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Prior Walter

2006-04-27T21:56:15Z

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“Prior Walter" - In the beginning of the play, Prior reveals to his boyfriend Loius that he has AIDS. Louis abandons him after this. Louis can not cope with the finiteness of Prior's diagnosis and the "hell" that goes along with his illness.The first part of the play is Prior coming to terms with his illness. He meets Joe's wife Harper and there is an immediate connection thanks to the "threshold of revelation". Both are suffering souls with lovers that cannot understand their pain. Part two continues the story, with the angel explaining to Prior that God has abandoned his creation, and that Prior has been chosen to somehow stop progress and return the world to the "good old days." Prior tells the angel he is not a prophet; he's a lonely, sick man. "I'm tired to death of being tortured by some mixed-up, irresponsible angel. . . Leave me alone." The Angel is drawn to Prior because of his illness, which inscribes a kind of ending in his bloodstream, and because of his ancient Anglo-Saxon lineage, representing the notion of being rooted and stable. But he proves wiser than the Angels in rejecting their doctrine of stasis in favor of the painful necessity of movement and migration. Prior is as genuinely decent and moral as Louis is flawed. His AIDS virus/infection renders him weak and victimized, but he manages to transcend that mere victimhood, surviving and becoming the center of a new, utopian community at the play's end”(Spark Notes).

== Work Cited ==
*"Kushner: Angels in America." Rev. of Angels in America. Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://mchip00.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kushner1050-des-.html literature annotations].

* Spark Notes-http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_2.html

*Rv. Angels in America. nursingadvocacy. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/media/films/angels.html Prior Walter]

*Rev. of Angels in America. LiteraryResourceCenter. 24 Apr. 2006 [http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=9&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=U13012098&n=10&docNum=H1100064671&ST=tony+kushner&bConts=16047 Literary Resource Center]

*Rev. of Angels in America. LiteraryResourceCenter. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=10&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=U13012098&n=10&docNum=H1100064672&ST=tony+kushner&bConts=16047 Literary Resource Center 2]

Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-27T21:54:37Z

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[[Image:Joe.jpg|thumb|Patrick Wilson as Joe Pitt in the HBO production.]]
==Background==
Joe is a Mormon chief clerk for Justice Theodore Wilson of the Federal Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He is married to Harper Pitt. They have a strained marriage, as Joe is a closeted homosexual. His Mormon beliefs, and what he perceives to be "right" have stood in his way of finding his true happiness. For most of his life, he has not admitted his homosexuality to his family, friends, wife, or even himself. He has been chosen by the great Roy Cohn to be his right-hand man in Washington, and Joe is faced with a tremendous crisis of conscience: He must decide whether he can transplant his paranoid, delusional wife, whom he is growing less and less fond of, to Washington, or leave her to pursue a career under Roy as one of the “Chief Elect” and proceed a homosexual lifestyle eventually devoid of his religion. Joe eventually becomes intimate with Louis. During the warm-up to their affair, Joe tells Louis of a dream he had in which the whole Hall of Justice had gone out of business: "I just wondered what a thing it would be ... if overnight everything you owe anything to, justice, or love, had really gone away. Free" (1:72). Both of whom think themselves unworthy of love. Joe feels guilty he has never lived up to the expectations of his father (mostly his being gay). Joe loves Louis, but it ultimately dumped by him for his association (and believed love affair) with Roy Cohn.Joe's path in the play (sufficient and strong to helpless and dependent) is in some ways the opposite of Prior's transformation. The play finally seems to abandon Joe, excluding him from its vision of the good society because of his ideology.

Joe's character is similar to Kushner himself. Jacobus states that Kushner said he had "fairly clear memories of being gay since I was six." Also, Jacobus states that Kushner did not "come out" until after he had tried psychotherapy to change his sexual orientation. Although Joe knew all along that he was a homosexual, he tried everything he could to change his sexual orientation because he thought it was the "right thing to do."

==Commentary==
One of the most significant moments for Joe is when he is telling Harper about a Bible story he would read as a child. The story is about Jacob wrestling the Angel. Joe and Harper have been discussing the possibility that Joe is a homosexual. He hasn't yet admitted to being a homosexual, but Harper already knows. Joe descripes his internal struggle as "fierce, and unfair" (Kushner 55).

