Suspense (Karla)

Even you know the outcome of the of the book in the beginning, Capote builds up suspense is by going giving parts of what’s going to happen and makes it more interesting. He started telling the story different from other books by telling the murders in the beginning instead in the end. By putting the murder scene in the beginning, he slowly develops the suspense and starts developing the facts of the murders and the killers. This also makes you jump into conclusions about the murders and why Perry and Dick killed them. When the murders happened we don’t know much details so as you keep reading the suspense starts to build up and the pieces start to come together. Capote tells the story in different point of views so you know what’s happening in the investigation, the residents in Holcomb and the killers. He also shows suspense by telling how the killers get away. In the beginning we don’t know much of Perry and Dick so when you keep reading you start knowing more about them and discover their background and why they did it and learn about their feelings. This makes you want to keep reading because you want to know more details and how the murders happened. By reading the entire book you start knowing all the details and come to a conclusion, which makes it more interesting.