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Millennium Approaches 2.8

2006-04-27T03:20:36Z

Egoolsby: Wrote a summary and added a Study Questions section

==Summary==
Joe is at a payphone in Central Park late at night. He calls his mother, Hannah, and informs her that he is drunk. Joe informs Hannah that he is a homosexual. She says he is being "ridiculous," and for him to go home and call her from there. She quickly becomes angered, exclaims, "Drinking is a sin!", and hangs up.
==Notes==
==Commentary==
==Study Questions==
1. What is the significance of Hannah mentioning Joe's father?
==External Resources==
==Works Cited==

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[[Angels in America | In Vitro Act 2 Scene 9]]
[[Category:Literature]]

Millennium Approaches 2.3

2006-04-27T03:15:43Z

Egoolsby: Made a summary; added a study question

==Summary==
Louis and Emily sit at Prior's bed at 1:00 in the morning. Emily tells Louis that she has sedated him, and that he is be "orbitting the moons of Jupiter." They discuss Prior and his family. Louis expresses his guilt over considering leaving Prior as he considers Mathilde's loyalty to William the Conqueror. Louis says he is going for a walk in the park. Emily warns him to be careful.
==Notes==
==Commentary==
==Study Questions==

1. What does Louis ramble about to Emily?

2. Where does Louis tell Emily he is going?

3. What is the history of the Bayeux tapestry and
how does it relate or not relate to the relationship
between Prior and Louis?

4. What does Louis expect hell to be?

5. Why does Emily use "the moons of Jupiter" as a metaphor?

==External Resources==
==Works Cited==

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[[Angels in America | In Vitro Act 2 Scene 4]]
[[Category:Literature]]

Perestroika 4.5

2006-04-27T03:06:45Z

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==Summary==
Harper is standing at a railing over the river. Harper tells Joe that the end of the world and Judgment Day is near. She says that everyone will have visions like she does: "Everyone will think the're crazy now, not just me, everyone will see things."

==Study Questions==
1. What is the significance of the Promenade view in Brooklyn? 
2. Why does Harper discuss destruction? Why does she reject flood but endorse fire?

Perestroika 4.4

2006-04-27T03:06:20Z

Egoolsby: Fixed line return errors

==Summary==
Joe and Hannah are at the Mormon Visitor's Center. Hannah complains that Joe has not returned her calls for a month. They begin to argue, and Joe says Hannah "sort of brings the desert" with her wherever she goes. Joe leaves and Prior enters. Prior asks about Joe, and Hannah begins speaking with him about homosexuality. Prior becomes very sick. Hannah takes Prior to St. Vincent's Hospital.

==Study Questions==
1. Why does Joe leave Utah? What is he running from? 
2. What does Joe mean when he says Hannah brings the desert with her? 
3. What is the significance of the approaching storm and the thunder at the end of the scene?

Perestroika 4.5

2006-04-27T03:03:42Z

Egoolsby:

==Summary==
Harper is standing at a railing over the river. Harper tells Joe that the end of the world and Judgment Day is near. She says that everyone will have visions like she does: "Everyone will think the're crazy now, not just me, everyone will see things."

==Study Questions==
1. What is the significance of the Promenade view in Brooklyn?
2. Why does Harper discuss destruction? Why does she reject flood but endorse fire?

Perestroika 4.4

2006-04-27T02:58:27Z

Egoolsby:

==Summary==
Joe and Hannah are at the Mormon Visitor's Center. Hannah complains that Joe has not returned her calls for a month. They begin to argue, and Joe says Hannah "sort of brings the desert" with her wherever she goes. Joe leaves and Prior enters. Prior asks about Joe, and Hannah begins speaking with him about homosexuality. Prior becomes very sick. Hannah takes Prior to St. Vincent's Hospital.

==Study Questions==
1. Why does Joe leave Utah? What is he running from?
2. What does Joe mean when he says Hannah brings the desert with her?
3. What is the significance of the approaching storm and the thunder at the end of the scene?

Perestroika 4.7

2006-04-27T02:50:49Z

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==Summary==
Harper and Joe are in bed. Harper asks Joe why he keeps his eyes closed during sex. She convinces him to admit that he imagines men during sex. She asks Joe what he sees when he looks at her. Joe says he sees "nothing," and Harper thanks him for his honesty. Then, Joe says he has to go and leaves.

Perestroika 5.4

2006-04-27T02:47:11Z

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==Summary==
Joe returns to his apartment at 2:00 in the morning. The ghost of Roy appears to Joe and tells him that Louis deserved to be beaten up. Before Roy vanishes, he kisses Joe. After he is gone, Harper enters and says she has returned from "a trip to the moon on gossamer wings." She elaborates to say that she was "out. With a friend. In Paradise."

==Study Questions==
1. Why does Roy's ghost appear to Joe?
 2. Why does Roy kiss Joe?

Perestroika 5.4

2006-04-27T02:46:24Z

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Perestroika 5.7

2006-04-27T02:40:53Z

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==Summary==
In the morning, Prior returns to his bed from Heaven. Emily observes that Prior's fever has broken. Prior declares that he has had a dream and claims that Hannah saved his life. Prior notices Louis' cuts and bruises from the fight with Joe. Louis calls them "visible scars." Belize gives Prior the AZT. Louis tells Prior that he wants to get back together with him.

Perestroika 4.6

2006-04-26T18:55:01Z

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==Summary==
At St. Vincent's Hospital, Emily tends to Prior as Hannah watches in the emergency room. Emily criticizes Prior for his weight loss. Prior informs Emily that Hannah is his "ex-lover's lover's Mormon mother," to which she replies: "Even in New York in the eighties, that is strange." Prior discusses his "vision" with Hannah. They briefly discuss the Angel, religion, and homosexuality. A roar of thunder and a rising erection informs prior of the Angel approaching. He asks Hannah to stay and watch him for the night.

==Notes==
-Maria Ouspenskaya (235) - a Russian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ouspenskaya actress]; played a fortuneteller in Hollywood's The Wolf Man.

==Works Cited==
*Kushner, Tony. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995

Perestroika 1.4

2006-04-26T18:42:03Z

Egoolsby: Edited summary, added a notes section and study questions

==Summary==
Prior has an orgasm during a nightmare so he proceeds to call Belize at the hospital to tell him about it. Henry also enters the hospital to get a room for Roy Cohn, one of his patients. Belize ignores Henry and starts singing "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" with Prior. Belize finally gets through singing and pays attention to Henry. Henry has an emergency admission to the regular floor, room 1013. Belize reads the chart and find out who is being admitted to the hospital for liver cancer. He immediatly telephones Prior and tells him who has been admitted to the hospital. Belize gets ready to enter Roy's room.

==Notes==
*abstemious (153) - moderating one's [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=abstemious consumption], particularly food or drink
*Grace Jones (153) - a Jamaican model, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Jones singer], and actress.
*lascivious (153) - feeling [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lascivious sexually] excited.
*Je t'aime (155) - French for "I love you."
*Koch (156) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Koch Ed Koch]; former U.S. Congressman and mayor of New York City; denied accusations of being a homosexual while running for office in the late 1970s

==Study Questions==
1. What are some possibilities of the nature of Prior's nightmare?
2. Why does Prior suggest that he and Belize sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"?

==Works Cited==
Kushner, Tony. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995.

Perestroika 1.4

2006-04-26T18:14:46Z

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==Summary==

Prior has an orgasm in his dream so he proceeds to call Belize at the hospital to tell him about it. Henry also enters the hospital to get a room for Roy Cohn, one of his patients. Belize ignores Henry and starts singing "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" with Prior. Belize finally gets through singing and pays attention to Henry. Henry has an emergency admission to the regular floor, room 1013. Belize reads the chart and find out who is being admitted to the hospital for liver cancer. He immediatly telephones Prior and tells him who has been admitted to the hospital. Belize gets ready to enter Roy's room.

Harper Amaty Pitt

2006-04-26T00:37:55Z

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Harper Pitt is (Joe) [[Joseph Porter Pitt]]'s wife. She is addicted to [http://www.rocheusa.com/products/valium/ valium] which frequently makes her hallucinate. She has [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/Ag/Agoraphobia.html agoraphobia], and creates an imaginary friend to avoid bad situations. [[Prior Walter]] and Harper cross over into one another's hallucination. During this hallucination, she learns that her husband (Joe) is a homosexual. Harper, appearing as a sexually frustrated and politically detached female, learns to manage these weaknesses she has and reshapes her life by leaving Joe and moving away from New York (Meisner 178). Though she appears as a weak character in the beginning of the play, she ends the play as a changed person. According to Bloom, Kushner’s women are stronger than the men (with the exception of [[Roy Cohn]]), especially Harper (299).

[[Image:Harper.jpg]]
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[[Angels in America]]

Emily

2006-04-26T00:35:43Z

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The nurse practitioner who looks after [[Prior Walter]] while he is in the hospital. Also does the checkups for Prior after he is released from the hospital. Emily tries to act like she cares however she has too many patients to look after, "Look, I'm sorry, I have a waiting room full of..." She continues on to console him about his mental state, but this shows she can only show so much empathy before she has to move on to the next patient.

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[[Angels in America]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 5

2006-03-24T13:51:21Z

Egoolsby: Spelling correction (All work on last edit was overwritten by someone)

== 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]. View of 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

2006-03-23T02:58:34Z

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== Summary ==
[[Image:Audrey.jpg|thumb|Audrey Hepburn]]
[[Image:HG_Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree.jpg|thumb|Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree]]
[[Image:PW242.jpg|thumb|St. Christopher's Medal]]
[[Image:Audrey2.jpg|thumb|Audrey Hepburn]]
[[Image: aud tiffanys sleeping.jpg|thumb|Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's]]
[[Image:Tiffanys poster.jpg|thumb|Breakfast at Tiffany's Movie Poster]]
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).

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

[[Category:Literature]]

File:HG Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.jpg

2006-03-23T02:27:04Z

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Rockefeller Christmas tree

File:011s.jpg

2006-03-23T02:25:23Z

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Rockefeller Plaza

Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 13

2006-03-23T02:23:27Z

Egoolsby: Added navigational links at bottom

== Summary ==
[[Image:Section 13.jpg|thumb| Holly and the cat]]
The narrator notices the decreasing mention of Holly in the news and finds himself longing to be with her once again. He reads in the headlines of a newspaper about Sally Tomato's death and how Holly is believed to be in Rio. Holly's "abandoned possessions" are sold, and a man name Quaintance Smith moves into her old apartment. Little is heard of from Holly, until the narrator receives a postcard in the spring. It appears she has met someone new and is looking for somewhere to live. He wishes he had an address in which to write Holly to tell her that he found her cat.

== Notes ==
*'''Arican Hut''' (111) - A single story [http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mip/leprosy/huts.jpg building] made up of natural materials usually wood, which is used for shelter or a house.
*'''Brazil''' (110) - The largest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil country] in Eastern South America that was founded by the Portuguese in the 1500. [[Image:Brownstone.jpg|thumb|Brownstone Apartment]]

*'''Brownstone''' (110) - Refers to old brick apartment where Holly once lived.

*'''Buenos Aires''' (110) - The largest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos-Aires country] in Argentina. Located in the eastern part of the country on the Rio de la Plata. Was founded by the Spanish in 1536. Buenos Aires became the capital of Argentina in 1862.