== Work Cited ==
*Enotes.com- [http://www.enotes.com/angels-america/8614 Angels in America]

*Rev. of Angels in America. SparkNotes. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_3.html Joe Pitt]

*Rev. of Angels in America. nursingadvocacy. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/media/films/angels.html Joe Pitt]

*Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Bedford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.

*Rev. of Angels in America. LiteraryResourceCenter. 24 Apr. 2006 [http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=9&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=U13012098&n=10&docNum=H1100064671&ST=tony+kushner&bConts=16047 Literary Resource Center]

*Rev. of Angels in America. LiteraryResourceCenter. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=10&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=U13012098&n=10&docNum=H1100064672&ST=tony+kushner&bConts=16047 Literary Resource Center 2]

Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-27T21:51:47Z

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Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-27T21:49:24Z

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Prior Walter

2006-04-27T02:31:58Z

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Prior Walter

2006-04-27T02:30:55Z

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Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-27T02:29:52Z

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==Background==
Joe is a Mormon chief clerk for Justice Theodore Wilson of the Federal Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He is married to Harper Pitt. They have a strained marriage, as Joe is a closeted homosexual. His Mormon beliefs, and what he perceives to be "right" have stood in his way of finding his true happiness. For most of his life, he has not admitted his homosexuality to his family, friends, wife, or even himself. He has been chosen by the great Roy Cohn to be his right-hand man in Washington, and Joe is faced with a tremendous crisis of conscience: He must decide whether he can transplant his paranoid, delusional wife, whom he is growing less and less fond of, to Washington, or leave her to pursue a career under Roy as one of the “Chief Elect” and proceed a homosexual lifestyle eventually devoid of his religion. Joe eventually becomes intimate with Louis. Both of whom think themselves unworthy of love. Joe feels guilty he has never lived up to the expectations of his father (mostly his being gay). Joe loves Louis, but it ultimately dumped by him for his association (and believed love affair) with Roy Cohn.Joe's path in the play (sufficient and strong to helpless and dependent) is in some ways the opposite of Prior's transformation. The play finally seems to abandon Joe, excluding him from its vision of the good society because of his ideology.

== Work Cited ==
*Enotes.com- [http://www.enotes.com/angels-america/8614 Angels in America]

*Rev. of Angels in America. SparkNotes. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_3.html Joe Pitt]

*Rev. of Angels in America. nursingadvocacy. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/media/films/angels.html Joe Pitt]

Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-23T22:51:29Z

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Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-23T22:46:12Z

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[[Image:Joe.jpg]]
==Background==
Joe is a Mormon chief clerk for Justice Theodore Wilson of the Federal Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He is married to Harper Pitt. They have a strained marriage, as Joe is a closeted homosexual. His Mormon beliefs, and what he perceives to be "right" have stood in his way of finding his true happiness. For most of his life, he has not admitted his homosexuality to his family, friends, wife, or even himself. He has been chosen by the great Roy Cohn to be his right-hand man in Washington, and Joe is faced with a tremendous crisis of conscience: He must decide whether he can transplant his paranoid, delusional wife, whom he is growing less and less fond of, to Washington, or leave her to pursue a career under Roy as one of the “Chief Elect” and proceed a homosexual lifestyle eventually devoid of his religion. Joe's path in the play (from self-sufficient and strong to helpless and dependent) is in some ways the opposite of Prior's transformation. The play finally seems to abandon Joe, excluding him from its vision of the good society because of his ideology.

== Work Cited ==
*Enotes.com- [http://www.enotes.com/angels-america/8614 Angels in America]

*Rev. of Angels in America. SparkNotes. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_3.html Joe Pitt]

Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-23T22:40:50Z

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Prior Walter

2006-04-23T22:36:06Z

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“Prior Walter" - In the beginning of the play, Prior reveals to his boyfriend Loius that he has AIDS. Louis abandons him after this. Louis can not cope with the finiteness of Prior's diagnosis and the "hell" that goes along with his illness.The first part of the play is Prior coming to terms with his illness. He meets Joe's wife Harper and there is an immediate connection thanks to the "threshold of revelation". Both are suffering souls with lovers that cannot understand their pain. Part two continues the story, with the angel explaining to Prior that God has abandoned his creation, and that Prior has been chosen to somehow stop progress and return the world to the "good old days." Prior tells the angel he is not a prophet; he's a lonely, sick man. "I'm tired to death of being tortured by some mixed-up, irresponsible angel. . . Leave me alone." The Angel is drawn to Prior because of his illness, which inscribes a kind of ending in his bloodstream, and because of his ancient Anglo-Saxon lineage, representing the notion of being rooted and stable. But he proves wiser than the Angels in rejecting their doctrine of stasis in favor of the painful necessity of movement and migration. Prior is as genuinely decent and moral as Louis is flawed. His AIDS virus/infection renders him weak and victimized, but he manages to transcend that mere victimhood, surviving and becoming the center of a new, utopian community at the play's end.”(Spark Notes)

== Work Cited ==
*"Kushner: Angels in America." Rev. of Angels in America. Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database. 23 Apr. 2006 [http://mchip00.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kushner1050-des-.html literature annotations].

