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The family on Bonnie

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Bonnie Clutter's Cluttered Life

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Vol XCIII, No. 311

Her Mental problems

Capote on Bonnie Clutter

Her Life

Her depression has isolated her from many of her close friends; she spends her last afternoon locked away in her room, regretting her inability to socialize or be a stronger mother to her children.

She is the wife of Herb Clutter, and mother of Nancy and Kenyon Clutter who were both also murdered, she was bedridden with severe depression. She is very ashamed of her condition. She is always cold, even in the summer, and her room is always heated. She once studied to become a nurse. In the opening of the book, she recently had been given some hope for recovery by a doctor who suggested her condition may be the result of a "pinched nerve."

Comparison

Capote vs The People

Capote's Views

Capote's view on bonnie as an invalid who couldn't do anything for herself, and a person who suffered from tension, withdrawal and depression. Also he viewed her as detached from her family and a mentally unstable women who hid behind her husbands fame int Holcomb

The People

Her two surviving daughters say that "Bonnie also was loving wife and mother, active in the church, a caring and compassionate woman. At the time of her death, she was dealing with depression, but she never let it get in the way of her family, they say." Her family and friends were disgusted by the way she was portrayed in the book.

Family views

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Though portrayed as a mentally disabled invalid in Capote’s In Cold Blood, family members of Bonnie Clutter have said that this is grossly over exaggerated. Mrs. Clutter is described by her family as being poised, active in the community and her family, and a caring compassionate woman. Her brother Howard Fox said he was “disgusted” with Capote’s “one-dimensional” portrayal of his sister as simply the mentally ill wife of the Clutter family, even going as far as saying Bonnie didn’t have a mental illness at all. Though Bonnie was something inebriated in the later years before her death, Fox says the novel version of her illness is still incredibly exaggerated, and even while sick, “...[you] could tell that underneath it all, she was happy. She loved her children. Family always came first. (Lawrence World-Journal)”

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