*'''Countersue''' (110) - Means one party to sue a second party who is already suing the first party.

*'''Flanked''' (110) -Means to be beside someone or something.

*'''Gangland Victim''' (109) - A person who is exploited by underground, orgainized crime.

*'''Gossip-Column''' (109) - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_column gossip column] is a media feature about celebrities' private serects or rumors that has been spread about them.

*'''Mille Tendresse''' (110) - A term translated into English means, mille: thousand and tendresse: affection. Which close in the American speaking tongue to say lots of love.

*'''Rio''' (109) - [http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/rio.html Rio de Janeiro], a state and a city in Southeastern Brazil.

*'''Sing Sing''' (109) - A [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious%5Fmurders/famous/sing%5fsing prison] in New York.

*'''Spanish Harlem''' (110) - Area urbanized by the addition of brownstones and apartment buildings in the 1880's. Predominantly Hispanic, it is also referred to as East Harlem, found in New York City.

*'''Two bits''' (109) - [http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/quarters.asp quarter] Equal to one quarter.

*'''Quaintance Smith''' (110) - The man that moved into Holly's apartment after she moved out. "...a new tenant acquired the apartment, his name was Quaintance Smith, and he entertained as many gentlemen callers of a noisy nature as Holly ever had..." (Capote 110).

== Commentary ==
The last section of the novella focuses on the narrator's last regrets concerning Holly. The gossip in the paper dies down and he goes through the months of winter hoping to hear from her. In the time that has passed since she left, a man named Quaintance Smith has moved into her old apartment. He receives far better treatment from Madame Spanella that Holly did. He hosts parties and has the occasional black eye, for which Spanella aids him with "filet mignon" (110).

The headlines in the paper tell of Sally Tomato's death and the disappearance of Holly (109). This sums up the story by having Holly return to her carefree ways by running away again. The narrator seems more worried about where she is than her running away from the law and Sally Tomato's crooked business. Paul Levine writes," there is more than a hint that they form a part of a solid literary phalanx of spiritual non-conformists, of yea-saying rebels whose off-center vision, whose unflagging but unorthodox sense of rightness alienates them from society" (352). Holly Golightly was right in her own way; unfortunately, her sense of rightness didn't hold up in society. It's no wonder that she ran away.

The mention of the Trawlers countersuing for divorce seems to add a humorous turn on the whole affair between Holly, Rusty, and Mag (110). It seems that Mag was only out for money and/or jealousy from the beginning of her affair with Rusty. Holly was not at all affected by their marriage, and proved it by leaving for Rio in search of another life.

After Holly is gone all of her possessions were sold by the owner of the Brownstone. A man named Quantance Smith moves in. Quaintance Smith is considered to be gay. Capote gives his readers a hint when he writes,"...and he(Quaintance Smith) entertained as many gentlemen callers of a noisy nature as Holly ever had..." (Capote 110). Holly was straight and threw parties for male dates. Why was Quaintance Smith throwing parties for men only if he wasn't dating one of them? Pugh Tison writes,"The name "Quaintance" is an allusion to [http://www.apollonetwork.com/archive/quaintance/ George Quaintance], a painter of the 1940's and 1950's, whose art bordered on soft-core gay pornography" (Tison).

The novella ends with the narrator's hope that Holly has finally found a home, a venture in which her cat has been successful. He regrets most that he cannot reach Holly to tell her about the cat. He expresses that whether it be an "African hut or whatever," he hopes Holly "arrived somewhere [she] belonged" (111).

"The [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dichotomy dichotomy] of good and evil exists in each Capote character just as the dichotomy of daylight and nighttime exists in the [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aggregate aggregate] of his stories" (Hassan). Everyone of Capote's characters either represents a good presence or a bad presence. Toward the end of the novella, the narrator's love for Holly shows when he spends weeks trying to find her cat. Not too many people would do something for someone else that required so much time and effort.

Even though the narrator has all these regrets, he never expresses any remorse about never telling Holly how he really feels about her. He is so excited to hear from her, and has all these things he wants to tell her. So the narrator is still thinking about her and still in love with her, but he has no desire to know what would have happened if he would have told her how he feels.

== Study Questions ==
#What is the name of the new tenant in Holly's old apartment?
#What happens to her belongings?
#What is the one thing he wishes to tell Holly the most?
#Who finds Holly's cat?
#Where and how does Sally Tomato die?
#What day does Sally Tomato die?
#What does the narrator promise Holly?
#Where does Holly write from?
#What does the narrator hope Holly will find?
#What is the name of Holly's new friend?
#How long does it take the narrator to find the cat?

== 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 ==
*Cash, Mathew. [http://www.-personal.umich.edu/~bcash/criticalanalysis.html The Breakfast at Tiffany's Homepage - A Critical Analysis]. 1996. ''University of Michigan''. 14 March 2006.
*Hassan, Ihab H. "Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature." Vol.1, No.2. Spring, 1960. pp.5-21
*Levine, Paul. ''Book Review of Breakfast at Tiffany's/Levine.'' ''The Georgia Review''/3 (1959): 350-352
*Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." The Explicator 6.1 (Fall 2002): 51-53.
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==Summary==
Against both the narrator and Joe Bell's wishes, Holly decides to leave for Brazil. Holly waits at the bar while Joe Bell delivers her request to the narrator to gather her things, including her cat, and bring them to her. Though refusing to partake in a drink to Holly's departure, Bell arranges for a limousine to take Holly to the airport. On the way there, Holly drops the cat off on a street block in Spanish Harlem, and leaves him there. At a stop light a block away, she realizes that she wants to keep the cat, and runs back to look for him. Unable to find him, the narrator promises that he will find and take care of the cat. She gets back in the limousine and leaves for the airport to go to Brazil. At that point, she realizes that she and the cat belong to one another.

==Notes==
'''Squall''' (104) - A brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow.

'''Inclement''' (105) - severe, unrelenting; cruel

'''Poignant''' (105) - Neat, skillful

'''Lark''' (105) - A carefree or spirited adventure.

'''bon voyage''' (106)- French, literally translated as "good journey".

'''oompahpah''' (106)- A rhythmic bass accompaniment, that repeats.

'''rhapsodic''' (106)- Emotional, extravagant music.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Harlem'''Spanish Harlem'''](107)- Also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. Since the 1950s, it has been populated by a large number of people of Puerto Rican descent, sometimes called Nuyoricans. In recent years the neighborhood has also become home to many Mexican American immigrants.

[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=R01659106&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1140713136_4425&area=abell&forward=critref_ft '''Nancy's Landing'''] (105)- Fictional town created by Capote. "Nancy's Landing," serves as Capote's code phrase for a gay resort, a make-believe, southern Fire Island or Provincetown. Thus, the narrator's coy rejoinder that the reader should "[n]ever mind why" he made the trip appears as a subtle move to direct attention away from his self-confession.

'''Hope Chest''' (106)- A chest used by a young woman for clothing and household goods, such as linens and silver, in anticipation of marriage.

'''Slap dash''' (107) - In a reckless haphazard manner; hasty and careless

'''The fat woman''' (109) - Death

==Commentary==
Friday night, the day before departure, is described as ‘red,’ perhaps a parallel to the mean reds Holly must be feeling in anticipation of her journey to Brazil. Saturday itself, however, was under such a heavy rain it was questionable that a plane could take off. It is a fine forecast and foreshadowing of her grief to follow in this chapter.

Holly, against the wishes of the narrator and Joe Bell, continued to make her plans to leave. After being discharged from the hospital, she promptly went to a bank and then to Joe Bell’s bar. Bell himself delivered Holly’s message to the narrator, requesting that he gather the majority of her things (her jewelry, guitar, toothbrushes and stuff, bottle of hundred-year-old brandy, and the cat) from her apartment since it was under surveillance by police, reporters, and/or other interested parties, suggesting that perhaps they could be linked to Tomato.

On the way to Bell’s from the brownstone, the narrator reminisces about a time he walked nearly 500 miles from New Orleans to Nancy’s Landing, Mississippi, referencing it as a “light-hearted lark compared to the journey to Joe Bell’s bar” (p.105). We understand that the walk from the brownstone to the bar would be stressful; partly because the paper sacks he carried were falling apart and items were falling to the ground, but also because he feared being caught aiding an ‘outlaw.’ Comparing Nancy’s Landing to such a trying time suggests there is more to be known regarding the nature of his trip. Per The Explicator, “According to A Dictionary of the Underworld, "Nancy" refers either to the posterior or to "an effeminate man, especially a passive homosexual." "Nancy's Landing," then serves as Capote's code phrase for a gay resort...” The narrator’s lack of explanation for his journey is strongly suggestive of his homosexuality which plays into one of the underlying themes of BaT.

Though vehemently refusing to drink the hundred-year-old brandy with the narrator and Holly, Bell did call for a limousine to take Holly to the airport. Holly had the chauffer stop on a curb in Spanish Harlem where she stepped out of the limousine with the cat. She commences to have a one way conversation with the cat, seemingly trying to convince herself more than anyone, that this was the right place for him. She dropped him to the ground, and even after yelling and stomping her foot, he merely looked at her and rubbed against her leg. She jumped into the limousine only to go a block, and at a traffic light opened the door and ran back to attempt to find him. She realizes that they did belong to one another. Although Holly holds contempt for cages, the relationship with her cat is "symbolic of Holly's divided beliefs... (p.86, Garson)" She realizes that they did belong to one another, and illustrates how she longs to settle down and have a home. There is also a touch of irony in this situation; according to Garson her reason for ridding herself and the treatment of the cat "parallel Jose's treatment of Holly" (p86).

Unable to find the lost cat, the narrator promises Holly that he will find the cat and take care of him. She is not comforted by this, she instead “confesses her most private, deep-seated fear of what her life will always be: “Not knowing what’s yours until you’ve thrown it away. (p 86, Garson)”

One of the underlying themes presented in this section is a heightened awareness of homosexuality of the narrator and Joe Bell. The first example is the narrator's reference to Nancy's Landing in comparison to his trip to Joe Bell's bar:

''"Never mind why, but once I walked from New Orleans to Nancy's Landing, Mississippi, just under five hundred miles. It was a light-hearted lark compared to the journey to Joe Bell's bar" (105).''

Nancy's Landing is a fictional place, a gay resort invented by Capote. The fact that he doesn't give a reason for the journey suggest that he intends to put the idea out there, without revealing too much about himself.

Joe Bell's homosexuality is apparant in the list of his passions, which include hockey, soap operas, and flower arranging. He also appreciates horses and baseball. His interest are a bit confusing, but shows that people cannot be stereotyped. All the characteristics suggest that he is gay, but the idea of horses and baseball as a key to heterosexuality presents cofusion to the reader.

"Our Gal Sunday (a soap serial he had listened to for fifteen years), and Gilbert and Sullivan," both of which indicate less stereotypically masculine aspects to his character. Capote develops the reference to Gilbert and Sullivan further, noting that "[Bell] claims to be related to one or the other, I can't remember which" (4). Since Sullivan is rumored to have been a homosexual because of the many coded references to sexual partners in his diaries, the passage slyly hints that the bartender is part of Sullivan's "family," a fellow gay man to his beloved composer." (Pugh)

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==Study Questions==
#What are the five items that Holly requests from her apartment?
#What does the narrator use to transport the cat?
#How is Holly transported to the airport? Who arranges the transportation?
#Where is the cat abandoned?
#What is Joe Bell's reaction to the news that Holly is leaving?
#Where is Holly planning to go?
#What does Holly ask the narrator to do after she goes back and cannot find her cat?