* Spark Notes-http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_2.html

Prior Walter

2006-04-23T22:34:02Z

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“Prior Walter" - In the beginning of the play, Prior reveals to his boyfriend Loius that he has AIDS. Louis abandons him after this. Louis can not cope with the finiteness of Prior's diagnosis and the "hell" that goes along with his illness.The first part of the play is Prior coming to terms with his illness. He meets Joe's wife Harper and there is an immediate connection thanks to the "threshold of revelation". Both are suffering souls with lovers that cannot understand their pain. Part two continues the story, with the angel explaining to Prior that God has abandoned his creation, and that Prior has been chosen to somehow stop progress and return the world to the "good old days." Prior tells the angel he is not a prophet; he's a lonely, sick man. "I'm tired to death of being tortured by some mixed-up, irresponsible angel. . . Leave me alone." The Angel is drawn to Prior because of his illness, which inscribes a kind of ending in his bloodstream, and because of his ancient Anglo-Saxon lineage, representing the notion of being rooted and stable. But he proves wiser than the Angels in rejecting their doctrine of stasis in favor of the painful necessity of movement and migration. Prior is as genuinely decent and moral as Louis is flawed. His AIDS virus/infection renders him weak and victimized, but he manages to transcend that mere victimhood, surviving and becoming the center of a new, utopian community at the play's end.”(Spark Notes)

== Work Cited ==
*"Kushner: Angels in America." Rev. of Angels in America. Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database. 23 Apr. 2006 [[http://mchip00.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kushner1050-des-.html literature annotations]].

* Spark Notes-http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_2.html

Prior Walter

2006-04-23T22:26:31Z

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Prior Walter

2006-04-23T22:25:36Z

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“Prior Walter - In the beginning of the play, Prior reveals to his boyfriend Loius that he has AIDS. Louis abandons him after this. Louis can not cope with the finiteness of Prior's diagnosis and the "hell" that goes along with his illness.The first part of the play is Prior coming to terms with his illness. He meets Joe's wife Harper and there is an immediate connection thanks to the "threshold of revelation". Both are suffering souls with lovers that cannot understand their pain. Part two continues the story, with the angel explaining to Prior that God has abandoned his creation, and that Prior has been chosen to somehow stop progress and return the world to the "good old days." Prior tells the angel he is not a prophet; he's a lonely, sick man. "I'm tired to death of being tortured by some mixed-up, irresponsible angel. . . Leave me alone." The Angel is drawn to Prior because of his illness, which inscribes a kind of ending in his bloodstream, and because of his ancient Anglo-Saxon lineage, representing the notion of being rooted and stable. But he proves wiser than the Angels in rejecting their doctrine of stasis in favor of the painful necessity of movement and migration. Prior is as genuinely decent and moral as Louis is flawed. His AIDS virus/infection renders him weak and victimized, but he manages to transcend that mere victimhood, surviving and becoming the center of a new, utopian community at the play's end.”(Spark Notes)

== Work Cited ==

* Spark Notes-http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/angels/terms/char_2.html

Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-16T01:58:16Z

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Prior Walter

2006-04-11T23:39:25Z

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2006-04-11T23:39:02Z

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2006-04-11T23:38:11Z

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Joseph Porter Pitt

2006-04-11T23:37:43Z

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2006-04-11T23:37:20Z

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Millennium Approaches 2.6

2006-04-11T23:11:42Z

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==Summary==
The scene takes place in a fancy Manhatten restaurant. Joe, Roy and new character Martin are discussing politics. Roy reveals his disbarment hearings and his plans for Joe's help in the case. He wants Joe to go to Washington, take the job in the Justice Department, and intervene on his behalf. Joe is very trepiditious about such a venture. He is worried about the moral and ethical ramifications. Roy and Martin push until Joe agrees to think about it.

