judge as being minor characters. For each of the characters, give a physical description, their role and relevance in the chapter / and consequent chapters and at least one quote which you believes represents this character. It is important to keep adding to your document as you progress through the novel. A simple table format which you can download and use follows:

3 From the beginning of the novel, the reader is aware that the Clutter family will be murdered. How does this position the reader towards the family and towards other characters which the reader meets? Write a paragraph explaining your response to this foreshadowing.

4. Listen to the news report, National Treasures. Do you think that items such as these linked with the murder should be publicly displayed? Why or why not? Justify your response with reasoned argument.

READINGS:
Capote's Co-Conspirators