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 * March 26**


 * the best strength of the evaluation of my research paper i believe had to be the body paragraph even tho i didnt really organize it the best and didnt use the best transitions. i felt that i wrote with really good information. Areas that i felt i could grow for the next one would be using my work cited page better and citing my work page much better. Also i felt my organization needs to be much better with my research.**


 * February 15th**
 * Final Blog**

Herb Clutter was one of the victims that were murdered along with the rest of his family. The story focused on telling about what there life was about. Herb had four children and was a very generous employer.
 * Characters**

was the man who planned to rob the clutters but doesnt follow through when they were going to do the job so he became a bystander and watched as Perry killed all four members of the family.
 * Dick Hickock**

he was responsible for all the deaths of the Clutter family. was arrested for the murders in Las vegas and put too death 5 years after convicted.
 * Perry Smith**

He is the lead investigator on the Clutter case, and a former friend of Herb and Bonnie he develops an obsessive interest in tracking down the people that killed the Cutters. He lives in Garden City with his wife and two sons
 * Alvin Dewey**

The book starts out introducing the characters and the town then started talking about the murders and where dick and perry went too and all of there crazy adventures then they were eventually caught in Las Vegas and put to trial where they were convicted and the ending of the story you will need to find out for yourself...
 * Summary**

I will give this book a 2 or a 3 i dont really think this was the kind of story that was for me there was too many boring parts where I had a hard time staying with the reading. but if your into a book that is a little slower paced then In Cold Blood is the book for you.
 * Rating**

I think that the wiki site is an alright idea it is kind of a hassle when we are working on more then one english project at a time and then have to find time to blog every week. The hardest part of the blog was adjusting to the new topic every week and thinking of a quality blog to write.
 * wiki reflection**

so far I am on page 155 in the book In Cold Blood. I think that the greatest strength of the novel is how [|Truman Capote] was able to save the novel because for the first 50 pages I wasn't sure if I was going to like the story because it started so slow but by page 100 it started to pick up and I got really into the story and started to like reading it.
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 * A Powerful Man!**

January 27th
 * do you feel safe?**

four [|shotgun] blasts that, all told, ended six human lives. But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors pg 5 its talking about all the procautions people were taking after all of these killing happend because the people of the town just didnt feel safe anymore. this quote is my favorite because this reminds me of living in boone most people feel safe living here and dont lock there doors but if something like shootings happend here it would probably change the way people feel.

January 20th
 * Who's Going to be the Next One Lying in their Cold Blood?**

I haven't found much time to read lately. I only reached page 18. The story so far has introduced the town which is named Holcomb The small town is located in western Kansas. Right after they talked about the town there was a shooting that took six people's lives with only four shots. That is all that has really happened so far in the book, but I hope I can find more time to read next week.

January 13th
 * Blood is Only Cold When Your Dead!**

I have just picked out the story [|In Cold Blood], written by [|Truman Capote]. Published by the Penguin Group. I thought that this would be a great story to read because Mrs. Olson told me some parts of the story that made it sound very intresting to me. By looking at the book I cant tell what the book is going to be about but I am pretty sure I am going to like it by the few details Mrs. Olson has explained to me. Even tho I cant tell what the story will be about I think that the story will have some killings in it because of the name In Cold Blood. I am hoping that while reading this book I start to enjoy reading more.