==Notes==
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism Liberalism] is an ideology, philosophy, and political tradition which holds liberty as the primary political value.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal New Deal Socialism] is the name given to the series of programs implemented between 1933-37 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the Great Depression.
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks Bolsheviks] were members of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party's Bolshevik faction. Bolsheviks had an extreme socialist and internationalist outlook, and were opponents of the Russian traditional statehood and the Russian Orthodox Church.

==Commentary==
Religion, Judaism in particular, plays a very important role in Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America''. Kushner himself is Jewish, even though he doesn't care much for the religion and instead calls himself a "serious agnostic" (Glenn).

One of the characters through which Judaism is represented is Roy Cohn, a divorce lawyer who has been diagnosed with AIDs. Roy is very ambitious, which is shown through his enthusiastic overuse of the telephone system in his office. He uses everything and everyone, especially the law, to his best advantage.

While Roy claims to not be a religious person, he actually just has a very different way of identifying with his Jewish faith (Glenn). He realizes that his faith, as well as his sexuality, would most likely get in the way of his political aspirations so he chooses not to fully embrace these lifestyles. "I'm about to be tried, Joe, by a jury that is not a jury of my peers. The disbarment committee: genteel gentlemen Brahmin lawyers, country-club men. I offend them, to these men ... I'm what, Martin, some sort of filthy little Jewish troll?" (72-73). He believes that his job is affected by his religion, the same way he believes it would be in jeopardy if he publicly announced that he is "homosexual" and has AIDs. As a result, he attempts to hide it all in hope that it will not threaten his political reputation.

==Study Questions==

==External Resources==

==Works Cited==
*Glenn, Lane A.. ''Drama for Students''. Gale, 1999.
*Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995.

Millennium Approaches 2.6

2006-04-11T23:00:17Z

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==Summary==
The scene takes place in a fancy Manhatten restaurant. Joe, Roy and new character Martin are discussing politics. Roy reveals his disbarment hearings and his plans for Joe's help in the case. He wants Joe to go to Washington, take the job in the Justice Department, and intervene on his behalf. Joe is very trepiditious about such a venture. He is worried about the moral and ethical ramifications. Roy and Martin push until Joe agrees to think about it.

==Notes==
*Liberalism

==Commentary==
Religion, Judaism in particular, plays a very important role in Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America''. Kushner himself is Jewish, even though he doesn't care much for the religion and instead calls himself a "serious agnostic" (Glenn).

One of the characters through which Judaism is represented is Roy Cohn, a divorce lawyer who has been diagnosed with AIDs. Roy is very ambitious, which is shown through his enthusiastic overuse of the telephone system in his office. He uses everything and everyone, especially the law, to his best advantage.

While Roy claims to not be a religious person, he actually just has a very different way of identifying with his Jewish faith (Glenn). He realizes that his faith, as well as his sexuality, would most likely get in the way of his political aspirations so he chooses not to fully embrace these lifestyles. "I'm about to be tried, Joe, by a jury that is not a jury of my peers. The disbarment committee: genteel gentlemen Brahmin lawyers, country-club men. I offend them, to these men ... I'm what, Martin, some sort of filthy little Jewish troll?" (72-73). He believes that his job is affected by his religion, the same way he believes it would be in jeopardy if he publicly announced that he is "homosexual" and has AIDs. As a result, he attempts to hide it all in hope that it will not threaten his political reputation.

==Study Questions==

==External Resources==

==Works Cited==
*Glenn, Lane A.. ''Drama for Students''. Gale, 1999.
*Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995.

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:57:59Z

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== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader]. But we must sympathize with Holly, for like Hassan points out, "even Holly's incorrigible tomcat finds at last a home with potted palms and lace curtains, a home and a name; but for Holly the narrator can only pray that she may be granted, sometime, somewhere, the same" (5-21).

Capote himself was a storyteller. Nance claims Holly's "brief presence in Capote's life was his own breakfast at Tiffany's, his taste of the idyll which always vanishes, leaving pain" (122-23).

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?
# What is the significance of the birdcage or the St. Christopher's medal?
# Is Holly to be judged by her sexual exploits?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote: A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.

*Hassan, Ihab H. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=19&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420038513&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 Daydream and Nightmare of Narcissus]." Rev. of Truman Capote. Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 1.2 (1960): 5-21. 23 Mar. 2006
*Nance, William L. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=4&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100000164&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 The Worlds of Truman Capote]". 1970
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:53:37Z

Bhigdon: /* Works Cited */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

Capote himself was a storyteller. Nance claims Holly's "brief presence in Capote's life was his own breakfast at Tiffany's, his taste of the idyll which always vanishes, leaving pain" (122-23).

