Dramtic Irony and Repetition

In the novel In Cold Blood, Capote wrote it in different sections first describing the Clutter family then describing the killers and he switchs off throughout the first part of the book. I noticed that sometimes he finished a section and it ended in a gloomy way. It's kind of like dramtic irony because the reader knows that the Clutter family is going to die later on that day and who's going to kill them. It's kind of like repetition because it happens over and over again. When Capote is describing the Clutter family and what they would do on any ordinary day, he ended this section with, "...unaware it would be his last" (13). Capote does this frequently. He writes about them so the reader can sympathize for the family but there's nothing they can do because they know the family will die. Another example is when Mr. Clutter is driving Mrs. Ashida home and she made a comment saying that, "I can't imagine you afraid. No matter what happened, you'd talk your way out of it" (36). Capote puts this in his book as if Mr. Clutter should of took this as sign and if he could talk himself out of anything he could of talked his way out of being murdered. Also, when Capote is describing Mrs. Clutter's bookmark and it says, "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is" (30). THe reader feels sorry for the family and it kind of scares the reader because they probably want to help save the family from being murdered. Dramatic irony and repetition helps build the suspense in the book