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Louis Ironson

2006-04-27T06:43:49Z

Chenderson:

Though Kushner is critical of Louis, he in no way diminishes the gravity of what this character is forced to deal with. Louis has, after all, good reason for wanting to flee. His lover, Prior Walter, is diagnosed with AIDS and is enduring many critical and excruciating symptoms of the disease. When he confronts his lover on the floor of their bedroom, burning with fever and excreting blood, the full horror of this disease is conveyed in all its mercilessness and squalor. Louis's moral dilemma is compelling precisely because what he has to deal with is so overwhelming. Still, the playwright makes clear that all the talk of justice and politics will not free us from those terrifying, yet fundamental responsibilities that accompany human sickness and death (McNutty 3).

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Louis is determined to "maybe himself out of his unfortunate present reality.One of the more incendiary moments occurs at a coffee shop with Prior's ex-lover and closest friend, Belize. Louis launches instead into a de Tocqueville-esque diatribe: "There are no gods here, no ghosts and spirits in America, there are no angels in Americal, no spiritual past, no racial past, there's only the political, and the decoys and the ploys to maneuver around the inescapable battle of politics". Belize makes clear that he can see right through Louis's highbrow subterfuge: "Are you deliberately transforming yourself into an arrogant, sexual-political Stalinist-slash-racist flag-wavingh thug for my benefit" (McNutty 2,3).

Louis self-destructively yearns to be penetrated: "I want you to fuck me, hurt me, make me bleed" (Kruger 7). Later Joe encounters Louis, who is in desperate flight of fear from his longtime lover, Prior, who is suffering from the initial stages of full-blown AIDS. Racked with guilt at his faithlessness, the liberal Louis reflects on the era, which he sees as a metaphor for his cowardly behavior. He describes himself, and Joe, as "Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind. Reagan's children." Louis has a brutal, punishing sexual encounter with a stranger in Central Park. The stanger provocatively asks, "You been a bad boy? Louis can only sardonically reply, "Very bad. Very bad" (Layman 9).

==Commentary==

Louis is a frightened boy who runs from his problems and searches for answers and spends a great deal of time babbling about what he thinks he has found. Louis is quite wishy-washy and always full of guilt for changing. He is quite self-destructive and a glutton for punishment which is exemplified by his meeting in the park with Joe.

Louis is almost the antithesis of Roy Cohn. Louis always seems confused about what he wants, Roy knows without a doubt. Louis searches for a way to forget about his pain, Roy accepts pain and says that "life is pain". Louis is afraid, Roy says the Devil should be afraid of him. However, we must question Louis' moral character, just as we do Roy's, because Louis abandon's his loved ones in the greatest times of need - the difference between Roy and Louis' lack of morals is that Louis always let them get the better of him.

As the play progresses, we see Louis continuing to run from his problems. That is another way that Roy and Louis differ. Sometimes all it takes to realize what you have done wrong is a good ole fashion butt whoopin. Joe is the one who gives it to both Louis and Roy. In both instences, both of the beatees get their eyes opened up to what they were actually doing was wrong. Louis realized that he shouldnt leave someone he loves in a time of trouble and Roy realizes that trying to control every aspect of other peoples lives can be more hazardous to his health than "liver cancer".

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==Study Questions==
1. Why do you think it was so difficult for Louis to decide who he wanted to be with, Joe or Prior?

2. Do you think Louis' actions are justified when he leaves Prior after discovering the severity of Prior's illness?

3.Why does Louis asks Prior to take him back?

4.Is Prior's response justified? Why or Why not?

Louis Ironson

2006-04-27T06:37:45Z

Chenderson:

Though Kushner is critical of Louis, he in no way diminishes the gravity of what this character is forced to deal with. Louis has, after all, good reason for wanting to flee. His lover, Prior Walter, is diagnosed with AIDS and is enduring many critical and excruciating symptoms of the disease. When he confronts his lover on the floor of their bedroom, burning with fever and excreting blood, the full horror of this disease is conveyed in all its mercilessness and squalor. Louis's moral dilemma is compelling precisely because what he has to deal with is so overwhelming. Still, the playwright makes clear that all the talk of justice and politics will not free us from those terrifying, yet fundamental responsibilities that accompany human sickness and death (McNutty 3).

[[Image:Louis.jpg]]

Louis is determined to "maybe himself out of his unfortunate present reality.One of the more incendiary moments occurs at a coffee shop with Prior's ex-lover and closest friend, Belize. Louis launches instead into a de Tocqueville-esque diatribe: "There are no gods here, no ghosts and spirits in America, there are no angels in Americal, no spiritual past, no racial past, there's only the political, and the decoys and the ploys to maneuver around the inescapable battle of politics". Belize makes clear that he can see right through Louis's highbrow subterfuge: "Are you deliberately transforming yourself into an arrogant, sexual-political Stalinist-slash-racist flag-wavingh thug for my benefit" (McNutty 2,3).

Louis self-destructively yearns to be penetrated: "I want you to fuck me, hurt me, make me bleed" (Kruger 7). Later Joe encounters Louis, who is in desperate flight of fear from his longtime lover, Prior, who is suffering from the initial stages of full-blown AIDS. Racked with guilt at his faithlessness, the liberal Louis reflects on the era, which he sees as a metaphor for his cowardly behavior. He describes himself, and Joe, as "Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind. Reagan's children." Louis has a brutal, punishing sexual encounter with a stranger in Central Park. The stanger provocatively asks, "You been a bad boy? Louis can only sardonically reply, "Very bad. Very bad" (Layman 9).