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?
# What is the significance of the birdcage or the St. Christopher's medal?
# Is Holly to be judged by her sexual exploits?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote: A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.

*Hassan, Ihab H. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=19&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420038513&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 Daydream and Nightmare of Narcissus]." Rev. of Truman Capote. Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 1.2 (1960): 5-21. 23 Mar. 2006
*Nance, William L. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=4&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100000164&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 The Worlds of Truman Capote]". 1970
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:33:30Z

Bhigdon: /* Commentary */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

Capote himself was a storyteller. Nance claims Holly's "brief presence in Capote's life was his own breakfast at Tiffany's, his taste of the idyll which always vanishes, leaving pain" (122-23).

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?
# What is the significance of the birdcage or the St. Christopher's medal?
# Is Holly to be judged by her sexual exploits?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote: A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.

*Nance, William L. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=4&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100000164&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 The Worlds of Truman Capote]". 1970
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:30:33Z

Bhigdon: /* Study Questions */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?
# What is the significance of the birdcage or the St. Christopher's medal?
# Is Holly to be judged by her sexual exploits?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote: A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.

*Nance, William L. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=4&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100000164&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 The Worlds of Truman Capote]". 1970
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:28:54Z

Bhigdon: /* Works Cited */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote: A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.

*Nance, William L. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=4&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100000164&ST=truman+capote&bConts=16047 The Worlds of Truman Capote]". 1970
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T01:17:24Z

Bhigdon:

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-23T01:42:09Z

Bhigdon: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. Capote first gave his character the name of Connie Gustafson, obviously inappropriate, he changed it to be more symbolic of her personality (Golightly was played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's)(Cash 1). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-22T01:15:40Z

Bhigdon: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly (the image of Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg]]

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

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[[Category:Literature]]

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== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg]] [[Image:Audrey2.jpg]] [[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg]]

The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly (the image of Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel tinsel]''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.
*'''"Wuthering Heights"''' - a novel published in 1847 by Emily Bronte. [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wuthering/context.html Heights] was not accepted by most at first, even by Bronte's sister, but is now regarded as a masterpeice.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

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2006-03-22T00:54:33Z

Bhigdon: /* Works Cited */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly (the image of Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's[http://images.forbes.com/images/2001/10/10/pow_400x475.jpg]). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=36&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065651&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's]." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-22T00:52:51Z

Bhigdon: /* Works Cited */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly (the image of Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn in Hollywood's version of Breakfast at Tiffany's[http://images.forbes.com/images/2001/10/10/pow_400x475.jpg]). One day, he sees Holly walking into a library and lets his curiosity get the best of him. He observes her without her knowledge, and when she leaves he examines the books on her table. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred Grossman. Although they were totally opposite fromm each other, the protagonist compares them to Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met, and that "they would never change because they'd been given their character too soon" (58). One is intraverted and practical; the other is extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage is three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly does not seem bothered by the cost, she makes just a few extra trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José take a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buys an army cot to sleep on so she will not have to share the bed with a lesbian. Holly informs the narrator that she has given O.J. Berman a copy of the narrator's story without his consent. Bernam publishes the story in the University Review. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two" (63).

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59) - A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since [http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html=1933 1933]. Veiw the Rockefeller Plaza[[Image:[http://mijnposter.nl/thumbs/487/011s.jpeg]]]http://www.ccfagreetingcards.com/_images/HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg.
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc.
*'''Woolworth''' (59) - one of the first [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Five+and+dime&curtab=2222_1&linktext=five-and-ten-cent%20stores five and dime] stores. Woolworth's is now known as Footlocker.

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people from getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear/angst). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At the first party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose, Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82, 83).

Holly's moral code and the fact that she is a real phony are exemplified in this section when she goes to the library and reads through books about Brazil and South America. Holly is trying to morph herself into a person from South America and this is our first clue that Holly is planning on going back to Brazil with Jose (whether Jose knows this or not is not presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is definitely not from Brazil, or even South America, but by the time she makes it there, she will be able to act like she has lived there all her life, as shown to us by the way she could change from a farm-raised girl to a Hollywood actress to a New York [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeloader freeloader].

