Sunday, 5 July 2015

In In Cold Blood, what occurs in the Clutters' church three days after the Clutter funeral?

Three
days after the Clutters funeral, the wedding of one of the surviving Clutter daughters, Beverly,
takes place in the same church. This is explained by the fact that the wedding had already been
arranged prior to the family , and the couple decide to have their wedding when all their
relatives are already gathered on the spot.

Like the Clutter funeral, this
wedding is of note in the community. This reflects the Clutters high social standing, which is
in direct contrast to the two young men who murdered four members of the family. Perry is awed
to read an account of the funeral in the news, which reports that a thousand people
attended.

A thousand people! Perry was impressed. He
wondered how much the funeral had cost.

We see from this
reaction how Perry, like Dick, is always preoccupied by the thought of money. Unlike the
Clutters, they simply never have enough of it, and their motive for killing the Clutters is of
course an entirely mercenary one.

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