==Commentary==

Louis is a frightened boy who runs from his problems and searches for answers and spends a great deal of time babbling about what he thinks he has found. Louis is quite wishy-washy and always full of guilt for changing. He is quite self-destructive and a glutton for punishment which is exemplified by his meeting in the park with Joe.

Louis is almost the antithesis of Roy Cohn. Louis always seems confused about what he wants, Roy knows without a doubt. Louis searches for a way to forget about his pain, Roy accepts pain and says that "life is pain". Louis is afraid, Roy says the Devil should be afraid of him. However, we must question Louis' moral character, just as we do Roy's, because Louis abandon's his loved ones in the greatest times of need - the difference between Roy and Louis' lack of morals is that Louis always let them get the better of him.

As the play progresses, we see Louis continuing to run from his problems. Sometimes all it takes to realize what you have done wrong is a good ole fashion butt whoopin. Joe is the one who gives it to Louis, and it opened his eyes to what he has been doing as being wrong.
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==Study Questions==
1. Why do you think it was so difficult for Louis to decide who he wanted to be with, Joe or Prior?

2. Do you think Louis' actions are justified when he leaves Prior after discovering the severity of Prior's illness?

3.Why does Louis asks Prior to take him back?

4.Is Prior's response justified? Why or Why not?

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-23T05:25:39Z

Chenderson: /* Commentary */

== Summary ==
As promised, Holly stops ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell and begins to ring the protagonist's. Although the first few times Holly rings the bell he assumes someone is in trouble, he grows accustomed to the sound. The protagonist sees Holly in various places around town. One night he sees her in "21" at a table with four men. Another night he sees her outside of P.J. Clarke's Saloon with a group of Australian soldiers dancing her around while singing "Waltzing Matilda." The protagonist still has yet to actually make an acquaintance with Holly until a cool autumn night in September. He finds her outside of his window hiding from a man, whom she claims to be a "biter." The protagonist and Holly carry on a conversation, and he reads her some of his writing, which she criticizes. She then tells him of her visits to see Sally Tomato at Sing Sing. When Holly notices that it is four-thirty in the morning, she asks if she can sleep in the protagonist's bed with him. He pretends to be asleep, and Holly begins to speak, but not to the protagonist. "Poor Fred, Where are you, Fred? Because it's cold. There's snow in the wind" (27). The protagonist can feel her tears, but when he asks her why she is crying, she is startled and says, "I ''hate'' snoops."(27) and climbs back out onto the fire escape.

The next morning, the protagonist discovers a Charles & Co. basket with Holly's card outside his door. She asks for his forgiveness for the previous night and states that she would not bother him again. He leaves a bunch of violets and the reply "Please do" at her door. He does not hear from her until he reminds her of her weekly visit to Sing Sing and, as a sign of her gratitude, she invites him over for a drink. When he goes to her apartment, he is greeted by O.J. Berman, a Hollywood actor's agent who supposedly "discovered" Holly. O.J tells the narrator that he feels Holly is a phony but he believes she is a "real phony"(30) because she believes everything that she says. The protagonist also gets his first look at Rutherfurd "Rusty" Trawler. He descibes him as a middle aged man that never lost his baby fat. He also gets to meet Mag Wildwood for the first time. She is a young woman standing six feet tall, and has a stuttering problem. Mag seems to demand all the attention in the room, until she leaves the room, Holly makes rude comments about her while she is gone. "It's really very sad. And so mysterious. You'd think it would show more. But heaven knows, she ''looks'' healthy. So, well, ''clean''." This makes the other guests lose interest in Mag immediately, which Holly had been counting on. When Mag returns, she is so shocked at the sudden lack of attention that she begins to take it out on everyone else before "sliding to the floor, where she sat humming" (46). As the guests of the party begin to leave Holly asks the narrator to escort Mag to a taxi, but before he can try Mag passes out landing face first on the floor. Instead, he gives her a pillow and leaves her there to sleep it off.

== Notes ==
*'''"21"''' (15) - A highly popular [http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/onyc_a2a_home.jsp restaurant] located in Midtown Manhattan.

*'''"Waltzing Matilda"''' (15) - Written in 1895 by poet and nationalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Banjo Paterson], "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_matilda Waltzing Matilda]" is Australia's most widely known song and has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times.

*'''Picayunes''' (16) - A brand of [http://www.ipsb.net/Plaquemine/PlaquemineArchitecture004.jpg cigarettes] produced until the 1960's and known as "The Pride of New Orleans."

*'''Melba toast''' (16) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_toast type of toast] that is very dry, crisp, and thinly-sliced. It is often served with soups and salads or topped with melted cheese.

*'''Cole Porter''' (16) - An American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter composer and songwriter] noted for his sophisticated lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex form.

*'''Kurt Weill''' (16) - From Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Weill] was a leading composer for the stage and a composer of concert works from the 1920s until his death in 1950.

*'''''Oklahoma!''''' (16) - The first musical play written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%21 ''Oklahoma!''] tells the story of cowboy Curly McLane and his romance with farmer girl Laurey Williams.

