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Final Blog 9-27-11 I finally got a lot of reading done. Characters- Dick (Richard Hickock)- The "mastermind"behind the Clutter murder. He is the real brains. His scams are the thing keeping he and Perry from starving to death while they are on the run. He is never satisfied with anything. They ran to mexico to start a better life and soon after he realized that the money they stole wouldnt take them far enough. He tried to find a job and realized that mechanics dont get paid anything in mexico. They ended up returning to the US and returned to Kansas City. Then they went to miami. Also tried to get a job there. They wouldn't pay him enough either so they left Florida headed back to the west. He is one of the people that causes his own downfall. Everything he does is aimed at making his life easy. He scams his way through life. Definately an antagonist.

Perry (Perry Smith)- He had potential to be smart and is very musically talented. He goes along with every word Dick says. He does very little critical thinking for himself. He is also an antagonist but mostly just a follower of Dick.

Bobby Rupp- Nancy's boyfriend before she was killed. He was hit very hard by the murders. He was in love with Nancy. He was the last person that saw the Clutters alive and was initially the police's primary suspect.

Nancy Clutter- Nancy along with the rest of the Clutter family are the murder victims in this story. The first 50 pages of the story are really devoted to telling their story as well as the story of their last days. This just makes the murders more tragic.

Summary-The first part of the book is spent introducing the Clutters, Holcomb and Garden City as well as introducing, briefly, the killers Dick and Perry. Finally the murders occour and Dick and Perry flee the area. They run from Kansas to Mexico to California to Florida to Las Vegas while they are being presued by investigators. Eventually they are caught in Las Vegas and the book ends with their trial which I'm not going to talk about.

Rating- I'm only going to give this book about a 3. I'm very inbetween deciding if it is good or not. It took me forever to get into and even when I finallyreally started reading it i wasnt that into it. It was a very well written book and I want to read it again because I think right now I have just been too busy to really enjoy reading a book. I think everyone should give it a chance but make sure you really want to read it and make sure it will be a time that you can really focus on it until you're done. That was my problem.

Wiki Reflections- I think using wikis is a wonderful tool. I think many people need more structered guidlines though. For some reason at the beginning of this blogging i had it in my head that I wouldnt have to finish this book. I ended up realizing a week before it was due I still had to read 300 pages. I havent quite finished yet but i've gotten a long way. I would say i'm 3/4 done. I still intend to finish it but I'm dissapointed that now its late. I just hope this incredibilly long blog makes up for that. Until next time, See you later.

Blog 4 9-17-11 Really busy week. I'm only on page 50. My prediction about Mr. Clutter is not really correct. He is not alone at all, in fact, he still has at least two kids and his wife living at home with him. I do still think he is not the happiest man though. He seems to be realizing at this point that he is getting old. The rest of the characters have really remained the same so far. As or my book predictions i was right about the multiple points of view however i'm not far enough in to know about any of the rest of them. As of right now i'm still undecided if i like the book because it is starting very slow. I'm on page 50 and very little has happened so far. Its all still describing characters and scenes.

Blog 3 9-10-11 Reading is still going slow but it seems to be picking up a little bit. I've gotten to page 41 as of now. In my last blog i stated that Mrs. Clutter was in a nursing home in a different town. This was an incorrect statement. She was in a hospital and working in a different town for a period of time. Just thought i should clear that up.

Up to this point the book has been really introducing the characters. THe clutter family seems to be the "classic farm family" to me. They act exactly like i would expect a farm family to act. Our other two characters are Dick and Perry. They seem to be low class criminials trying to "score big" as i would put it. I think the author is introducing the characters throughly to make the murder that much more tragic.

' "Why, wherever you go. You might be gone for a long time." ' This quote is said by Mrs. Clutter to Jolene Katz after Nancy had left to run errands. Mrs. Clutter was talking to Jolene about her life. I think this is an important line because it shows that Mrs. Clutter misses her old self. She said her father gave the small things to her. I think it shows that she misses him and that she is trying to show Jolene to hold on to the little things before they're gone.

Blog 2 9-2-11 I honestly havent gotten much reading done so far. I've gotten to page 17.

So far only two characters have been introduced. Mr. Clutter and " the young man in the cafe". Mr. Clutter is a very religous man living all by himself in a giant home. His wife is in a nursing home in a different town. His kids have grown up and gone to college and he has no house help. He seems like a man repressing his sadness of being all alone. He will probably be the victim in this murder case however it is possible that he could be the murder. I have no predictions yet as to the significance of the young man in the cafe.

Entry one: 8-26-11 I'm reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I think I'm going to like the book after reading the back. I think it will be the re-creation of a murder investigation possibly with multiple points of view.