==External Resources==
*Pugh, Tison.[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=R01659106&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1140713136_4425&area=abell&forward=critref_ft Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's.] Explicator (Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, Washington, DC) (61:1) [Fall 2002] , p.51-53

*Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 22 Mar. 2006 [http://dictionary.reference.com/>Dictionary.com<].

==Works Cited==
*Garson, Helen S. '''Truman Capote'''. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.

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==Summary==
José abandons Holly when her name appears in the paper as a playgirl linked with the drug ring headed by Sally Tomato. The unnamed narrator takes José's letter to Holly, who is in the hospital, having lost her baby in a scuffle with the police. Holly, who seemed child-like when the narrator first gets to the hospital, makes a visible change when she sees the letter. She seems to age and harden. She asks the narrator for her cosmetics, because "A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick." Holly applies lipstick and rouge, eyeliner and eyeshadow. She also puts on pearls, her dark glasses, sprays herself with perfume and lights a cigarette. She is readying her protective coating for what she expects to see in the letter (Garson 84).

==Notes==
*'''4711''' (99)('''veiw 4711'''[http://www.strawberrynet.com/images/products/00890842905.jpg]) - A unisex cologne introduced in 1772 by [http://www.fragrancenet.com/f/net/mf_items.html?cat=00009&cur_letter=4&gs_gen=U=Muelhens Muelhens] . It contains citrus oils (lemon and orange), light floral rose and sandalwood oil.

*'''crise''' (100) - French for "crisis"

*'''la merde''' (100) - French for "shit"

*'''schluffen''' (101) - A German word meaning "sleep"

*'''Et pourquoi pas''' (101) - French for "and why not"

*'''bouche fermez''' (102) - French for "close your mouth"

*'''Purple Heart''' (103) - Is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in, or with the U.S. military after April 5, 1917.

*'''Maude''' (103) - In homosexual slang, "maude" signifies a male prostitute or a male homosexual.

*'''[http://www.enolagaia.com/ImTheGuy.html picayune]''' (99) - New Orlean's made cigarettes that were discontinued in the 1960's.

*'''Mainbocher''' (100) - an expensive clothing line from the early 1900's; introduced the strappless evening gown.

==Commentary==
While she is recovering in the hospital, the narrator goes to Holly's apartment and discovers José's cousin packing his things. The man leaves with Josés possessions giving the narrator only a letter, from Jose to Holly. Holly is displayed on the front page of every newspaper. "PLAYGIRL ARRESTED IN NARCOTICS SCANDAL" was just one of the headlines. This turned out to be too much for Jose to deal with. His entire life was more dedicated to his public career, rather than having a wife and family. He fled for Brazil saying in his letter to Holly, "But conceive of my despair upon discovering in such a brutal and public style how very different you are from the manner of woman a man of my faith and career could hope to make his wife. Verily I grief for the disgrace of your present circumstance, and do not find it in my heart to add condemn to the condemn that surrounds you" (Cash 1) .

Secondly, when Holly tells the narrator that she will not testify against Sally Tomato, she calls the narrator a name laden with queer meaning: "Well, I may be rotten to the core, Maude, but: testify against a friend I will not." In homosexual slang, "maude signifies a male prostitute or a male homosexual.The narrator himself makes a veiled reference to his homosexuality when he compares his rain-soaked trip from Holly's apartment to Joe Bell's bar to another difficult journey he had made years ago: "Never mind why, but once I walked from New Orleans to Nancy's Landing, Mississippi, just under five hundred miles. Nancy's Landing is Capote's creation; it does not exist geographically. According to A Dictionary of the Underworld, "Nancy" refers either to the posterior or to "an effeminate man, especially a passive homosexual." "Nancy's Landing," then serves as Capote's code phrase for a homosexual. Thus, the narrator's coy rejoinder that the reader should "never mind why" he made the trip appears as a subtle move to direct attention away from his self-confession (Pugh 1).

Holly labels José "a rat" like all the others, although she finally agrees bitterly with the narrator that José's reasons for giving her up, his religion and his career, are valid for the type of man he is. Holly then decides to flee the country, using the ticket for Brazil that José had brought her. For a time it seemed that Holly had found her dream, her "place where me and things belong together." Her relationship with José might have been like her vision of Tiffany's, with "quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there" (Garson 84, 85).

In his book, ''Truman Capote'', Kenneth Reed states that ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', shares with most of Capote's other fiction a concern for people who are liberated from the more commonplace moorings of social and cultural life, and who are scarcely concerned with such things as family relationships and middle class notions of respectability. For example, when the narrator warns Holly that if she jumps bail, she will never again be able to come home, it impresses her not at all (Reed 92).

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a showcase for Holly Golightly. O.J. Berman introduced her as a "real phony" who honestly "believes all this crap she believes," and the remainder of the story is a gradual exposition of the content of this belief. All her life she has known deprivation and death and fought a desparate battle against fear. It is, finally, the awareness of death that keeps her from feeling at home anywhere and impels her on a constant search for something better (Nance 1).

==Study Questions==
# If José is so concerned with his career, why does he get involved with someone like Holly?
# Why does Holly call the narrator a maude?
# Does José know that Holly is pregnant with his child?
# Is Holly a prostitute?
# Does the narrator love Holly?

=External Sources=
[http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart]
[http;//en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/twat]

==Works Cited==
*Cash, Mathew. ''[http://www.personal.umich.edu/~bcash/criticalanalysis A Travelin' Through the Pastures of the Sky: A Critical Analysis of Breakfast at Tiffany's].'' 1996.
*Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. New York: Ungar, 1980: 84-85.
*Nance, Willian L. ''The World's of Truman Capote''. New York: Stein and Day, 1970.
*Pugh, Tison. ''"Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's."'' The Explicator 6.1 (Fall 2002): 51-53.
*Reed, Kenneth T. ''Truman Capote''. Miami University (Ohio): Twayne, 1981.

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== Summary ==

[[Image:Tiffany\'s.jpg|thumb|Tiffany & Co. Storefront]]Joe Bell presents the newspapers to the narrator regarding the arrest of Holly Golightly. He immediately thinks that Madame Spanella is to blame for the arrest, as she is always reporting complaints about Holly. Joe Bell is enraged when the narrator actually confesses that he, too, thinks Holly was involved in the drug smuggling. He later admits that Holly may have been unknowingly involved. The newpaper article lists the accounts against Holly. They both go back to Joe's bar to make phone calls to get Holly released from jail.

First, they attempt to contact O.J. Berman, but he does not want to be disturbed because he is receiving a massage. Next, they call Mr. Trawler. He is away to dinner and the butler asks if he could take a message. Joe Bell shouts into the receiver that "this is urgent, mister. Life or death" (95). They try to leave a message with Mag Wildwood, but they are unsuccessful. Mag Wildwood begins to talk about how she and her husband would sue if anyone attempts to connect their names with Holly. The narrator hangs up before Mag Wildwood could finish her coversation. The narrator finally contacts Mr. Berman. By that hour, Berman is already aware of the news and pays a lawyer from New York to get Holly out of jail. Berman told Iggy Fitelstein, the lawyer, to take care of the situation, but to keep his name anonymous. Berman also calls Holly "crazy. A phony. But a ''real'' phony, you know?" (95). Berman told the narrator not to worry that Iggy will have her out that night.

Holly wasn't out that night or the next morning when the narrator goes to feed her cat. The narrator doesn't have a key, so he enters the apartment through a window. He finds the cat in the bedroom and a man there packing a suitcase. The narrator and the man thought of each other as a burglar. As the narrator stares at the man, he realizes that the man resembles Jose. The man turns out to be Jose's cousin. The narrator asks, "Where is Jose?" (96). The cousin repeats the question and says, "She is waiting," (96) and returns to what he is doing. Before the cousin leaves, he presents a letter to the narrator that reads "''For Miss H.Golightly-Courtesy Bearer''" (97). The narrator sits on Holly's bed and hugs her cat.

== Notes ==

*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/carouse carouse]''' (93) - to drink liquor deeply or freely; to engage in dissolute behavior. Joe Bell shows up to the bar carousing and too madly to speak clearly.

*'''[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/shyster shysters]''' (94) - one who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics. Joe Bell describes the lawyers that he intends to hire as shysters.

*'''[http://www.m-w/dictionary/tumbler tumbler]''' (94) - a glass cup usually used for holding aolcohol. The narrator has a brandy tumbler full of coins in order to make telephone calls with regards to help Holly get out of jail.

*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phony Phony]''' (95) - a deception made for personal gain. O.J. Berman thinks Holly is a real phony.

*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iota iota]''' (97) - The word iota is used in English to express a very small amount, because iota is the smallest letter in the Greek alphabetThe narrator sits on Holly's bed and feels very bad for her situation.

== Commentary ==

Joe Bell goes to the narrator's apartment hysterical about what he read in the newspaper. He arrives unable to make complete sentences. He knows that Holly Golightly's accusations involve some illegal business. He is also aware that she is in jail, and that he has to do something to help her. He presents the newspaper to the narrator so he can read the counts.

Joe Bell asks the narrator if he thinks she could commit such an act. The narrator states: "But there, she did do it. Carry messages and whatnot---" (Capote 94). Joe doesn't expect that type of response from the narrator: "He popped a Tums in his mouth and, glaring at me, chewed it as though he were crunching my bones" (Capote 94).
Truman loved to cause turbulence and stir the pot.(Smith 426) Joe Bell and the narrator truly care for Holly, but seem to clash with each other at the same time. They are committed to making sure she is released from jail. They immediately begin calling people that has money to bail Holly out as soon as possible. That is probably why they began with O.J. Berman.

When trying to contact some of Holly's friends for help the narrator begins to realize what Holly said might be true, "Perhaps she'd been right when she said she had none, not really." (Capote 94).

Truman Capote had two childhood friends while growing up. They were Nelle Harper Lee and (Lula) Carson McCullers (1917-1967) - original name Lula Carson Smith. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/capote.htm

== Study Questions ==

1. With what does Joe Bell present the narrator when he arrives at his apartment?

2. Why isn't Jose able to be reached to get Holly out of jail?

3. Why is O.J. Berman unable to come to the telephone the first time the narrator calls?

4. What is the name of the lawyer O.J. Berman contacts to get Holly out of jail?

5. What special request does O.J. Berman give the lawyer?

6. How does the narrator enter into Holly's apartment to feed the cat?

7. Who is already in the apartment when the narrator arrives?

8. What is scribbled on the letter that the cousin presents to the narrator?

== External Resources ==
* [http://www.capotebio.com/ Biography on Truman Capote]

* [http://www.ansoniadesign.com/capote/ A Black & White Tribute to Truman Capote]

==Works Cited ==
* Capote, Truman. ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. New York: Vintage Books - A division of Random House, 1993.

* Pugh, Tsion. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's". Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's Fall 2002: 51-53.

* Smith, Liz. "My Friend Truman Capote". Harper's Bazaar March 2006: 426-428.