==Study Questions==
# Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?
# What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?
# Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?
# Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?
# Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?
# Does the narrator believe Holly is a prostitute?
# Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?
# Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?
# Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Matthew. "[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/critiicalanalysis.html A-Travelin through the Pastures of the Sky]". 1996

*Garson, Helen S. "[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=30&ste=16&stab=512&tab=2&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1420065645&ST=Truman+Capote&bConts=16047 Truman Capote:A Study on Short Fiction]".New York: Ungar, 1980.
*Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

*[Wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org]

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[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-19T22:46:42Z

Bhigdon: /* Study Questions */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met. One intraverted and practical, and the other, extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute?

* Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?

* Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?

* Because the narrator makes numerous comments on Jose attributes, is he attracted to him?

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-19T22:38:39Z

Bhigdon: /* Works Cited */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met. One intraverted and practical, and the other, extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute?

* Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?

* Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?

* Is the narrator in love with Jose (he makes numerous comments on how wonderful and handsome Jose is)?

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." Rev. of Breakfast At Tiffany's, by Truman Capote. Explicator 61.1: 51. 19 Mar. 2006 <http://www.explicator.com>.

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-19T22:30:54Z

Bhigdon: /* Study Questions */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met. One intraverted and practical, and the other, extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute?

* Why does Holly surround herself with gay men?

* Why is Holly only able to show emotion when her sunglasses are off?

* Is the narrator in love with Jose (he makes numerous comments on how wonderful and handsome Jose is)?

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-19T22:28:05Z

Bhigdon: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins. The very thing that makes them so alike is that they are so different from anyone the narrator has ever met. One intraverted and practical, and the other, extraverted and impractical.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute??

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's 4|Section four]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's 6|Section six]]

[[Category:Literature]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-19T22:24:09Z

Bhigdon: /* Commentary */

== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute??

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

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== Summary ==
The protagonist begins working a nine to five job and, as a result, sees less of Holly Golightly. One day, he sees Holly walking into a library. He observes her without her knowledge, and then he examines the books on her table after she leaves. He discovers that she is reading up on Brazil. Watching her read, the narrator compares her to a girl he knew in school, Mildred. They were totally opposite each other but yet like Siamese twins.

The narration shifts to a party on Christmas Eve in Holly's apartment. The narrator is asked to come over and help trim the Christmas tree. Holly gives the narrator an expensive, antique bird cage for Christmas; he gives Holly a St. Christopher's medal from Tiffany's. The cost of the bird cage was three hundred and fifty dollars. Holly wasn't excited about the cost, she made just a few more trips to the powder room so she could afford the bird cage. Holly and the narrator had a big argument and apparently Holly decided to give the narrator's story to O.J. Berman without his consent. O.J. Berman published the story in the university review.

In February, Holly, Rusty, Mag, and José took a trip to the tropics. In Key West, Mag becomes severely sunburned, and Rusty is injured in a fight with some sailors. Both are hospitalized, so José and Holly travel to Havana. Mag becomes suspicious that José and Holly are sleeping together, so Holly tells Mag that she is a lesbian. Holly recounts these events as the protagonist gives her a back massage. Mag goes out and buy an army cot to sleep on so she want have to share the bed with a lesbian. They become engaged in an argument, the protagonist is tempted to hit Holly, and Holly throws the narrator out of her apartment: "It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two."(63)

== Notes ==
*'''hither''' (55) - to this place (seldom used except in poetry and legal papers).
*'''yonning''' (55) - distant but in sight. From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yon yon].
*'''overhaul''' (58) - a major repair or [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revision revision].
*'''Rockefeller Plaza''' (59)- A place where people gathered to celebrate the biggest, brightest Christmas tree of all. Celebrated since 1933.[http://wnbc.com/christmastree/1775354/detail.html].
*'''tinsel''' (59) - a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations.[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tinsel].
*'''baubles''' (59) - Christmas ornaments that are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festoon festoon] a Christmas tree.
*'''St. Christopher's medal''' (59) - a small medallion depicting the patron saint against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00432.htm lightning]; against [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00555.htm pestilence]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00032.htm archers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobile drivers]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00050.htm automobilists]; [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/pst00051.htm bachelors], etc. [[Image: PW242.jpg]]

==Commentary==
Self-deception is not one of Holly's failings, although she is an extraordinary liar. It doesn't trouble her to beguile others when it suits her purpose. She constructs a world around her to make things as pleasant as she can, inventing stories when the truth is too painful to discuss. Berman, who calls Holly a "phony", modifies it to "a ''real'' phony," because, he claims, "she believes all this crap she believes." The narrator doesn't think of Holly that way (Garson 82).

