I think that nurture is much more powerful than nature.  We all know right from wrong, we all have our own set of morals and values.  How much we care about those morals and values depends on our nature and our nurture both.  In the novel there are plenty of examples to why nurture has an effect on the rest of your life.  Most obvious of these examples being Dick and Perry’s childhood.  Perry grew up in an unstable environment; his mother was an alcoholic who never took care of her children.  Perry never really had any money.  He grew up in different orphanages where he was beaten and made fun of for his bed-wetting problem.  Now, this is no excuse for the terrifying acts he commited against the Clutter family.  This just explains why he would have lots of built up anger and resentment.  Another example to how effective nurture is compared to nature is Nancy and Kenyon’s childhood. The Clutters are a very respectable family with a very strong value for their morals.  They are involved in their church and in 4-H.  They have plenty of hard earned money which they spend wisely.  Now, I would say it is mostly because of Nancy and Kenyon’s positive environment that they are such good kids.  They make good grades and help anyone they can help.  They have great attitudes and a very positive outlook on life.  They are very loved throughout their community just as their parents.  As you can see, I believe that nurture plays a very important part on the reamainder of our lives after childhood.

The way Capote describes the Jail in part four makes the jail seem very relaxed.  When I think of a jail I think of a very solemn, sad place.  The Jail presented in the story seems very nice, which was very unexpected considering the horrible acts Dick and Perry had commited.  Mrs. Meir leaves magazines for Perry and prepares his favorite food for him.  This scene when the jail is first introduced is very suspenseful in a way.  You don’t know what to expect; you wonder how people are going to treat Dick and Perry or if they will try and escape. 

The Settings, the way Capote portrays them play a very important role in the development of the story.  It is because of the setting, you feel a part of the story; like you’ve seen it all before.

Sometimes when I read I find myself becoming bored with the same character or characters.  It is awfully suspenseful when you are reading and you glance at the next page and see that you are going to soon be hearing a new story, and it is even more suspenseful when you see that the story that you are reading is coming to a close but not an end.  For example, the last thing you read in one of the sections is when Mrs. Ashida tells Mr. Clutter that she couldn’t imagine him being afraid.  You know what is coming and you are hoping that maybe the story will change and the Clutters won’t die; so you quickly hurry to the next section to learn their fate. Even though you can easily predict the outcome of the story, montage keeps you wondering and guessing.  At the beginning Capote introduces the Clutters as they were before their horrifying murders.  By doing this you get to know the Clutters very well and they become your “friends”.  As you read and discover that they are killed emotion is triggered inside of you.  You use this emotion to aid you in connecting with the story.  You know that the Clutters are murdered; however there always seems to be hope that they won’t be, and you know that the killers are caught but the suspense still is strong and you doubt their capture.The reader is very active throughout the novel, which makes it exciting.  You don’t just hold the book up and examine the words with your eyes.  You become a part of the story, you emerge as a resident of Holcomb and you travel with Dick and Perry.  You are one of Nancy and Kenyon’s friends and one of Mr. Clutter’s employees.  You are there but you are there without a voice.  You want so badly to save the Clutters or help Dewey capture the hated murderers, but the pages bind you and separate you from the story and so you are useless.