Capote builds suspense by showing the views of both the family, and the murderers, and that kind of gives the reader an image in their heads about what they were all doing before the initial murder. The effect of the author’s use of montage is to build suspense, since we know the outcome of the book. It builds suspense by showing the murderers getting closer and closer to the Clutter house and we all know what happens when they get there. Capote depicts the murder scene around the end of part 1 of persons unknown. He works their backgrounds into the story by switching in between the Clutter family and the 2 men, and every time he switches to the 2 men he gives a little information on their backgrounds, for example, telling about Dick and Perry’s life in K-State Prison and how they met Willie-Jay. Capote could have shown the Clutter families views before the murder, and then switch back and show the 2 men’s point of views, and then show the investigation and all that. Capote’s structure works best because it gives the reader a feel for the Clutter family as well as the 2 men at the same time and that makes the book more interesting to read.
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