Capote provides a look at Mrs. Clutter’s mental illness and how this one person’s behavior affects the perfect little family of both Mr and Mrs. Clutter. It is the first real flaw that is exhibited in the story and because there was no treatment for mental illness back in this time, Bonnie was misunderstood by the people around her and her family always felt extremely vulnerable. Her misplaced vertebrae gave her hope that she can go back to her old self and start helping her husband to take some pain off his shoulders. This passage sums up the pain and helplessness Bonnie has been enduring because of her psychological condition and towards the end of the passage, Bonnie’s attempt of living a normal life and going back to her old self gives
