How has the experience of writing the book change Truman? Has it been a positive or a negative change? How do you think it will affect the rest of his life?

Firstly, for those who are unfamiliar with the topic of Copote I will give some background. Truman Copote was the author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", who was very successful among his peers as a writer. He surrounded himself with other writers and lived, what they called in his time, an alternative lifestyle. He was very flambouyant and confident in his abilities. When it came time for him to focus on a new writing venture, he decided that he wanted to write about true events and set out to research for his new book "In Cold Blood", Truman found himself becoming friends with one of the men accused of murdering a family in Kansas. He continued to build a bond with the gentlemen throughout the trial process and even helped to get new representation for the two accused and convicted killers. Over the couse of about 5 years, Capote attempts to get the killers to open up and explain what happened the night of the murders so that he can finish his book. Once he hears the events, however, he is dissappointed in the outcome because the one that he considered to be the weaker of the two or most like himself, confesses that he has killed everyone on his own. Truman is affected by this information negatively and does not seem to get himself back together again. He was never able to write again after this book. In the movie, we see him withdrawing and feeling sort of ashamed of himself. I think he expected to hear that the killings were done by the other guy and not his friend, who he believed that he knew very well. I think that in the end, he questioned his on morality and found himself lacking and thats why he was unable to write anything else.