*'''"The newest Simenon"''' (17) - Holly is referring to the latest novel by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Simenon Georges Simenon], a Belgian author who wrote in French.

*'''"Trés fou"''' (18) - Translated from French to English, "very insane."

*'''Saroyan''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan William Saroyan], an Armenian-American author who wrote many plays and short stories about his impoverished life as the son of Armenian immigrants.

*'''Hemingway''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway], an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

*'''W. Someset Maugham''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maugham Maugham] was a British playwright, novelist, and short story writer and the highest payed author of the 1930s.

*'''Sing Sing''' (23) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Sing maximum-security prison] in Ossing, New York. This is where Sally Tomato was held.

*'''Yiddish''' (25) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish Yiddish] ia a Germanic language spoken by about three million people around the world, mostly by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews Ashkenazi Jews].

*'''"Mille tendresse"''' (28) - Translated from French to English, "thousand tenderness."

*'''Teletype''' (30) - Also known as teleprinter, teletypewriter, or TTY, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype teletype] is an electro-mechanical typewriter used to communicate messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel.

*'''Seconals''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconal Seconal] is a brand of secobarbital, a drug derived from barbiturates, used to treat epilepsy and insomnia and as an anesthetic. By saying this, Berman is implying that Holly will eventually commit suicide.

*'''Luise Rainer''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luise_Rainer Rainer] was a Jewish film actress from Europe who escaped to the U.S. during the Holocaust.

*'''''The Story of Dr. Wassell''''' (31) - A 1944 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037316 film] about World War II that starred [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper Gary Cooper] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille Cecil B. DeMille].

*'''David O. Selznick''' (34) - A Hollywood [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Selznick producer] best known for producing the blockbuster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29 ''Gone With the Wind''].

*'''Father Divine''' (36) - An African-American spiritual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Divine leader] who claimed to be God. He founded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Peace_Mission_movement International Peace Mission movement].

*'''Dry Tortugas''' (37) - A small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Tortugas group of islands] located at the end of the Florida Keys.

*'''Unity Mitford''' (37) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist fascist] and huge supporter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazism] during the 1930s, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Mitford Mitford] was obsessed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler].

*'''''One Touch of Venus''''' (37) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Touch_of_Venus Broadway musical] written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Kurt Weill], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash Ogden Nash], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.J._Perelman S.J. Perelman]. It was performed 570 times between its opening in 1943 and its closing in 1945.

*'''Tiffany's''' (39) - Considered the world's finest jewelry company, [http://www.tiffany.com Tiffany's] was founded in New York City in 1837 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lewis_Tiffany Charles Lewis Tiffany] and John B. Young. It now has locations in major cities all over the world.

*'''Maria Ouspenskaya''' (39) - A Russian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ouspenskaya actress] who achieved fame as a young woman in Russia and as an elderly woman in Hollywood.

== Commentary ==
This section we begin to get a better glimpse into the life of Miss Holly Golightly. We find that she is someone who likes to have a good time. Being the free spirit that she is, the good times she has is with different men every night. The night that she and the narrator have their first important meeting, Holly is hiding from a guy who is drunk and starts biting Holly. Dont know what they were doing for him to bite her, but one can only guess. Since that fact that the narrator does infact have this "crush" on Holly it makes the encounter that much more interesting. He wants to make the best impression for himself he can, but he is over takin by Holly always putting in random thoughts. These random thoughts suggest that she doesnt really want to be there with the narrator. It is the only solution to the problem of being cold and standing on a fire escape, half dressed.

== Study Questions ==

# Why does Miss Golightly start ringing the narrator's bell?
# When and why does Miss Golighly show up on the narrator's fire escape?
# At what age does Miss Golightly leave home?
# Who is Fred? Why does Miss Golightly ask if she may call the narrator by this name?
# Why does Miss Golightly believe Thursdays are "gruesome"?
# Who is Sally Tomato?
# Who is Mr. O'Shaughnessy?
# Who is O.J Berman? Why does he feel Holly is a phony?
# Who is Rusty Trawler? How many times has he been married?
# What is your first impression of Mag Wildwood?
# Why do you believe Holly makes negative comments about her at the party?
# During the party what book does our narrartor pretend to look though?
# How does the narrartor leave Mag Wildwood at the end of the party?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==
* Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories: New York, Vintage Books,1950
* Smith, Liz. "My Friend Truman Capote". Harper's Bazaar March 2006: 426-428.

[[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 1|Section one]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's]] | [[Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 3|Section three]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 8

2006-03-21T17:07:36Z

Chenderson: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
Section eight of Truman Capote's BaT begins with the title to a shocking newspaper clipping. It reads, "Trawler marries fourth" (74). The narrator reads this clip while riding the subway home from an unsuccessful job interview with “PM”, a newspaper that is now closed. He immediately assumes that Rusty Trawler has taken Holly to be his fourth wife. This immediately triggers the infamous “mean reds”. After going through an emotional battle with himself on the train ride, he bought a paper and finished the headline. It ends up Rusty married Mag, not Holly!

When he reaches his apartment building, Madame Spanella is screaming for the police to come, and he hears a lot of noise coming from Holly’s apartment. The narrator goes and bangs on Holly’s door and everything seems to quite down, but no matter how many times he calls, Holly will not come to the door. He tries to break it down, until Jose Ybarra-Jager, Mag Wildwood's ex-fiancé, arrives with a doctor. Jose opens the apartment door with his own key and the trio proceeds in. They find the apartment in complete disarray. The cat is lapping up milk from the floor, and Holly standing, rigid on the bed. She is muttering an incoherent description of her brother, Fred. The doctor begins to soothe Holly and inject her with a sedative. Jose continues asks the doctor if "Her only sickness is grief?" (78). With this question, the doctor kicks both Jose and the narrator out of the room. Out of anger, Jose kicks Madame Spanella out and he almost repeats this action with the narrator. Instead Jose invites the narrator to sit with him and have a drink, which happens to be the only bottle that survived Holly's rampage. They find the telegram that induced Holly’s tantrum saying that Fred was killed in action. Later on Holly gives the narrator the name “Buster”.

While Jose is out of town for business, the narrator and Holly meet to go on walks or to go out to dinner. During a conversation, the narrator learns that Holly is six weeks pregnant. She says she wants to have nine children with Jose, and ceaselessly talks about how much she looks forward to moving with Jose to Rio. She insists that she is in love with Jose, but she seems to find a fault in every habit that Jose has. She even says that Jose is not her idea of a perfect man. "If I were free to...," Holly continues, "I would not pick Jose" (82). The narrator, after hearing so much about Jose begins to dislike Jose. He even stops saying Jose's name while he is speaking to Holly and simply refers to Jose as "Him." Later, on an outing, Holly observes ships sailing by and exclaims," one day, one of those ships would bring me back, me and my nine Brazilin brats"(84). The narrator, tired of hearing about her "brats" and Jose, says "Do shut up"(85). He clearly felt left out, "like a tug boat in dry-dock while she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air" (85).

== Notes ==
*'''"The now defunct newspaper, ''PM''"''' (75) - A left-wing daily newspaper in New York City, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PM_%28newspaper%29 ''PM''] stood for "Picture Magazine," since it borrowed so many pictures from other newsmagazines. The newspaper began in 1940 and was published until 1948 when it was replaced by the ''New York Star''.

*'''"A Parke-Bernet Auction"''' (80) - Parke-Bernet is the United States's largest fine-arts auctioneer, purchased by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s Sotheby's] in 1964.

*'''William Randolph Hearst''' (80) - An American newspaper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst magnate] who invented [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism "yellow journalism"] and waas a leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic party from 1896 to 1935.

*'''Modern Library''' (80) - A division of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House Randolph House Publishers]. Founded in 1917, it identified itself as "The Modern Library of the World's Best Books."

*'''Metropolitan Museum''' (80) - One of the world's largest and most important [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum art museums], located in Manhattan, New York.

*'''Waring mixer''' (80) - [http://www.waringproducts.com Waring] is a leading manufacturer of small appliances for the home, food service, and laboratory industries.

*'''Hausfrau''' (80) - Translated from German to English, "housewife."

*'''Outré''' (81) - Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre.

*'''Terrapin''' (81) - An [http://images.google.com/images?q=terrapin&hl=en amphibious reptile turtle] that can live in the water and on land.

*'''"Nero-ish novelties"''' (81) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero Nero] was the fifth and last emperor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-Claudian_dynasty Julio-Claudian dynasty] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome].

*'''Pomegranates and persimmons''' (81) - The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranates Pomegranate], or ''Punica granatum'', is a species of fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree. Holly uses the fruit in her roasted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant pheasant]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmons persimmon], meaning "dry fruit," is an edible fruit borne by some species of the genus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros ''Diospyros''].

*'''Linguaphone records''' (81) - Founded in 1901, [http://www.linguaphoneusa.com/ Linguaphone] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguaphone company] that helps people learn foreign languages, especially through self-learning courses.

*'''Nehru''' (82) - An important leader of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Independence_Movement Indian Independence Movement] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress Indian National Congress]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehru Nehru] became the first Prime Minister of India when the country won its independence on August 15, 1947.

*'''Wendell Willkie''' (83) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Willkie lawyer] and the Republican nominee in the 1940 presidential election against Franklin D. Roosevelt.

*'''Garbo''' (83) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Garbo Greta Garbo] was a Swedish actress who was highly successful in silent films, as well as in those with sound.

*'''Fado''' (83) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fado music genre] believed to have originated in Portugal in the 1820s. The genre is characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor.

*'''Joss sticks''' (84) - Slender sticks of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense incense] burned before a Chinese image, idol, or shrine.

== Commentary ==
Capote seems to have known someone in his life that he loved as much as the narrator loves Holly." He describes this woman in such a way that you get the sense he has molded her on someone that intrigued him, that held some allure or had an aura of mysticism that left a deep impression." [http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2006/01/breakfast_at_ti.html (Kimbofo)] On the other hand, he may have intended to spark a female movement of freedom to do what they want." BaT inspired women to pack their bags and seek their fortunes in New York and all over the country."[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/criticalanalysis.html (Cash)] If this was his goal, then he certainly achieved it! In any case, he portrays very well his anguish upon "learning" that Holly has married Rusty. These emotions of desire, love, jealousy, and lonliness really seem to resonate throughout this section. The narrator, despite knowing that Holly is not yet married, watches mournfully as Holly is converted into an expecting mother of six weeks by Jose. Holly also mentions Jose in almost every conversation. The once "party girl-about-town and exuberant phony" [http://www.jp41.dial.pipex.com/R735.HTML (Prior)] that he knew becomes a mostly content stay-at-home-wife.

The main turning point, it seems, in Holly's rebellious ways is the death of her brother, Fred. Fred represented her willingness to run up to this point in the novella. His death, like the death of Holly's freedom, is violent and sudden as Jose converts her into a house wife. Furthermore, Holly mourns her brother's death as much as she seems to subconsiously pine for her old ways of travel. In her conversations with the narrator, she seems unresolved with the idea of spending the rest of her life with Jose. Yes, she wishes to spend time with him, but she finds so many faults in him. She even tells the narrator that she would not choose to be with Jose if she had the ability to go back in time. Obviously she is trying to convince herself that she ''is'' in love with Jose because now she is pregnant. She continues to repeat over and over again that she loves him. She does admit, though, that Jose is her first "non-rat" lover in her life. This is an easy statement to believe, as most early referances to Holly's love life make strong referances to prostitution. Taking men to the powder room and coming out with money, for example. She labels all of her past lovers "rats", but she forces herself to see an allure in them. "She feels that she has to if she is going to continue to make a living out of it (prostitution). And not only that, but she hopes to secure her financial future just as easily." [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/criticalanalysis.html (Cash)]

This stage of the story is one of the narrator's last chances to tell Holly how he really feels. So why dosen't he? More than likely, he has noticed the pattern that Holly has presented with her other relationships. Every time a man tries to keep her for himself,Holly simply runs away. The narrator, knowing that trying to tie her down will end in failure, assumes that acting indifferent will result in Holly staying as close to him as possible for a longer period of time. Though his "plan" seems to work for a time, the narrator could not forsee Holly's drastic change into a housewife resulting from pregnancy. The narrator's reaction to Holly's new condition is easily pitiful. He simply sinks into a pool and drowns in his own self pity. This self pity may even be the result of future events with Holly. After all, ''he'' has never tried to sweep Holly off her feet. She may have simply been testing the narrator to see whether or not he really loved her. On the other hand, she may have considered the narrator to be gay. She believed, "If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in trouble anyway: he don't like girls" (38). Holly found that the narrator did not care for either, so she may have believed that he was gay. If she did, her opinion of his sexuality would have explained her disinterest in him. Pugh writes, "...Capote describes Holly's two closest friends-the narrator and Joe Bell-as homosexuals, though he does so with such a delicate touch that many critics have failed to recognize these characters as gay." Dependig on Holly's perspective, her utter lack of feelings for the narrator, despite their intimacy, could have stemmed from a false assumption of his sexuality.

Regardless of her true intentions, this section ends with the narrator giving a wonderful metaphore." So the days, the last days, blow about in memory...all alike as leaves..."(84-85). The narrator's final days with Holly are described as falling leaves before winter. One has seen leaves before, but they all seem the same. Rarely does any one leaf stand out in memory. One can only remember falling leaves look like. The narrator feels the same way about his final days with Holly. He can tell little difference between them, and he spent most of the time with her worrying about the time that she would be away from him. Also like falling leaves, these memories seemed to blow away, unable to be caught to hold on to as a keepsake.

== Study Questions ==
#Who is it that the narrator believes Holly has married?
#Combined with the city heat of the summer and fact that he hadn't seen Holly, what are the other two reasons the narrator wishes he "were under the wheels of the train"?
#Who turns out to be the woman that has gotten married?
#What is Dr. Goldman's explanation for Holly's fit?
#What is the real reason for Holly's fit?
#Whose name replaces Mag Wildwood's on Holly's mailbox?
#Holly mentions something of importance to the narrator, while she is talking about her feelings for Jose. What is it?
#Holly says that she would rather have cancer than a what?
#In your opinion, how does Capote relate to the narrator in real life as far as his relationship with Holly?
#What name does Holly give the narrator after her brother dies?
#What kind of boat does the narrator relate himself to? What kind of boat does he picture Holly as?
#At the end of this section, the narrator uses a metaphor to explain his feelings. How does he feel about his last few days with Holly?

== External Resources ==
*Cash, Matthew. [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/criticalanalysis.html A Travelin' Through the Pastures of the Sky: A Critical Analysis of Breakfast at Tiffany's]. 1996.

== Works Cited ==
*Prior, Lily. "''Breakfast At Tiffany's'' Review."
18 March 2006.<http://www.jp41.dial.pipex.com/R735.HTML>

*Kimbofo. "''At Breakfast Tiffany's'' Reviews."
''Reading Matters''. 17 January 2006. 18 March 2006.
<http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2006/01/breakfast_at_ti.html>

*Pugh, Tison.: Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Explicator (Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, Washington, DC) (61:1) [Fall 2002] , p.51-53.