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== Summary==
Paul awaits the morning mail on September 30th, expecting to receive birthday cards from his family. While waiting, Holly shows up and invites him to go horseback riding in Central Park and give farewell to her favorite horse, Mabel Minerva. Paul,then learns that Holly intends to move to Brazil with Jose. While riding through the park, a group of boys jump from behind the bushes and spook their horses. The Paul's horse bolts out of control and he falls off when the horse comes to a halt.

Paul soaks in his tub after the horse accident, while Holly waits to rub liniment on him. After a brief period, Madame Spanella and two detectives burst into his apartment to arrest Holly for her connection with Sally Tomato's drug ring. Holly insults the lady detective by calling her a bull-dyke and the detective slaps her. That evening Holly’s and Mr. Tomato’s lawyers (Oliver “Father” O’Shaughnessy) arrests are advertised in the news.

== Notes ==
* '''Ambush'''(87)- An act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.

* '''Bull-dyke''' (93)- A term for a lesbian that usually exhibits masculine traits.

* '''Fedora''' (90)- A hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. It is often worn by people associated with the mafia.

* '''Heir''' (85)- A person who inherits the estate of a deceased person. Property left to a person in a will is not an heir but a legatee.

* '''Mabel Minerva'''(85)- A horse that Holly had to say good-bye to.

*'''Pin·cer'''(88)- A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.

* '''Stable'''(87)- A building for the lodging and feeding of animals, especially horses or cattle.

* '''Vestibule''' (85)- An entrance hall or passage between the entrance and the interior of a building.
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== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==
#When is the narrator's birthday?
#What is Mabel Minerva?
#What does O'Shaughnessy send Holly as a wedding present from Sally Tomato?
#How does Holly save the narrator's life?
#What is Holly arrested for? Where does her arrest take place?
#O'Shaughnessy has two nicknames in the crimeland cirles. Name one of the two.
#What is the last thing Holly instructs the narrator to do in this section?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==
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== Summary==
Paul awaits the morning mail on September 30th, expecting to receive birthday cards from his family. While waiting, Holly shows up and invites him to go horseback riding in Central Park and give farewell to her favorite horse, Mabel Minerva. Paul,then learns that Holly intends to move to Brazil with Jose. While riding through the park, a group of boys jump from behind the bushes and spook their horses. The Paul's horse bolts out of control and he falls off when the horse comes to a halt.

Paul soaks in his tub after the horse accident, while Holly waits to rub liniment on him. After a brief period, Madame Spanella and two detectives burst into his apartment to arrest Holly for her connection with Sally Tomato's drug ring. Holly insults the lady detective by calling her a bull-dyke and the detective slaps her. That evening Holly’s and Mr. Tomato’s lawyers (Oliver “Father” O’Shaughnessy) arrests are advertised in the news.

== Notes ==
* '''Ambush'''(87)- An act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.

* '''Bull-dyke''' (93)- A term for a lesbian that usually exhibits masculine traits.

* '''Fedora''' (90)- A hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides. It is often worn by people associated with the mafia.

* '''Heir''' (85)- A person who inherits the estate of a deceased person. Property left to a person in a will is not an heir but a legatee.

* '''Mabel Minerva'''(85)- A horse that Holly had to say good-bye to.

*'''Pin·cer'''(88)- A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.

* '''Stable'''(87)- A building for the lodging and feeding of animals, especially horses or cattle.

* '''Vestibule''' (85)- An entrance hall or passage between the entrance and the interior of a building.
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== Commentary ==

== Study Questions ==
#When is the narrator's birthday?
#What is Mabel Minerva?
#What did O'Shaughnessy send Holly as a wedding present from Sally Tomato?
#How did Holly save the narrator's life?
#What was Holly arrested for? Where did her arrest take place?
#O'Shaughnessy had two nicknames in the crimeland cirles. Name one of the two.
#What was the last thing Holly instructed the narrator to do in this section?

== External Resources ==

== Works Cited ==
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== Summary ==
Section eight 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 buys a paper and finishes the headline. He soon realizes Rusty has 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 quiet 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 through it. They find the apartment in complete disarray. The cat is lapping up milk from the floor, and Holly is standing rigid on the bed. She is muttering an incoherent description of someone, whom the narrator assumes is Rusty Trawler, but he later discovers it is actually of her brother, Fred. The doctor begins to soothe Holly and injects her with a sedative. Jose continuously asks the doctor if "her sickness is only grief" (78). With this question, the doctor kicks both Jose and the narrator out of the room. [[Image:Tiffanys_riceexplosion_scap.jpg|thumb|Holly Cooking ]]Out of anger, Jose kicks Madame Spanella out of the apartment and 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. Jose then shows the narrator the telegram that induced Holly’s tantrum. It is from Doc Golightly and says that Fred was killed in action. Because of this, Holly stops calling the narrator "Fred."

Jose moves in with Holly, replacing Mag as her roommate, and Holly stops caring so much about her appearance. "Her hair darkened, she put on weight. She became rather careless about her clothes..." (80). However, the narrator describes her as seeming "more content, altogether happier than [he'd] ever seen her" (80). She buys cookbooks and starts learning how to make strange dishes while failing at cooking the most simple of recipes. She also begins learning Portuguese.

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. She tells the narrator "If I were free to, I would not pick Jose" (82). The narrator, after hearing so much about Jose begins to dislike him. He even stops saying Jose's name while he is speaking to Holly and simply refers to Jose as "Him."

One day, on an outing, Holly observes ships sailing by and exclaims, "one day, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian brats" (84). The narrator, tired of hearing about her "brats" and Jose, interrupts by saying "Do shut up" (84). He clearly feels left out, "like a tug boat in dry-dock while she, glittery voyager of secure destination, [steams] down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air" (84).

== 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. [[Image:breakfast.gif|thumb|Holly]]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 references to Holly's love life make strong references 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 doesn'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. [[Image:Hollynfred.jpg|thumb|Holly and the Narrator ]]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. "...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" (Pugh). Pugh suggests that Holly's friendship with gay men are one sign of her progressive sexual politics. Holly states, "A person ought to be able to marry men or women or--listen, if you came to me and said you wanted to hitch up with Man o' War, I'd respect your feeling. No, I'm serious. Love should be allowed" (Capote 83). Depending 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 metaphor. "So the days, the last days, blow about in memory, hazy, autumnal, all alike as leaves: until a day unlike any other I've lived"(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 alike. The narrator feels the same way about his final days with Holly. He can tell little difference between them, and he spends most of the time with her worrying about the time that she would be away from him. Also, like falling leaves, these memories seem to blow away, unable to be caught or held onto 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 ==
*[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/capote.htm Books and Writers: Truman Capote]. 2003
*[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capote_t.html American Masters: Truman Capote]

== Works Cited ==
*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.
*Kimbofo. [http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2006/01/breakfast_at_ti.html Breakfast at Tiffany's Reviews]. "Reading Matters." 17 January 2006. 18 March 2006.
*Prior, Lily. [http://www.jp41.dial.pipex.com/R735.html Breakfast at Tiffany's Review]. 18 March 2006.
*Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." The Explicator 6.1 (Fall 2002): 51-53.
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== Summary ==

[[Image:Images.jpg|thumb|A Martini]] Holly and the protangist are in Joe Bell's bar drinking martini's and discussing Holly's marriage. Holly never divorced Doc. "Divorce him? Of course I never divorced him. I was only fourteen, for God's sake. It couldn't have been legal" (Capote 72). Holly explains that she has not been to bed, to sleep that is, and for the first time feels the need to justify her actions. "Well, I had to. Doc really loves me, you know. And I love him. He may have looked old and tacky to ''you''. But you don't know the sweetness of him, the confidence he can give to birds and brats and fragile things like that. Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot" (Capote 73). She is telling the protangist and Joe that she feels that Doc's mistake was his "love" for wild things. Holly offers a toast to Doc, believeing that he has made it to the Blue Mountains.
== Notes ==

* '''rounds''' (72)- a set of drinks bought by and individual for another person or a group of people. "It was not yet noon...and he'd already served us three rounds" (Capote 72).

* '''Lulamae''' (73)- Holly Golightly's name was Lulamae Barnes before she married Doc Golightly. "Her name's not Holly. She was a Lulamae Barnes. Was..."(Capote 66).

* '''Blue Mountains''' (74)- [http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=164 Map] Holly must have been talking about the Blue Ridge Mountains when she said,"He must be in the Blue Mountains by now" (Capote 74).

* '''Hawk''' (74)- A [http://www.desertusa.com/aug96/du_hawk.html bird of prey] that thrives throughout the United States.

* '''Bobcat''' (74)- A wild cousin to the American [http://www.agarman.dial.pipex.com/bobcat.htm housecat] that lives in the United States

== Commentary ==

[[Image:Bus.jpg|thumb|Doc leaves]] "Capote uses some of his best dramatic irony in the novel with the characterization of Doc Golightly. Up until the last minute when he is ready to board a bus bound for Tulip, he truly believes that he has convinced Lulamae to come home with him. But as the reader and the narrator both know, she can't, it would be a total contradiction to everything she believes in" (Cash 4). It seems Holly has a fear of commitment, or of being tied down that has been implanted in her from her young days. Holly has, "a wild and homeless love of freedom" (Hassan).

When Holly says, "never love a wild thing Mr. Bell", she is breaking it to him as softly as she can that she will not be around for long. She is a wild thing and sees that Joe is in love with her. She wants him to know that it is nothing personal when she leaves, it is only that she is wild and wants to "fly into a tree" and that Mr. Bell will end up "looking at the sky" (Capote 74).

Throughout the entire novella one theme keeps popping up. The theme is love. "''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a love story-of a different nature. it is concerned with all forms of love: sexual, homosexual, asexual, perhaps even spirital" (Levine 352). Almost every other page contains an expression of a different type of love or a definition of what love should be. Section seven deals mostly with the pain and regret that love can cause. Doc is a character that can break a reader's heart. Even Holly Golightly felt bad for Doc, "Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot. I've always remembered Doc in my prayers..." (Capote 73). Truman Capote created a masterpiece that everyone can relate to.

The entire scene in section seven takes place in Joe Bell's bar. Holly is drinking a little, and she is giving up some personal information about the previous evening. Why did Holly feel comfortable with Joe Bell and the narrator? What ties them together? Tison Pugh writes, "Critics have long recognized that Holly's friendships with the narrator and Joe Bell are asexual, but it is imperative to note the queer reasons for the platonic nature of these relationships" (2). The reason Holly is comfortable with Joe Bell and the narrator is because they are both gay. Joe Bell's bar is also a gay bar. Readers know this by the descriptions given in the novella. The bar is hidden from view and has mirrored windows (Capote 5). "Gay bars did not advertise themselves...in the 1950's...Mirror windows allow patrons to see outside but do not allow passersby to look in; to this day many gay bars have such mirror windows to protect the privacy of their patrons" (Pugh 2).

== Study Questions ==

# What time are Holly and the protangist at Joe Bell's bar? How many rounds have they already had?
# What mistake did Holly believe Doc was making?
# Why did Holly need to explain or justify herself to Mr. Bell?
# What does Holly mean by the statement "the mean reds"?
# What was Holly Golightly's name before she married Doc?
# What does Holly realize about herself on page 73?
# How old was Holly when she married Doc?
# Why does Holly believe she didn't have to divorce Doc?

== 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 ==
*Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's. New York: Vintage Books - A division of Random House, 1993.

