Capote vs a Good Man Is Hard to Find - 1303 Words

Fact Vs. Fiction Does one murdered family deserve more sympathy than another? In the two stories we read about two different families that got murdered, I personally do feel more sympathy for one family over the other. The Clutter family was a real living family, while the fictional family O’Connor writes about has an unknown last name and feels fake. Both of the stories gave me vivid pictures of what most family members acted like personality wise. However, I find that I sympathize more for the Clutter family for many reasons. Both families did not deserve to have their lives taken by murderers, but the Clutter family seemed very undeserving compared to the grandmother’s family. The story â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard To Find† consists of a†¦show more content†¦If Truman Capote had written the main part of the book about the Clutter family’s lives through the years, the book would not have sold as much and probably would not have the fame and popularity it has now. A movie would have most likely not been produced if the storyline or plot contained a well-liked family just living a normal life like them, because it has no interest or entertainment value. Stories like the Clutter’s peak people’s interest and make them curious, just like when all the media immediately invaded Holocomb after hearing about this horrible and deadly tragedy. With Truman Capote’s story the country and even the world got to experience what the Clutters went through in their final moments alive. In an article written by Sarah Goodrum, she studied how people expressed themselves after a murder had occurred. She found that most people showed emotio n by â€Å"crying and over sympathetic upon knowledge of the murder, and acceptance of the tragedy† (Goodrum, 438). While I believe that many people cried after the Clutter family’s death, I highly doubt that anyone cried or grieved for the grandmother’s family. The story about the grandmother’s family and their deaths also generated some sympathy from me, but my feeling of sadness went away quickly. Although this family’s charactersShow MoreRelatedBrief Survey of American Literature3339 Words   |  14 Pagesearly life in his famous book The Autobiography. Benjamin Franklin He was the first great self-made man in America, a poor democrat born in an aristocratic age supported the cause of independence,, and aided Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence. Practical yet idealistic, hard working and enormously successful. the Scottish philosopher David Hume called him Americas first great man of letters†. Major Works Franklin’s place in literature owes much to his almanac and autobiography: