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.
Question 3
Compare Nancy and Kenyon Clutter's upbringing to either Dick Hickock's or Perry Smith's family background. If Dick or Perry had raised at River Valley Farm, do you believe their lives would have been different? Alternatively, do you believe they committed the crimes sue to something ingrained in their natures? Explain your answer.
Question 3:
In the novel "In Cold Blood", the author depicts a real life crime that takes place in Kansas and describes the lives of the clutter family before the murder and it characterizes both Dick and Perry before, during, and after the crime. Dick and Perry are characterized very different. Dick as a real tough criminal and Perry as a criminal but as more sensitive. The story is set up so that the reader questions why Dick and Perry commit such a crime. Dick's upbringing can be described as average even normal whereas Perry's is dysfunctional. He didn't have a good life, he was placed in an orphanage, two of his siblings committed suicide, and he was never loved. I believe that they're lives wouldn't have been different if they had lived at River Valley Farm because the place in which one grows up doesn't fully affect someone's behavior. An individual's personality and behavior is affected through how they were treated, how bad the situation was, and how that individual takes in.
In comparison to how Nancy and Kenyon were raised was very much different than how Perry was, not so much Dick because he had a normal life. So yes Dick committed the crime due to something ingrained in his nature. Nancy and Kenyon had grown up with a family and community who loved them and complimented and acknowledged their success. Everyone in the community would always compliment Nancy on how smart and pretty she was. If someone ever complimented Perry when he was young and got that love he probably wouldn't have committed the crime.
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