*Cash, Matthew. "A Travelin Through the Pastures of the Sky: A Critical Analysis of Breakfast at Tiffany's". Cash, 1996

*Hassan, Ihab H. "Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature". Vol.1, No.2. Spring, 1960. pp.5-21

*Levine, Paul. ''Book Review of Breakfast at Tiffany's/Levine''. ''The Georgia Review'' / 3 (1959): 350-352

*Pugh, Tison. ''Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's''. ''The Explicator'' 6 /(2002): 51-53

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== 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 ==

== 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.

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==Summary==
After a fight with Holly, the narrator decides to leave the birdcage by her apartment door. This symbolizes his desire to cut ties with her. Later he finds the birdcage outside with the rest of the garbage. He “rescues” the birdcage from being thrown away, but he is still angry.

One day the narrator notices a “provocative man” lurking around the brownstone, and looking at Holly’s card. After the man follows the narrator for several blocks to a bar, the narrator talks to this man and learns that he is Doc Golightly, Holly’s husband, and Holly's name is really Lulamae Barnes.

Doc Golightly tells the narrator he needs a friend. In the beginning the narrator assumes that the man is Holly's father. "You're Holly's father." (Capote 66). The narrator starts to laugh because of "nerves". Doc tells the story of finding Lulamae (Holly) and her brother trying to steal food from him in Tulip, Texas. He learns that both of their parents had died from Tuberculosis and that all of the children, including Lulamae (Holly) and Fred had been sent to live with mean people. He took in Lulamae and her brother and allowed them to live with him and his four children on his farm. He later married Lulamae when she was fourteen and told the narrator that she was very "plump and happy" and did not understand why she would have just "run off" the way that she did. Doc Golightly had obtained her current address from her brother Fred who was in the Army.

Doc pleads with the narrator to be his friend and "let her know I am here." (70). The narrator is eager to reunite Doc with Holly for his own personal gain. He wants Holly to be embrassed in front of her friends. The narrator starts to feel "ashamed" of his "anticipations" about the meeting. Doc is nervous and wonders if he looks ok to meet his wife. Although, Holly was expecting her brother Fred, her reaction to seeing Doc Golightly was very surprising. She acted very calm and not at all ashamed to see her husband. They hug and talk briefly before the narrator "squeezes past them to return to his own apartment".

==Notes==

'''coloratura''' (64)- A soprano specializing in elaborate and ornate vocal music.

'''plaintive''' (65)- Expressive of suffering or woe.

'''implausible''' (68)- Unbelievable or hard to believe or imagine.

'''dovetailed''' (68)- To fit skillfully together.

==Commentary==

==Study Questions==

1. Why does the narrator retrieve the birdcage when he sees it outside while leaving?

2. Why are Holly and the narrator not speaking to each other?

3. What does Madame Spanella circulate among the brownstone tenants in referance to Holly?

4. What does the narrator say that Madame Spanella says about Holly?

5. What season is it when the narrator first notices Doc Golightly examining Holly's mailbox?

6. What is Doc Golightly wearing?

7. Where is the narrator going when Doc Golightly follows him?

8. How busy is the restaurant when the narrator arrives?

9. What does Doc Golightly show the narrator at the counter?

10. How many children does Doc Golightly say that Holly had?

11. What is the name of Doc Golightly's oldest daughter?

12. When does Doc Golightly's first wife die?

13. What animal does Doc Golightly teach to say "Lulamae" for Holly?

==External Resources==

==Works Cited==

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== 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 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).

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 isn't presented to us). I believe this is what O.J. means by a "real phony". She is deffinetly 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 freeloader(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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==
Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote''. 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>.

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==Summary==

On a Monday in October 1943, the narrator and Holly Golightly start off their day by drinking Manhattans and champagne cocktails at Joe Bell's bar. Later, they walk down to Fifth Avenue to watch a military parade passing by. The narrator and Holly eat lunch in Central Park, and walk around the park spending a lot of time at an old boathouse site on the lake. The narrator and Holly avoid the zoo because Holly dislikes seeing anything in a cage.

The narrator tells Holly stories of his difficult childhood. Holly talks about hers too, telling the stories of her happy childhood, at which point the narrator asks if her stories are true: did she really run away at fourteen? Holly responds by rubbing her nose and stating that the stories has been made up, only because she did not want to seem like she was competing with the narrator over who had a worse childhood. The narrator and Holly stop discussing their childhood, and Holly wants to go looking for peanut butter for her brother Fred. The narrator and Holly spend the rest of the afternoon going through a multitude of stores searching for peanut butter - which due to the war is hard to find - and end up with only six jars.

As the narrator and Holly pass a Woolworth’s, Holly pulls the narrator into the store and talks him into stealing Halloween masks. The two of them put on masks while the sales lady is occupied, and walk out. They run a few blocks away, not because they are being chased, but from the exhilaration of stealing. Holly tells the narrator how she had to steal in the past just to get by, and how she likes to steal things once in a while just to stay in practice.

==Notes==

*'''Delicatessen''' (55) — a type of food store. A North American delicatessen is often referred to, informally or affectionately, as a deli.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicatessen). A delicatessen on Third Avenue is where the narrator and Holly Golightly buy the last of six jars of peanut butter.
*'''Fifth Avenue''' (53) — a major thoroughfare in the center of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City, USA; a symbol of wealthy New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue). The narrator and Holly Golightly wander to Fifth Avenue where a parade is going on.
*'''Manhattans''' (53) — a cocktail consisting of vermouth, whiskey, and sometimes a dash of bitters. (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/manhattan). The narrator and Holly enjoy Manhattans one day at Joe Bell's bar.
*'''Peanut butter''' (54) — a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, usually salted and sometimes sweetened. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter). Holly decides to send her brother Fred six jars of peanut butter that he loved.
*'''Woolworth's''' (55) — an extensive chain of five-and-ten-cent stores throughout the U.S. (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/woolworth). As the narrator and Holly pass a Woolworth's store, she asks the narrator to steal something with her. They leave the store wearing stolen Halloween masks.

==Commentary==

==Study Questions==
#Why do the narrator and Holly avoid the zoo?
#Holly had been on her own since what age?
#With whom is the saleslady occupied when the narrator and Holly enter the store?
#What do they steal?
#What does Holly say that she should send Fred?
#This section takes place during what season?
#How do they start the day off?

==External Resources==

==Works Cited==

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==Summary==

On a Monday in October 1943, the narrator and Holly Golightly start off their day by drinking Manhattans and champagne cocktails at Joe Bell's bar. Later, they walk down to Fifth Avenue to watch a military parade passing by. The narrator and Holly eat lunch in Central Park, and walk around the park spending a lot of time at an old boathouse site on the lake. The narrator and Holly avoid the zoo because Holly dislikes seeing anything in a cage.

The narrator tells Holly stories of his difficult childhood. Holly talks about hers too, telling the stories of her happy childhood, at which point the narrator asks if her stories are true: did she really run away at fourteen? Holly responds by rubbing her nose and stating that the stories has been made up, only because she did not want to seem like she was competing with the narrator over who had a worse childhood. The narrator and Holly stop discussing their childhood, and Holly wants to go looking for peanut butter for her brother Fred. The narrator and Holly spend the rest of the afternoon going through a multitude of stores searching for peanut butter - which due to the war is hard to find - and end up with only six jars.

As the narrator and Holly pass a Woolworth’s, Holly pulls the narrator into the store and talks him into stealing Halloween masks. The two of them put on masks while the sales lady is occupied, and walk out. They run a few blocks away, not because they are being chased, but from the exhilaration of stealing. Holly tells the narrator how she had to steal in the past just to get by, and how she likes to steal things once in a while just to stay in practice.

==Notes==

*'''Delicatessen''' (55) — a type of food store. A North American delicatessen is often referred to, informally or affectionately, as a deli.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicatessen). A delicatessen on Third Avenue is where the narrator and Holly Golightly buy the last of six jars of peanut butter.
*'''Fifth Avenue''' (53) — a major thoroughfare in the center of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City, USA; a symbol of wealthy New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue). The narrator and Holly Golightly wander to Fifth Avenue where a parade is going on.
*'''Manhattans''' (53) — a cocktail consisting of vermouth, whiskey, and sometimes a dash of bitters. (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/manhattan). The narrator and Holly enjoy Manhattans one day at Joe Bell's bar.
*'''Peanut butter''' (54) — a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, usually salted and sometimes sweetened. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter). Holly decides to send her brother Fred six jars of peanut butter that he loved.
*'''Woolworth's''' (55) — an extensive chain of five-and-ten-cent stores throughout the U.S. (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/woolworth). As the narrator and Holly pass a Woolworth's store, she asks the narrator to steal something with her. They leave the store wearing stolen Halloween masks.

==Commentary==

==Study Questions==
#Why do the narrator and Holly avoid the zoo?
#Holly had been on her own since what age?
#With whom is the saleslady occupied when the narrator and Holly enter the store?
#What do they steal?
#What does Holly say that she should send Fred?
#This section takes place during what season?
#How do they start the day off?

==External Resources==

==Works Cited==

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== Summary ==

The day after Holly's party the narrator discovers that Mag Wildwood is still at Holly's apartment. He gets a strange Latin visitor looking for Mag, then sees the man carrying suitcases to the house. Later, the narrator hears Holly and Mag talking about the war. Holly tells about her brother being a soldier and how he's stupid. Mag is a proud American who is engaged to a Brazilian named Jose. Jose is a politician who wants to become the president of Brazil. Mag wants him to give up politics and live in America.

When the narrator goes down to check his mail, he notices that the card on Holly's box is changed to say that Miss Golightly and Miss Wildwood are now traveling together. In his box is a letter from a university review who wants to publish his story. He shows Holly, who advises him not to let them publish if they can't pay. Then, when she ses how excited he is about it, she decides to take him out to lunch and celebrate. As she gets ready, the narrator notices the packed suitcases and says that her room reminds him of a girl's gym. The whole time, Holly is talking about Mag and her engagement. She finally congratulates him on the story.

== Notes ==

*'''Totter''' (47)- To move unsteadily with a rocking motion.

*'''“Bully for him”''' (48)- An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom idiom] used when something is said that a person does not think the other person deserves praise or admiration for.

*'''Indian summer day''' (48)-a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter that persist for a few days or weeks.

*'''Brazil''' (49)- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil] is a formal colony of Portugal, located in South America and is now the 5th largest country in the world.

*'''censoriously''' (49)- Tending to censure, harshly critical.

*'''Portuguese''' (49)- A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Romance language] spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil.

*'''conventional''' (50)- Ordinary; not unusual or extreme.

*'''argyles''' (51)- Knitted or woven socks in diamond shaped patterns of various colors.

*'''Complacently''' (51)- In a self-satisfied manner.

*'''Sun helmets''' (51)-a light-weight hat that is worn in tropical countries that protects one from the sun.

*'''Misconstrued''' (52)- To misinterpret or mistake the meaning of something.

== Commentary ==
One could suggest that Capote had his own life experiences in mind when writing ''Breakfast at Tiffany’s'' and that he is the [[narrator]]. He modeled the [[character]] of Holly Golightly after six women that he was intrigued with, which were Phoebe Pierce, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carol Marcus, Doris Lilly, Anky Larrabee, and Oona O’Neill (Clarke 64).

In 1964 Capote had written a letter to Alvin Dewey III admitting that Holly was indeed a real girl, but the incidences he writes about her are mostly fictional (Clarke 401). In his later years Capote admits “It’s too bad I don’t like going to bed with women” and further states that he loves attractive and beautiful women only as friends, not lovers (Clarke 93-94). This would explain the basis of how he molded the character of Holly and the relationship between her and the narrator which never becomes sexual.

The narrator is characterized as having his nose pressed against the glass and wanting to be on the inside staring out (Capote 48). In a conversation with Lawrence Grobel, Capote admits “yes, looking in, seeing something that he wanted to be inside of” (Grobel 88). This is indicative of Capote/the narrator being fascinated with the life style of Holly Golightly.

In Cash's critical analysis he states that Mag is a character who is introduced as having many similar characteristics to Holly. She is tall and attractive, but has a stutter problem. She is engaged to Jose, a Brazilian, and when she talks about her future relationship with him she makes the comment to Holly, "Better you than me (Capote 51)." Holly responds back, "Yes. Better me than you (Capote 51)." This indicates that Holly is attracted to Jose, maybe even more than Mag.

== Study Questions ==
1. How is Mag on the verge of pneumonia?

2. How does Holly describe her brother Fred?

3. Why is the narrator charmed by the Latin (Jose)?

4. Where is Jose from?

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?

6. What does Holly have to say about the letter the narrator receives from the university review regarding his story?

7. Why does Holly suggest to the narrator that he not let a small university publish his work?

8. Why does the narrator even tell Holly of the plans of the university to publish his story?

9. Why does Mag think that it is a useless thing to be President of Brazil?

10. How is Holly's room described?

11. Why does Holly keep everything packed and ready to go as if she is running from authorities?

12. Why does Holly accept Mag as a roommate?

== External Resources ==

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

== Works Cited ==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

*Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations With Capote''. New York: New American Library, 1985.

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

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==Summary==
[[Image:Youngcapote.jpg|thumb|A young Truman Capote]]The narrator gets a call from Joe Bell about a friend of theirs from fifteen years ago: Holly Golightly. The narrator goes to visit Joe's bar, where Joe shows him photos of what seems to be a bust of Holly, found by the photographer I.Y. Yunioshi in Africa. The narrator leaves disappointed, and walks back to his old apartment's mailboxes, thinking about Holly Golightly.

The narrator flashes back to the "early years of the war" after he had been living in his brownstone about a week. He woke up one night close to summer to Mr. Yunioshi calling downstairs. Holly had lost her key and rung him to let her in. To placate his anger, she reminds him that she might pose for those pictures. The narrator describes a thin, boyish eighteen-year-old girl who is accompanied by a man. She refuses to let him in: he had obviously insulted her by giving her only 20¢ for the powder room.

==Notes==
*'''brownstone''' (3) — an old stone used for building, particularly in New York City. Used this way, it's understood to mean a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownstone rowhouse clad in brownstone] still found in many of New York City's older sections, like the narrator's "[http://www.nyc.com/visitor_guide/Upper_East_Side/editorial.aspx East Seventies]" (3).

*'''early years of the war''' (3) — the narrator is speaking of World War II, during which the US was involved from 1941 to 1945.

*'''Lexington Avenue''' (3) — presumably [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=new+york+city+lexington+and+70th+street near 70th Street]. The site of Joe Bell's bar.

*'''Weimaraner dogs''' (4) — The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimaraner Weimaraner] is a silver-grey breed of dog developed originally for hunting.

*Our Gal Sunday (4) — A radio show that aired on CBS from 1937-1959, featuring a Colorado orphan who marries a British aristocrat that originally started in 1904 as a Broadway play titled ''Sunday'' and starring Ethel Barrymore. The story never lacked melodrama or stereotypical characters.

*'''Gilbert and Sullivan''' (4) — A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan collaborative duo] of playwright/lyricist Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and composer Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) who defined operettas or comic operas in Victorian England with a series of their internationally successful works.

*'''gladiola''' (5) — the common name for the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/harold_davis/46916952/ gladiolus], [http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~nyssa/projects/gladiolus/ a flowering plant] that grows from two to six feet tall, with individual blossoms that measure from one to six inches from tip to top.

*'''Tums''' (5) — a popular [http://tums.com/ antacid].

*“I read it in Winchell” (6) — [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Winchel Walter Winchell] invented the gossip column at the New York Evening Graphic. He broke the journalistic taboo against exposing the private lives of public figures, permanently altering the shape of journalism and celebrity.

*'''Tococul, East Anglia''' (7) — East Anglia is a region of eastern England consisting of Norfolk and Suffolk, but this can't be what Capote had in mind. It seems that “Tococul” is meant to suggest an exotic location in Africa: “a village in the middle of nowhere and of no interest” other than it's not NYC (6).

*'''pig-English''' (7-8) — Short for "pidgin": a hybrid English. Pidgin is new language which develops in situations where speakers of different languages need to communicate but don't share a common language, in this case English and an aboriginal tongue.

*'''coloratura''' (11) — A type of soprano; also a type of singing which pertains to great feats of agility — fast singing, high singing, trills, embellishments, etc.

*'''Cartier-formal''' (11) — Pierre Cartier was a jeweler who had at one time owned the [http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/hope/hlevel_1/h2_pitch.html Hope Diamond]. This phrase is supposed to me a rich, formal elegance.

==Commentary==
The unnamed narrator, matured greatly as a writer since knowing Holly, has aged fifteen years since he has seen Holly Golightly and takes place in the present, in October, the fall of the year. Most of the [[novella]] is a reminiscence by the narrator of the time he knew Holly Golightly and her influence on his life. Both he and Joe Bell are getting old, and the narrator has become a realist, one who has experience with life — perhaps a bit cynical. Joe, however, wants to believe that Holly has been to Africa — that she is living the jet-setting life that he can share vicariously. To Joe, Holly is the celebrity on the cover of ''People''; he longs to share in her life, even if it's from a distance.

The narrator's tale centers around Holly Golightly. Her name suggests an unattached, unconventional, ephemeral wanderer, in pursuit of that feeling of happiness that one would have on eating breakfast at Tiffany's (Nance 65). Perhaps the goal or the dream might not be as important as how she pursues it, capturing the hearts of the people she encounters, like she has the narrator and Joe Bell. She is, perhaps, the dreamer — the romantic — part of the narrator that has left him fifteen years hence. The narrator is now a cold observer of the world around him; he has perhaps lost that sense of wonder that he had when Holly had been a part of his life. He greatly admires her, and at the beginning of the novel, he longs to capture something that he seems to have lost from his past: his own breakfast at Tiffany's (Nance 122-23).

While Holly is just mentioned in the opening section of BaT, Joe Bell is described in detail. It seems, opines Tison Pugh, that Joe, like the narrator, is probably homosexual (51-53). However, this observation does not seem to be as important as seeming desperation to recapture something that Holly represents for him. He maintains that his desire for her is not sexual, so it seems to suggest something vital and alive that Joe's anonymous bar does not provide. He and the narrator are heading toward death, and Joe wants what he sees in Holly: "a wild and homeless love of freedom" (Hassan 18).

[[Image:Audreyhepburn.jpg|thumb|Audrey Hepburn played Holly Golightly in 1961]]The narrator first hears of Holly, it is through her name slot: Miss Holly Golightly, Traveling. As much as people try to make Holly what they might want her to be, this is the first indication that she will not have it that way. She will not be tied down in a serious relationship, but will travel through life gracefully and free; everyday is a holiday (Clarke 313). The idea of traveling seems to be with purpose, unlike floating. Like [[Odysseus]], perhaps Holly is on her own odyssey to find home; this idea should become clearer later in the novel. As Nance observes, her traveling is a search for a home she has not found yet, but it will be like Tiffany's when she does (112).

This idea is made twice more: she has lost her key, suggesting that she does not really belong anywhere, or that she is only a temporary resident. Finally, her defiance to Sid Arbuck suggests that she acquiesces to no man's desires if her does not to hers. The narrator's initial glimpse of Holly is one of a defiant, strong, sophisticated girl who seems to have qualities of the male gender. Perhaps, the narrator's and Bell's fascination with her is partially due to an androgynous appeal? Nance suggests that Holly "belongs to a later generation of Capote heroines who have learned to preserve their integrity by safeguarding their uniqueness. Society helplessly admires her and considers her crazy at the same time, but Capote and his narrator have only admiration for her" (112). He continues later by suggesting that

:Holly makes honesty to self her guiding principle is not surprising when we remember that on the deepest level she is the Capote-narrator's alter ego, representing for him [. . .] the strange, unconventional side of himself. In admiring Holly he is being true to himself, making that act of acceptance that has been the dominant impulse in most of Capote's writing. (Nance 119)

Pugh sees Holly's unconventionality and her friendships with Bell and the narrator as a sign of her progressive sexual politics and "as a participant in the sexual struggle against conformity and conservatism" (52-53). Holly's boyish looks and manly self-confidence make her a strong voice even in today's sexual politics, fifty years later.

==Study Questions==
#What is the narrator's mood before he meets Joe Bell; how has it changed by the time he leaves? Why?
#How old is the narrator? What is his profession?
#In what year does the opening of the novella take place?
#What is the significance of the name tag: ''Miss Holly Golightly, Traveling''?
#How old is Holly when the narrator first meets her?
#Why doesn't Holly let Sid Arbuck in her apartment?
#How is the narrator like Capote himself?

==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==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
*Hassan, Ihab. "The Daydream and Nightmare of Narcissus." ''Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature'' 1. 2 (Spring 1960): 5-21.
*Nance, William L. ''The Worlds of Truman Capote''. New York: Stein and Day, 1970.
*Pugh, Tison. "Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's." The Explicator 6.1 (Fall 2002): 51-53.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 3

2006-03-21T17:39:02Z

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== Summary ==

The day after Holly's party the narrator discovers that Mag Wildwood is still at Holly's apartment. He gets a strange Latin visitor looking for Mag, then sees the man carrying suitcases to the house. Later, the narrator hears Holly and Mag talking about the war. Holly tells about her brother being a soldier and how he's stupid. Mag is a proud American who is engaged to a Brazilian named Jose. Jose is a politician who wants to become the president of Brazil. Mag wants him to give up politics and live in America.

When the narrator goes down to check his mail, he notices that the card on Holly's box is changed to say that Miss Golightly and Miss Wildwood are now traveling together. In his box is a letter from a university review who wants to publish his story. He shows Holly, who advises him not to let them publish if they can't pay. Then, when she ses how excited he is about it, she decides to take him out to lunch and celebrate. As she gets ready, the narrator notices the packed suitcases and says that her room reminds him of a girl's gym. The whole time, Holly is talking about Mag and her engagement. She finally congratulates him on the story.

== Notes ==

*'''Totter''' (47)- To move unsteadily with a rocking motion.

*'''“Bully for him”''' (48)- An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom idiom] used when something is said that a person does not think the other person deserves praise or admiration for.

*'''Indian summer day''' (48)-a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter that persist for a few days or weeks.

*'''Brazil''' (49)- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil] is a formal colony of Portugal, located in South America and is now the 5th largest country in the world.

*'''censoriously''' (49)- Tending to censure, harshly critical.

*'''Portuguese''' (49)- A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Romance language] spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil.

*'''conventional''' (50)- Ordinary; not unusual or extreme.

*'''argyles''' (51)- Knitted or woven socks in diamond shaped patterns of various colors.

