English Standard 6-12

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using 

effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

In Cold Blood

4) Compare what life is like in Holcomb, Kansas, before and after the murder. In what ways does the incident affect the community?

What life is like in Holcomb, Kansas, before the murder is peaceful. Holcomb seems to be a place where nothing tragic would happen. The Clutter family are living there lives like normal people. People in the community are either working, or doing their own thing. In a community like Holcomb everyone seems to know each other, especially the Clutter family. After the murder everything seemed to change, especially in the community, many people are scared, they start to have trust issues on one another. They think the murderer is among them, and they go to an extreme where they start buying locks for their homes. Its just a shock to everyone the Clutter family, one of the most popular known families in the community are dead. Especially when the Clutter family is a nice family, and the community also believed if this happened to them, then it could definitely happen to one of them.