Since her moral code differs from that of society, Holly has no qualms about lying. To protect herself or to keep people form getting too close, or from knowing too much about her, she fabricates. She fictionalizes when reality is grim and threatens to bring on the "mean blues" (sadness), or the "mean reds" (fear). Unwilling to share her memories of her early life. Holly invents a beautiful fantasy childhood for herself when the narrator tells her of his own unhappy boyhood.
Holly also lies when a situation is not to her liking. At a party, when an acquaintance, Mag Wildwood, barges in and draws the attention of all the men, Holly retaliates by insinuating that Mag has a terrible social disease. Another time, to keep Mag from learning that she has slept with Mag's lover, Jose', Holly breezily pretends she is a lesbian, partly to deceive Mag and partly for the humor of the deception (Garson 82,83).

==Study Questions==
* Why does Holly pretend to be a lesbian?

* What makes Holly an extraordinary liar?

* Why is Holly unwilling to share memories from her childhood?

* Is Mag Wildwood really a lesbian?

* Did the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he was a homosexual?

* Did the narrator know Holly was a prostitute??

==Works Cited==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980. 82,83.

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Narrative verse

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==Narrative Verse==
Cuddon states that narrative poem tells a story (566).There are three types of narrative poems. They are epic, romance, and ballad. Early examples of narrative poems are Gilgamesh, the ''Aeneid'' by Virgil, and ''Metamorphoses'' by Ovid. More recent examples are ''The Code'' by Robert Frost, Kazantzakis's ''The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel'', and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''John Brown's Body'' (569).

===Epic===

Abrams says that to be an epic, an appilied work must meet at least these criteria: it is a long verse narrative on a serious subject, told in a formal style, and centered on heroic figure whose actions depends the fate of many people (81). Examples of great epics are Homer's ''Illiad'' and ''Odyssey''.

===Romance===
This form of narrative is principally a source of entertainment (Cuddon 758). These stories were written with elements of love, fantasy, adventure and extravagance. Some popular works of romantic verse are ''Le Morte D'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Mallory, ''Don Quixote'' by Cervantes, and Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Harmon and Holman believe this to be the most popular of the three narrative verses (444).

===Ballad===
This form of narrative verse tells a story and was a musical accompianment to a dance (Cuddon 71). There are certain characteristics to every ballad. They are: (a) the beginning is often abrupt, (b) the language is simple, (c) the story is told through dialogue and action, (d) the theme is often tragic (though there are a number of comic ballads), and (e) there is often a refrain (Cuddon 71). There are two types of ballads. They are folk or traditional ballad and the literary ballad.
====folk====
This type is transmitted from singer to singer and is annonymous.
====literary====
This type of ballad is not annonymous and is written down by the author as he writes it.

==Works Cited==

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.

Cuddon, J.A. The Pengiun Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin Books, 1999.

Harmon, William and Holman, Hugh. Handbook To Literature. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Books, 1996.

Narrative verse

2006-02-24T01:11:37Z

Bhigdon: /* Epic */

==Narrative Verse==
Cuddon states that narrative poem tells a story (566).There are three types of narrative poems. They are epic, romance, and ballad. Early examples of narrative poems are Gilgamesh, the ''Aeneid'' by Virgil, and ''Metamorphoses'' by Ovid. More recent examples are ''The Code'' by Robert Frost, Kazantzakis's ''The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel'', and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''John Brown's Body'' (569).

===Epic===

Abrams says that to be an epic, an appilied work must meet at least these criteria: it is a long verse narrative on a serious subject, told in a formal style, and centered on heroic figure whose actions depends the fate of many people (81). Examples of great epics are Homer's ''Illiad'' and ''Odyssey''.

===Romance===
This form of narrative is principally a source of entertainment (Cuddon 758). These stories were written with elements of love, fantasy, adventure and extravagance. Some popular works of romantic verse are ''Le Morte D'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Mallory, ''Don Quixote'' by Cervantes, and Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Harmon and Holman believe this to be the most popular of the three narrative verses (444).