*'''Complacently''' (51)- In a self-satisfied manner.

*'''Sun helmets''' (51)-a light-weight hat that is worn in tropical countries that protects one from the sun.

*'''Misconstrued''' (52)- To misinterpret or mistake the meaning of something.

== Commentary ==
One could suggest that Capote had his own life experiences in mind when writing ''Breakfast at Tiffany’s'' and that he is the [[narrator]]. He modeled the [[character]] of Holly Golightly after six women that he was intrigued with, which were Phoebe Pierce, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carol Marcus, Doris Lilly, Anky Larrabee, and Oona O’Neill (Clarke 64).

In 1964 Capote had written a letter to Alvin Dewey III admitting that Holly was indeed a real girl, but the incidences he writes about her are mostly fictional (Clarke 401). In his later years Capote admits “It’s too bad I don’t like going to bed with women” and further states that he loves attractive and beautiful women only as friends, not lovers (Clarke 93-94). This would explain the basis of how he molded the character of Holly and the relationship between her and the narrator which never becomes sexual.

The narrator is characterized as having his nose pressed against the glass and wanting to be on the inside staring out (Capote 48). In a conversation with Lawrence Grobel, Capote admits “yes, looking in, seeing something that he wanted to be inside of” (Grobel 88). This is indicative of Capote/the narrator being fascinated with the life style of Holly Golightly.

In Cash's critical analysis he states that Mag is a character who is introduced as having many similar characteristics to Holly. She is tall and attractive, but has a stutter problem. She is engaged to Jose, a Brazilian, and when she talks about her future relationship with him she makes the comment to Holly, "Better you than me (Capote 51)." Holly responds back, "Yes. Better me than you (Capote 51)." This indicates that Holly is attracted to Jose, maybe even more than Mag.

== Study Questions ==
1. How is Mag on the verge of pneumonia?

2. How does Holly describe her brother Fred?

3. Why is the narrator charmed by the Latin (Jose)?

4. Where is Jose from?

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?

6. What does Holly have to say about the letter the narrator receives from the university review regarding his story?

7. Why does Holly suggest to the narrator that he not let a small university publish his work?

8. Why does the narrator even tell Holly of the plans of the university to publish his story?

9. Why does Mag think that it is a useless thing to be President of Brazil?

10. How is Holly's room described?

11. Why does Holly keep everything packed and ready to go as if she is running from authorities?

12. Why does Holly accept Mag as a roommate?

== External Resources ==

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

== Works Cited ==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

*Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations With Capote''. New York: New American Library, 1985.

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

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 3

2006-03-21T15:44:53Z

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== Summary ==

The day after Holly's party the narrator discovers that Mag Wildwood is still at Holly's apartment. He gets a strange Latin visitor looking for Mag, then sees the man carrying suitcases to the house. Later, the narrator hears Holly and Mag talking about the war. Holly tells about her brother being a soldier and how he's stupid. Mag is a proud American who is engaged to a Brazilian named Jose. Jose is a politician who wants to become the president of Brazil. Mag wants him to give up politics and live in America.

When the narrator goes down to check his mail, he notices that the card on Holly's box is changed to say that Miss Golightly and Miss Wildwood are now traveling together. In his box is a letter from a university review who wants to publish his story. He shows Holly, who advises him not to let them publish if they can't pay. Then, when she ses how excited he is about it, she decides to take him out to lunch and celebrate. As she gets ready, the narrator notices the packed suitcases and says that her room reminds him of a girl's gym. The whole time, Holly is talking about Mag and her engagement, then finally congratulates him on the story.

== Notes ==

*'''Totter''' (47)- To move unsteadily with a rocking motion.

*'''“Bully for him”''' (48)- An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom idiom] used when something is said that a person does not think the other person deserves praise or admiration for.

*'''Indian summer day''' (48)-a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter that persist for a few days or weeks.

*'''Brazil''' (49)- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil] is a formal colony of Portugal, located in South America and is now the 5th largest country in the world.

*'''censoriously''' (49)- Tending to censure, harshly critical.

*'''Portuguese''' (49)- A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Romance language] spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil.

*'''conventional''' (50)- Ordinary; not unusual or extreme.

*'''argyles''' (51)- Knitted or woven socks in diamond shaped patterns of various colors.

*'''Complacently''' (51)- In a self-satisfied manner.

*'''Sun helmets''' (51)-a light-weight hat that is worn in tropical countries that protects one from the sun.

*'''Misconstrued''' (52)- To misinterpret or mistake the meaning of something.

== Commentary ==
One could suggest that Capote had his own life experiences in mind when writing ''Breakfast at Tiffany’s'' and that he is the [[narrator]]. He modeled the [[character]] of Holly Golightly after six women that he was intrigued with, which were Phoebe Pierce, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carol Marcus, Doris Lilly, Anky Larrabee, and Oona O’Neill (Clarke 64).

In 1964 Capote had written a letter to Alvin Dewey III admitting that Holly was indeed a real girl, but the incidences he writes about her are mostly fictional (Clarke 401). In his later years Capote admits “It’s too bad I don’t like going to bed with women” and further states that he loves attractive and beautiful women only as friends, not lovers (Clarke 93-94). This would explain the basis of how he molded the character of Holly and the relationship between her and the narrator which never becomes sexual.

The narrator is characterized as having his nose pressed against the glass and wanting to be on the inside staring out (Capote 48). In a conversation with Lawrence Grobel, Capote admits “yes, looking in, seeing something that he wanted to be inside of” (Grobel 88). This is indicative of Capote/the narrator being fascinated with the life style of Holly Golightly.

In Cash's critical analysis he states that Mag is a character who is introduced as having many similar characteristics to Holly. She is tall and attractive, but has a stutter problem. She is engaged to Jose, a Brazilian, and when she talks about her future relationship with him she makes the comment to Holly, "Better you than me (Capote 51)." Holly responds back, "Yes. Better me than you (Capote 51)." This indicates that Holly is attracted to Jose, maybe even more than Mag.

== Study Questions ==
1. How is Mag on the verge of pneumonia?

2. How does Holly describe her brother Fred?

3. Why is the narrator charmed by the Latin (Jose)?

4. Where is Jose from?

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?

6. What does Holly have to say about the letter the narrator receives from the university review regarding his story?

7. Why does Holly suggest to the narrator that he not let a small university publish his work?

8. Why does the narrator even tell Holly of the plans of the university to publish his story?

9. Why does Mag think that it is a useless thing to be President of Brazil?

10. How is Holly's room described?

11. Why does Holly keep everything packed and ready to go as if she is running from authorities?

12. Why does Holly accept Mag as a roommate?

== External Resources ==

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

== Works Cited ==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

*Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations With Capote''. New York: New American Library, 1985.

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

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 3

2006-03-21T15:43:05Z

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== Summary ==

The day after Holly's party the narrator discovers that Mag Wildwood is still at Holly's apartment. He gets a strange Latin visitor looking for Mag, then sees the man carrying suitcases to the house. Later, the narrator hears Holly and Mag talking about the war. Holly tells about her brother being a soldier and how he's stupid. Mag is a proud American who is engaged to a Brazilian named Jose. Jose is a politician who wants to become the president of Brazil. Mag wants him to give up politics and live in America.

When the narrator went down to check his mail, he noticed that the card on Holly's box was changed to: Miss Golightly and Miss Wildwood were now traveling together. In his box was a letter from a university review who wanted to publish his story. He showed Holly, who told him not to let them publish if they can't pay. Then, when she saw how excited he was about it, she decided to take him out to lunch and celebrate. As she was getting ready, the narrator noticed the packed suitcases and says that her room reminds him of a girl's gym. The whole time, Holly is talking about Mag and her engagement, then finally congratulates him on the story.

== Notes ==

*'''Totter''' (47)- To move unsteadily with a rocking motion.

*'''“Bully for him”''' (48)- An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom idiom] used when something is said that a person does not think the other person deserves praise or admiration for.

*'''Indian summer day''' (48)-a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter that persist for a few days or weeks.

*'''Brazil''' (49)- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil] is a formal colony of Portugal, located in South America and is now the 5th largest country in the world.

*'''censoriously''' (49)- Tending to censure, harshly critical.

*'''Portuguese''' (49)- A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Romance language] spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil.

*'''conventional''' (50)- Ordinary; not unusual or extreme.

*'''argyles''' (51)- Knitted or woven socks in diamond shaped patterns of various colors.

*'''Complacently''' (51)- In a self-satisfied manner.

*'''Sun helmets''' (51)-a light-weight hat that is worn in tropical countries that protects one from the sun.

*'''Misconstrued''' (52)- To misinterpret or mistake the meaning of something.

== Commentary ==
One could suggest that Capote had his own life experiences in mind when writing ''Breakfast at Tiffany’s'' and that he is the [[narrator]]. He modeled the [[character]] of Holly Golightly after six women that he was intrigued with, which were Phoebe Pierce, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carol Marcus, Doris Lilly, Anky Larrabee, and Oona O’Neill (Clarke 64).

In 1964 Capote had written a letter to Alvin Dewey III admitting that Holly was indeed a real girl, but the incidences he writes about her are mostly fictional (Clarke 401). In his later years Capote admits “It’s too bad I don’t like going to bed with women” and further states that he loves attractive and beautiful women only as friends, not lovers (Clarke 93-94). This would explain the basis of how he molded the character of Holly and the relationship between her and the narrator which never becomes sexual.

The narrator is characterized as having his nose pressed against the glass and wanting to be on the inside staring out (Capote 48). In a conversation with Lawrence Grobel, Capote admits “yes, looking in, seeing something that he wanted to be inside of” (Grobel 88). This is indicative of Capote/the narrator being fascinated with the life style of Holly Golightly.

In Cash's critical analysis he states that Mag is a character who is introduced as having many similar characteristics to Holly. She is tall and attractive, but has a stutter problem. She is engaged to Jose, a Brazilian, and when she talks about her future relationship with him she makes the comment to Holly, "Better you than me (Capote 51)." Holly responds back, "Yes. Better me than you (Capote 51)." This indicates that Holly is attracted to Jose, maybe even more than Mag.

== Study Questions ==
1. How is Mag on the verge of pneumonia?

2. How does Holly describe her brother Fred?

3. Why is the narrator charmed by the Latin (Jose)?

4. Where is Jose from?

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?

6. What does Holly have to say about the letter the narrator receives from the university review regarding his story?

7. Why does Holly suggest to the narrator that he not let a small university publish his work?

8. Why does the narrator even tell Holly of the plans of the university to publish his story?

9. Why does Mag think that it is a useless thing to be President of Brazil?

10. How is Holly's room described?

11. Why does Holly keep everything packed and ready to go as if she is running from authorities?

12. Why does Holly accept Mag as a roommate?

== External Resources ==

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

== Works Cited ==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

*Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations With Capote''. New York: New American Library, 1985.

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

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 3

2006-03-21T15:41:44Z

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== Summary ==

The day after Holly's party the narrator discovers that Mag Wildwood is still at Holly's apartment. He gets a strange Latin visitor looking for Mag, then sees the man carrying suitcases to the house. Later, the narrator hears Holly and Mag talking about the war. Holly tells about her brother being a soldier and how he's stupid. Mag is a proud American who is engaged to a Brazilian named Jose. Jose is a politician who wants to become the president of Brazil. Mag wants him to give up politics and live in America.

