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Set in New York City during the World War II era, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a literary fiction written by Truman Capote, follows the life of Holly Golightly. Holly is a well groomed nineteen year old woman with a hidden past. She moves into one of the narrator’s apartment buildings and shortly after their first meeting, they decide to spend more time with each other. Holly is a party-girl and loves to use her hours with older men, especially the rich ones. She soon meets Rusty, Mag, and Jose and ends up being pregnant with Jose’s child. The couple decides to travel to Brazil, where they will get married and start a family. Before the couple departs for Brazil, however, conflicts start to rise up. For example, Holly gets arrested for being “associated” …show more content…

Through Capote’s depiction, Holly juggles womanhood. She seeks for the life full of fantasy that everyone expects and wishes to have. With the nature of being enthusiastic and a seeker of love, she places herself in a numerous amount of superficial relationships. One of the superficial relationships she has is with a cat she finds strolling by the river. The Cat never received a name from Holly. Naming the Cat would show that Holly would be attached to it. Holly does not give the Cat a name because “‘... [she] haven’t any right to give him one: he’ll have to wait until he belongs to somebody” (Capote 31). Holly does not want to commit to helping the Cat because she knows that she cannot offer much to the Cat. She does not need or want the Cat to tie her down to another “family” relationship. Since Holly doesn’t give the Cat a name and says that the Cat should belong to someone else instead of Holly taking care of it, it shows how she fears to take responsibility of others. Holly likes to be free, to wander, and to experience all about life. The Cat would only hold her down as it would encourage her to be a home to it. However, even though Holly does have roof over her head, her heart does not feel at …show more content…

“The Short Fiction.” Truman Capote: A Study of the Short Fiction, Twayne Publishers, New York, 1992, pp. 37–41. Merrick, Gordon. "How to Write Lying Down." Short Story Criticism, edited by Jelena O. Krstovic, vol. 93, Gale, 2006. Literature Resource Center, libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=mlin_b_bps&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1420073555&it=r&asid=707afce907891653c0069c1b54eeed95 Accessed 16 Mar. 2017. Originally published in New Republic, vol. 139, 8 Dec. 1958, pp. 23-24. Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." Short Story Criticism, edited by Jelena O. Krstovic, vol. 93, Gale, 2006. Literature Resource Center, libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=mlin_b_bps&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1420065651&it=r&asid=0580b313c1aee905423c4a2a0b7b1401. Accessed 16 Mar. 2017. Originally published in The Explicator, vol. 61, no. 1, Fall 2002, pp. 51-53. Scott, Bede. "On superficiality: Truman Capote and the ceremony of Style." Journal of Modern Literature, vol. 34, no. 3, 2011, p. 128+. Literature Resource Center, libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=mlin_b_bps&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA268652384&asid=f18dc191bb91c8652726608b0129d454. Accessed 16 Mar.

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