===Ballad===
This form of narrative verse tells a story and was a musical accompianment to a dance (Cuddon 71). There are certain characteristics to every ballad. They are:(a) the beginning is often abrupt,(b) the language is simple,(c) the story is told through dialogue and action,(d) the theme is often tragic(though there are a number of comic ballads), and (e) there is often a refrain (Cuddon 71). There are two types of ballads. They are folk or traditional ballad and the literary ballad.
====folk====
This type is transmitted from singer to singer and is annonymous.
====literary====
This type of ballad is not annonymous and is written down by the author as he writes it.

==Works Cited==

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.

Cuddon, J.A. The Pengiun Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin Books, 1999.

Harmon, William and Holman, Hugh. Handbook To Literature. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Books, 1996.

Narrative verse

2006-02-24T01:09:32Z

Bhigdon: /* Epic */

==Narrative Verse==
Cuddon states that narrative poem tells a story (566).There are three types of narrative poems. They are epic, romance, and ballad. Early examples of narrative poems are Gilgamesh, the ''Aeneid'' by Virgil, and ''Metamorphoses'' by Ovid. More recent examples are ''The Code'' by Robert Frost, Kazantzakis's ''The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel'', and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''John Brown's Body'' (569).

===Epic===
Hornblower and Spawforth say that an epic is a long narrative poem. These tell the stories of heroes and warriors (1027). These often embody national pride in a lofty or grandiose manner(Cuddon 265). Abrams says that to be an epic, an appilied work must meet at least these criteria: it is a long verse narrative on a serious subject, told in a formal style, and centered on heroic figure whose actions depends the fate of many people (81). Examples of great epics are Homer's ''Illiad'' and ''Odyssey''.

===Romance===
This form of narrative is principally a source of entertainment (Cuddon 758). These stories were written with elements of love, fantasy, adventure and extravagance. Some popular works of romantic verse are ''Le Morte D'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Mallory, ''Don Quixote'' by Cervantes, and Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Harmon and Holman believe this to be the most popular of the three narrative verses (444).

===Ballad===
This form of narrative verse tells a story and was a musical accompianment to a dance (Cuddon 71). There are certain characteristics to every ballad. They are:(a) the beginning is often abrupt,(b) the language is simple,(c) the story is told through dialogue and action,(d) the theme is often tragic(though there are a number of comic ballads), and (e) there is often a refrain (Cuddon 71). There are two types of ballads. They are folk or traditional ballad and the literary ballad.
====folk====
This type is transmitted from singer to singer and is annonymous.
====literary====
This type of ballad is not annonymous and is written down by the author as he writes it.

==Works Cited==

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.

Cuddon, J.A. The Pengiun Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin Books, 1999.

Harmon, William and Holman, Hugh. Handbook To Literature. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Books, 1996.

Narrative verse

2006-02-24T01:05:34Z

Bhigdon: /* Romance */

==Narrative Verse==
Cuddon states that narrative poem tells a story (566).There are three types of narrative poems. They are epic, romance, and ballad. Early examples of narrative poems are Gilgamesh, the ''Aeneid'' by Virgil, and ''Metamorphoses'' by Ovid. More recent examples are ''The Code'' by Robert Frost, Kazantzakis's ''The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel'', and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''John Brown's Body'' (569).

===Epic===
Hornblower and Spawforth say that an epic is a long narrative poem. These tell the stories of heroes and warriors (1027). These often embody national pride in a lofty or grandiose manner(Cuddon 265). Examples of great epics are Homer's ''Illiad'' and ''Odyssey''.

===Romance===
This form of narrative is principally a source of entertainment (Cuddon 758). These stories were written with elements of love, fantasy, adventure and extravagance. Some popular works of romantic verse are ''Le Morte D'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Mallory, ''Don Quixote'' by Cervantes, and Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Harmon and Holman believe this to be the most popular of the three narrative verses (444).

===Ballad===
This form of narrative verse tells a story and was a musical accompianment to a dance (Cuddon 71). There are certain characteristics to every ballad. They are:(a) the beginning is often abrupt,(b) the language is simple,(c) the story is told through dialogue and action,(d) the theme is often tragic(though there are a number of comic ballads), and (e) there is often a refrain (Cuddon 71). There are two types of ballads. They are folk or traditional ballad and the literary ballad.
====folk====
This type is transmitted from singer to singer and is annonymous.
====literary====
This type of ballad is not annonymous and is written down by the author as he writes it.

==Works Cited==

Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.

Cuddon, J.A. The Pengiun Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin Books, 1999.

Harmon, William and Holman, Hugh. Handbook To Literature. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Books, 1996.