Lasting thoughts on Capote

Of all the quotes that I published last night/earlier today, the one that had the most resonance towards our overall discussions this semester is the one that follows:

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

With all that we have read from Capote, crazy HST, lovely Annie, and all of the sort, that idea of truth was perhaps the single most thread that connected all of them as it was that search of truth that drove all of their writing. While truth is the most objective element in the world, it is how these authors convinced us of a reality that made the selections interesting throughout the semester. It's not necessarily how much truth that goes into a piece that matters, but the combination of the thread of the story that is presented. As was highlighted by the film, Grizzly Man, and In Cold Blood and all the writings, it was how the story is told that made it truthful. This goes back to the quote from Capote that the truth would be present from beginning to end. Just like with a good story, it may be told out of order with prevalence being placed to certain facts, but that doesn't take away from the fact that the truth is there. It isn't necessarily important that all of the truth to the story is present, but enough that the core of the story is still honored and represented.