how the Clutter family embodies the American Dream

Your final exam will be an essay. You will choose between two prompts that focus on the entirety of the novel In Cold Blood. Please make sure you’ve read the novel. Although I will not provide the prompts, I will give you an indication of what they will discuss. 

Please have knowledge of the following from the novel:

– names of main characters

– basic plot information

– how the story focuses on the American Dream

– how the novel creates empathy for some of the main characters

– how the Clutter family embodies the American Dream