In the beginning of In Cold Blood, Capote’s descriptions make a parallel between the crimes effect on Holcomb and Eve’s downfall in the Garden of Eden. Holcomb, before the murders, is described as a utopia. Innocent and problem free, Holcomb begins as a place where people are trusting and content. After the four Clutters are killed, the aura and innocence of the town changes as well as the way the people of Holcomb treat each other. “…those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely, and as strangers” (5). Holcomb’s change after the crime is similar to the biblical story of the Garden of Eden. God builds a utopia for Adam and Eve. This utopia is innocent, shielding its inhabitants from misfortune or hardships. But eventually Eve eats the apple of knowledge and is exposed to the harsh realities of life. Similarly, Perry and Dick kill the Clutters, forcing Holcomb to experience tragedy and mistrust. Both of these events change the respective places in which the events take place as well as the people who live in those places. The innocence is lost.