*Capote, Truman. ''Breakfast At Tiffany's''. New York: Random House, Inc, 1958.
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[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-21T16:17:15Z

Chenderson: /* Summary */

== Summary ==
Instead of ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell to let her into the house, Holly starts to ring the protagonist's. Even though she rings in the early hours of the morning, he doesn't mind. The protagonist sees Holly in various places around town. One night he sees her in "21" at a table with four men. Another night he sees her outside of P.J. Clarke's Saloon with a group of Australian soldiers dancing her around while singing "Waltzing Matilda". The protagonist still has yet to actually make an acquaintance with Holly until a cool autumn night in September. He finds her outside of his window hiding from a man, whom she claims to be a "biter",that she brought home. The protagonist and Holly carry on a conversation ranging from why she left home, her feelings about dating older men, why lesbian roommates make better housekeepers, and her visits to see Sally Tomato in Sing Sing. The protagonist then meets O.J Berman at Holly's apartment when he shows up to have drinks. O.J tells the narrartor that he feels Holly is a phony but he believes she is a "real phony"(30) because she believes everything that she says. The protagonist also gets his first look at Rutherfurd (Rusty) Tawler. He descibes him as a middle aged man that never lost his baby fat. He also gets to meet Mag Wildwood for the first time. She is a young woman standing six feet tall, and has a struttering problem. Mag seems to demand all the attention in the room, until upon her going to the bathroom, Holly makes comments, that leave the rest of the guests uninterseted in Mag when she returns. As the guests of the party begin to leave Holly asks the narrartor to escort Mag to a taxi, but before he can try Mag passes out landing face first on the floor. He gets a pillow and leaves her there to sleep it off.

== Notes ==
*'''"21"''' (15) - A highly popular [http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/onyc_a2a_home.jsp restaurant] located in Midtown Manhattan.

*'''"Waltzing Matilda"''' (15) - Written in 1895 by poet and nationalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Banjo Paterson], "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_matilda Waltzing Matilda]" is Australia's most widely known song and has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times.

*'''Picayunes''' (16) - A brand of [http://www.ipsb.net/Plaquemine/PlaquemineArchitecture004.jpg cigarettes] produced until the 1960's and known as "The Pride of New Orleans."

*'''Melba toast''' (16) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_toast type of toast] that is very dry, crisp, and thinly-sliced. It is often served with soups and salads or topped with melted cheese.

*'''Cole Porter''' (16) - An American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter composer and songwriter] noted for his sophisticated lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex form.

*'''Kurt Weill''' (16) - From Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Weill] was a leading composer for the stage and a composer of concert works from the 1920s until his death in 1950.

*'''''Oklahoma!''''' (16) - The first musical play written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%21 ''Oklahoma!''] tells the story of cowboy Curly McLane and his romance with farmer girl Laurey Williams.

*'''"The newest Simenon"''' (17) - Holly is referring to the latest novel by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Simenon Georges Simenon], a Belgian author who wrote in French.

*'''"Trés fou"''' (18) - Translated from French to English, "very insane."

*'''Saroyan''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan William Saroyan], an Armenian-American author who wrote many plays and short stories about his impoverished life as the son of Armenian immigrants.

*'''Hemingway''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway], an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

*'''W. Someset Maugham''' (19) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maugham Maugham] was a British playwright, novelist, and short story writer and the highest payed author of the 1930s.

*'''Sing Sing''' (23) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Sing maximum-security prison] in Ossing, New York. This is where Sally Tomato was held.

*'''Yiddish''' (25) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish Yiddish] ia a Germanic language spoken by about three million people around the world, mostly by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews Ashkenazi Jews].

*'''"Mille tendresse"''' (28) - Translated from French to English, "thousand tenderness."

*'''Teletype''' (30) - Also known as teleprinter, teletypewriter, or TTY, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype teletype] is an electro-mechanical typewriter used to communicate messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel.

*'''Seconals''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconal Seconal] is a brand of secobarbital, a drug derived from barbiturates, used to treat epilepsy and insomnia and as an anesthetic. By saying this, Berman is implying that Holly will eventually commit suicide.

*'''Luise Rainer''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luise_Rainer Rainer] was a Jewish film actress from Europe who escaped to the U.S. during the Holocaust.

*'''''The Story of Dr. Wassell''''' (31) - A 1944 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037316 film] about World War II that starred [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper Gary Cooper] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille Cecil B. DeMille].

*'''David O. Selznick''' (34) - A Hollywood [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Selznick producer] best known for producing the blockbuster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29 ''Gone With the Wind''].

*'''Father Divine''' (36) - An African-American spiritual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Divine leader] who claimed to be God. He founded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Peace_Mission_movement International Peace Mission movement].

*'''Dry Tortugas''' (37) - A small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Tortugas group of islands] located at the end of the Florida Keys.

*'''Unity Mitford''' (37) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist fascist] and huge supporter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazism] during the 1930s, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Mitford Mitford] was obsessed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler].

*'''''One Touch of Venus''''' (37) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Touch_of_Venus Broadway musical] written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Kurt Weill], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash Ogden Nash], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.J._Perelman S.J. Perelman]. It was performed 570 times between its opening in 1943 and its closing in 1945.

*'''Tiffany's''' (39) - Considered the world's finest jewelry company, [http://www.tiffany.com Tiffany's] was founded in New York City in 1837 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lewis_Tiffany Charles Lewis Tiffany] and John B. Young. It now has locations in major cities all over the world.

*'''Maria Ouspenskaya''' (39) - A Russian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ouspenskaya actress] who achieved fame as a young woman in Russia and as an elderly woman in Hollywood.

== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==

# Why does Miss Golightly start ringing the narrator's bell?
# When and why does Miss Golighly show up on the narrator's fire escape?
# At what age does Miss Golightly leave home?
# Who is Fred? Why does Miss Golightly ask if she may call the narrator by this name?
# Why does Miss Golightly believe Thursdays are "gruesome"?
# Who is Sally Tomato?
# Who is Mr. O'Shaughnessy?
# Who is O.J Berman? Why does he feel Holly is a phony?
# Who is Rusty Trawler? How many times has he been married?
# What is your first impression of Mag Wildwood?
# Why do you believe Holly makes negative comments about her at the party?
# During the party what book does our narrartor pretend to look though?
# How does the narrartor leave Mag Wildwood at the end of the party?

== External Resources ==
*[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/dadtabase/capote_t.html PBS:Truman Capote]

== Works Cited ==

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-14T17:12:28Z

Chenderson:

== Summary ==
Instead of ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell to let her into the house, She started to ring the protagonists. Even though she would ring in the early hours of the morning, he didn't mind. The protagonist sees Holly in various places in town. One night he sees her at "21" at a table with four men. Another night he sees her outside of P.J. Clarke's Saloon with a group of Australian soldiers dancing her around while singing "Waltzing Matilda". The protagonist still has yet to actually make aquantences with Holly until a cool autumn night in September. She is outside of his window hiding from a man that she brought home with her, because he is a biter. The protagonist and Holly carry on a conversation ranging from why she left home, to dating older men, to lesbian roomates to clean the house, to how she sings to Sally Tomato.

== Notes ==
*'''"21"''' (15) - A highly popular [http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/onyc_a2a_home.jsp restaurant] located in Midtown Manhattan.

*'''"Waltzing Matilda"''' (15) - Written in 1895 by poet and nationalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Banjo Paterson], "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_matilda Waltzing Matilda]" is Australia's most widely known song and has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times.

*'''Picayunes''' (16) - A [http://www.ipsb.net/Plaquemine/PlaquemineArchitecture004.jpg brand] of cigarettes produced until the 1960's and known as "The Pride of New Orleans."

*'''Melba toast''' (16) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_toast type of toast] that is very dry, crisp, and thinly-sliced. It is often served with soups and salads or topped with melted cheese.

*'''Cole Porter''' (16) - An American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter composer and songwriter] noted for his sophisticated lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex form.

*'''Kurt Weill''' (16) - From Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Weill] was a leading composer for the stage and a composer of concert works from the 1920's until his death in 1950.

*'''''Oklahoma!''''' (16) - The first musical play written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%21 ''Oklahoma!''] tells the story of cowboy Curly McLane and his romance with farmer girl Laurey Williams.

== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==

1. Why did Miss Golightly start ringing the bell of the narrator?

2. When and why does Miss Golighly show up on the fire escape of the narrator?

3. At what age does Miss Golightly leave home?

4. Who is Fred: why does Miss Golightly ask if she may call the narrator by this name?

5. Why does Miss Golightly believe Thursdays are "gruesome"?

6. Who is Sally Tomato?

7. Who is Mr. O'Shaughnessy?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-14T17:11:51Z

Chenderson:

== Summary ==
Instead of ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell to let her into the house, She started to ring the protagonists. Even though she would ring in the early hours of the morning, he didn't mind. The protagonist sees Holly in various places in town. One night he sees her at "21" at a table with four men. Another night he sees her outside of P.J. Clarke's Saloon with a group of Australian soldiers dancing her around while singing "Waltzing Matilda". The protagonist still has yet to actually make aquantences with Holly until a cool autumn night in September. She is outside of his window hiding from a man that she brought home with her, because he is a biter. The protagonist and Holly carry on a conversation ranging from dating older men, to lesbian roomates to clean the house, to how she sings to Sally Tomato.

== Notes ==
*'''"21"''' (15) - A highly popular [http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/onyc_a2a_home.jsp restaurant] located in Midtown Manhattan.

*'''"Waltzing Matilda"''' (15) - Written in 1895 by poet and nationalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Banjo Paterson], "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_matilda Waltzing Matilda]" is Australia's most widely known song and has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times.

*'''Picayunes''' (16) - A [http://www.ipsb.net/Plaquemine/PlaquemineArchitecture004.jpg brand] of cigarettes produced until the 1960's and known as "The Pride of New Orleans."

*'''Melba toast''' (16) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_toast type of toast] that is very dry, crisp, and thinly-sliced. It is often served with soups and salads or topped with melted cheese.

*'''Cole Porter''' (16) - An American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter composer and songwriter] noted for his sophisticated lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex form.

*'''Kurt Weill''' (16) - From Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Weill] was a leading composer for the stage and a composer of concert works from the 1920's until his death in 1950.

*'''''Oklahoma!''''' (16) - The first musical play written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%21 ''Oklahoma!''] tells the story of cowboy Curly McLane and his romance with farmer girl Laurey Williams.

== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==

1. Why did Miss Golightly start ringing the bell of the narrator?

2. When and why does Miss Golighly show up on the fire escape of the narrator?

3. At what age does Miss Golightly leave home?

4. Who is Fred: why does Miss Golightly ask if she may call the narrator by this name?

5. Why does Miss Golightly believe Thursdays are "gruesome"?

6. Who is Sally Tomato?

7. Who is Mr. O'Shaughnessy?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-14T17:11:24Z

Chenderson:

== Summary ==
Instead of ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell to let her into the house, She started to ring the protagonists. Even though she would ring in the early hours of the morning, he didn't mind. The protagonist sees Holly in various places in town. One night he sees her at "21" at a table with four men. Another night he sees her outside of P.J. Clarke's Saloon with a group of Australian soldiers dancing her around while singing "Waltzing Matilda". The protagonist still has yet to actually make aquantences with Holly until a cool autumn night in September. She is outside of his window hiding from a man that she brought home with her, because he is a biter. The protagonist and Holly carry on a conversation ranging from dating older men, to lesbian roomates to clean the house, to how she sings to Sally Tomatoe.

== Notes ==
*'''"21"''' (15) - A highly popular [http://www.21club.com/web/onyc/onyc_a2a_home.jsp restaurant] located in Midtown Manhattan.

*'''"Waltzing Matilda"''' (15) - Written in 1895 by poet and nationalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson Banjo Paterson], "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_matilda Waltzing Matilda]" is Australia's most widely known song and has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times.

*'''Picayunes''' (16) - A [http://www.ipsb.net/Plaquemine/PlaquemineArchitecture004.jpg brand] of cigarettes produced until the 1960's and known as "The Pride of New Orleans."

*'''Melba toast''' (16) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_toast type of toast] that is very dry, crisp, and thinly-sliced. It is often served with soups and salads or topped with melted cheese.

*'''Cole Porter''' (16) - An American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter composer and songwriter] noted for his sophisticated lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex form.

*'''Kurt Weill''' (16) - From Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Weill] was a leading composer for the stage and a composer of concert works from the 1920's until his death in 1950.

*'''''Oklahoma!''''' (16) - The first musical play written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%21 ''Oklahoma!''] tells the story of cowboy Curly McLane and his romance with farmer girl Laurey Williams.

== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==

1. Why did Miss Golightly start ringing the bell of the narrator?

2. When and why does Miss Golighly show up on the fire escape of the narrator?

3. At what age does Miss Golightly leave home?

4. Who is Fred: why does Miss Golightly ask if she may call the narrator by this name?

5. Why does Miss Golightly believe Thursdays are "gruesome"?

6. Who is Sally Tomato?

7. Who is Mr. O'Shaughnessy?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==

Simile

2006-02-23T20:52:42Z

Chenderson:

Is a comparison of two unlike objects. For a comparison to be considered a simile, the words "like" and/or "as" must be used. "If the speaker omits 'like', or 'as', then it is a metphor"(Beckson 76).

Another type of simile that not many people are familiar with is the epic Simile. An epic simile is "an extended comparison wherein a subject is compared to something that is presented at such length or in such detail that the subject is momentarily lost sight of"(Barnet 44). In "Paradise Lost", the author compares Satan walking into the garden of Eden to a vulture.

"Here walk'd the fiend at large in spacious field.
As when a vulture on Imaus bred,
whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,
Dislodgingfrom a Region scarce of prey
To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling Kids
On Hills where Flocks are fed, flies toward the springs
Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams;
But in his way lights on the barren Plains
Of sericana, where Chineses drive
With Sails and Wind their cany Waggons light:
So on this windy Sea of Land, the Fiend
Walk'd up and down alone bent on his prey."

''Similes in Poetry'''

"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.

'''Like A Virgin'''

"Like a virgin,
Touched for the very first time,
Like a virgin,
When your heart beats,
Next to mine"-Madonna

[[Literary Terms]]

=== Works Cited ===
*Barnet, Berman, Burto. "A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms". 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1971.
*Beckson, Karl and Arthur Ganz. "Literary Terms; A Dictionary". 6th ed. New York: Noodle Press 1989

Simile

2006-02-16T02:52:44Z

Chenderson:

A simile is a figure of speech the compares two unlike things, usually shown by using the words "Like" and/or "As".

'''Similes in Poetry'''

Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:

"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.

'''Like A Virgin'''

"Like a virgin,
Touched for the very first time,
Like a virgin,
When your heart beats,
Next to mine"-Madonna

'''Like A Prayer'''

"When you call my name, it's like a little prayer,
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there,
In the midnight hour I can feel your power,
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna

'''Anna Begins'''

"This time when kindness falls like rain, It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind"-Counting Crows

"How like the winter hath my absence been." -William Shakespear

"The drill sargent was tough as nails on the new recruits."

Simile

2006-02-16T02:51:27Z

Chenderson:

A simile is a figure of speech the compares two unlike things, usually shown by using the words "Like" and/or "As".

'''Similes in Poetry'''

Similes are used by Poets to compare things all of the time. For example:

"O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune."-Robert Burns

'''Similes in Famous Songs'''

Madonna is internationally known as a sex symbol that likes to frequently push the envelope and reinvent herself. What most people do not realize, is that two of her biggest songs are similes.

'''Like A Virgin'''

"Like a virgin,
Touched for the very first time,
Like a virgin,
When your heart beats,
Next to mine"-Madonna

'''Like A Prayer'''

"When you call my name, it's like a little prayer,
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there,
In the midnight hour I can feel your power,
Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there"-Madonna

'''Anna Begins'''

"This time when kindness falls like rain,
It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind"
-Counting Crows

"How like the winter hath my absence been." -William Shakespear

"The drill sargent was tough as nails on the new recruits."