When the narrator went down to check his mail, he noticed that the card on Holly's box was changed to: Miss Golightly and Miss Wildwood were now traveling together. In his box was a letter from a university review who wanted to publish his story. He showed Holly, who told him not to let them publish if they can't pay. Then, when she saw how excited he was about it, she decided to take him out to lunch and celebrate. As she was getting ready, the narrator noticed the packed suitcases and says that her room reminds him of a girl's gym. The whole time, Holly is talking about Mag and her engagement, then finally congratulates him on the story.

== Notes ==

*'''Totter''' (47)- To move unsteadily with a rocking motion.

*'''“Bully for him”''' (48)- An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom idiom] used when something is said that a person does not think the other person deserves praise or admiration for.

*'''Indian summer day''' (48)-a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter that persist for a few days or weeks.

*'''Brazil''' (49)- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil] is a formal colony of Portugal, located in South America and is now the 5th largest country in the world.

*'''censoriously''' (49)- Tending to censure, harshly critical.

*'''Portuguese''' (49)- A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language Romance language] spoken mainly in Portugal and Brazil.

*'''conventional''' (50)- Ordinary; not unusual or extreme.

*'''argyles''' (51)- Knitted or woven socks in diamond shaped patterns of various colors.

*'''Complacently''' (51)- In a self-satisfied manner.

*'''Sun helmets''' (51)-a light-weight hat that is worn in tropical countries that protects one from the sun.

*'''Misconstrued''' (52)- To misinterpret or mistake the meaning of something.

== Commentary ==
One could suggest that Capote had his own life experiences in mind when writing ''Breakfast at Tiffany’s'' and that he is the [[narrator]]. He modeled the [[character]] of Holly Golightly after six women that he was intrigued with, which were Phoebe Pierce, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carol Marcus, Doris Lilly, Anky Larrabee, and Oona O’Neill (Clarke 64).

In 1964 Capote had written a letter to Alvin Dewey III admitting that Holly was indeed a real girl, but the incidences he writes about her are mostly fictional (Clarke 401). In his later years Capote admits “It’s too bad I don’t like going to bed with women” and further states that he loves attractive and beautiful women only as friends, not lovers (Clarke 93-94). This would explain the basis of how he molded the character of Holly and the relationship between her and the narrator which never becomes sexual.

The narrator is characterized as having his nose pressed against the glass and wanting to be on the inside staring out (Capote 48). In a conversation with Lawrence Grobel, Capote admits “yes, looking in, seeing something that he wanted to be inside of” (Grobel 88). This is indicative of Capote/the narrator being fascinated with the life style of Holly Golightly.

In Cash's critical analysis he states that Mag is a character who is introduced as having many similar characteristics to Holly. She is tall and attractive, but has a stutter problem. She is engaged to Jose, a Brazilian, and when she talks about her future relationship with him she makes the comment to Holly, "Better you than me (Capote 51)." Holly responds back, "Yes. Better me than you (Capote 51)." This indicates that Holly is attracted to Jose, maybe even more than Mag.

== Study Questions ==
1. How was Mag on the verge of pneumonia?

2. How does Holly describe her brother Fred?

3. Why was the narrator charmed by the Latin (Jose)?

4. Where is Jose from?

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?

6. What did Holly have to say about the letter the narrator got from the university review regarding his story?

7. Why did Holly suggest to the narrator that he not let a small university publish his work?

8. Why did the narrator even tell Holly of the plans of the university to publish his story?

9. Why does Mag think that it is a useless thing to be President of Brazil?

10. How is Holly's room described?

11. Why did Holly keep everything packed and ready to go as if she were running from authorities?

12. Why did Holly accept Mag as a roommate?

== External Resources ==

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

== Works Cited ==
*Clarke, Gerald. ''Capote: A Biography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

*Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations With Capote''. New York: New American Library, 1985.

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

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 2

2006-03-21T15:40:24Z

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== Summary ==
Instead of ringing Mr. Yunioshi's doorbell to let her into the house, Holly starts to ring the protagonist's. Even though she would ring in the early hours of the morning, he doesn'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 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 ==

1. Why does Miss Golightly start ringing the narrator's bell?

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

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?

8. Who is O.J Berman? Why does he feel Holly is a phony?

9. Who is Rusty Trawler? How many times has he been married?

10. What is your first impression of Mag Wildwood?

11. Why do you believe Holly makes negative comments about her at the party?

12. During the party what book does our narrartor pretend to look though?

13. 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 ==
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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, 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 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 is not excited about the cost, she makes just a few more 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 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.
*[[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.

==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?

* 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==
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>.

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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, 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 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 is not excited about the cost, she makes just a few more 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 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.
*[[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.

==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?

* 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==
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>.

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[[Image:Capote.jpg|thumb|Truman Capote]]
==Major Works==

===Novels===
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679643227''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] (1948)
* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)

===Short Stories===
* ''The Walls Are Cold'' (1943)
* ''A Mink of One's Own'' (1944)
* ''The Shape of Things'' (1944)
* ''Miriam'' (1945)
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745662 ''Music for Chameleons]'' (1980)

===Plays and Screenplays===
* ''The Innocents'' (1961)
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745570''The Grass Harp''] (1952)
*''Crimewatch'' (1973)
*''A Christmas Memory'' (1966)
*''Behind Prison Walls'' (1972)
*''Among The Paths To Eden'' (1967)
*[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/searchFulltext.do?id=R01530960&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142821811_490&area=abell&forward=critref_ft''Beat the Devil''] (1954)

===Others===
*''House of Flowers'' (1954)- musical
* ''In Cold Blood'' (1967)- the movie
*''The Glass House'' (1972)
*''MARILYN MONROE: PHOTOGRAPHS'' 1945-1962, 1994

[[Image:Capote truman young.jpg|thumb|Truman Capote]]
==Biography==
Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,
[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932''Summer Crossing''](Krebs).

==Awards==
* 1946 - ''[[O. Henry]] Memorial Award'' - established in 1918 to be given to the best stories published in magazines - for the short story ''Miriam''.

==Timeline==
* 1924 - On September 30, Truman Streckfus was born in New Orleans, LA, to Lilie Mae Faulk and Archulus Persons.

* 1930 - He is left with elderly cousins in Monroeville, Alabama.

* 1931 - His mother and father (Arch Persons) divorce on November 9th and his mother moves to New York.

* 1932 - His mother marries Joe Capote and brings Truman to live in New York.

* 1935 - He is adopted by his stepfather on February 14th.

* 1939 - He and his family move to Greenwich, Connecticut, where he attends Greenwich High School.

* 1942 - After dropping out of a high school in Greenwich, CT, Capote went to work for ''The New Yorker.'' "He started out in the accounting department, was transfered to the art department where he catalogued cartoons and clipped newspapers, and then was moved up to write items for the column 'The Talk of the Town' (Garson 3). In the same year, at the age of seventeen, he got his first stories accepted for publication.

* 1946 - Capote was accepted into Yaddo, a writers’ colony in New York (Plimpton 51); won the ''O'Henry Award'' for the short story "Miriam".

* 1948 - The year Capote's first novel - ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms]]'' - was published. Despite the opinions both in favor and agaisnt it, the novel became a success and it instantly brought fame to its author, who was then only in his early twenties.

* 1949 - ''[[A Tree of Night and Other Stories]]'' was published. Capote labels it as the beginning of the second cycle in his development as a writer.

* 1954 - The first important film work, a screenplay ''[[Beat the Devil]]'', was written in collaboration with John Huston, a Hollywood director.

* 1958 - Capote reader's most favorite story - ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', which ended the ten-year period of the sencond cycle - was published.

* 1966 - ''[[In Cold Blood]]'' appeared in print. It was an innovative hybrid of journalistic fact and creative fiction. This novel marked the peak in Capote's career. Capote hosted a masked ball for approximately five hundred of his closest friends in New York at the Plaza Hotel.

* 1975 - He allowed ''Esquire'' magazine to print portions of his unfinished novel, ''Answered Prayers'' as an attempt to prove that he was healthy and not an alcoholic or drug addict.

* 1980 - Capote published the last work of his life entitled ''[[Music for Chameleons]]''.

* 1984 - The writer died in Bel-Air, CA, on August 25.

==Additional Reading about the Author==
*''Capote : A Biography'' by Gerald Clarke

*[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capote_t.html PBS: Truman Capote]
*[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=maco12153&srchtp=athr&ca=1&c=3&ste=6&tab=1&tbst=arp&ai=15706&n=10&docNum=H1100130000&ST=capote&bConts=16047#FurtherReadingsSection Truman Capote ]

==Works Cited==

[[Category:Literature]]
* Clarke, Gerald, ed. ''Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote''. New York: Random House, 2004.
* Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote.'' New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. 1980.
* Grobel, Lawrence. ''Conversations with Capote''. New York: New American Library. 1985.
* Krebs, Albin. “Truman Capote Is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity.” ''New York Times'' 26 Aug. 1984, sec. L1+
* Liukkonen, Petri."Truman Capote".Litweb.[http://www.biblion.com/litweb/biogs/capote_truman.html Truman Capote] 19 March 2006
* Long, Judy. ''Literary New Orleans''. Georgia: Hill Street Press. 1999.
* Plimpton, George. ''Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career''. New York: Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. 1997.
*P[limpton], G[eorge] A. (ed.).: [http://lionreference.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/searchFulltext.do?id=R01530960&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142821811_490&area=abell&forward=critref_ft''Truman Capote, screenwriter: Beat the Devil'']. Paris Review (Flushing, NY) (38:138) [Spring 1996] , p.125.

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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, 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 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 is not excited about the cost, she makes just a few more 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 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?

* Do the sailors beat up Rusty Trawler because he is a homosexual?

* Does the narrator know 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==
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>.

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== Summary ==

Joe Bell presents the newspapers to the narrator reguarding the arrest of Holly Golightly. The newpaper article lists the accounts against Holly. They both go back to Joe's bar to make phone calls to get Holly released from jail.

First, they attempt to contact O.J. Berman, but he does not want to be disturbed because he is receiving a massage. Next, they call Mr. Trawler. He is away to dinner, so they try to leave a message with Mag Wildwood, but they are unsuccessful. The narrator finally contacts Mr. Berman. By that hour, Berman is already aware of the news and pays a lawyer to get Holly out of jail.

The narrator goes to feed the cat and finds Jose's cousin in the apartment. He presents a letter to the narrator that reads "For Miss H.Golightly-Courtesy Bearer".(97)

== Notes ==

*'''shysters''' (94) - one who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics.(http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/shyster). Joe Bell describes the lawyers that he intends to hire as shysters.

*'''tumbler''' (94) - a glass cup usually used for holding aolcohol. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbler). The narrator has a brandy tumbler full of coins in order to make telephone calls with regards to help Holly get out of jail.

*'''phony''' (95) - a deception made for personal gain.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phony). O.J. Berman thinks Holly is a real phony.

*'''Iota''' (97) - The word iota is used in English to express a very small amount, because iota is the smallest letter in the Greek alphabet.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iota). The narrator sits on Holly's bed and feels very bad for her situation.

== Commentary ==

Joe Bell goes to the narrator's apartment hysterical about what he read in the newspaper. He arrives unable to make complete sentences. He knows that Holly Golightly's accusations involve some illegal business. He is also aware that she is in jail, and that he has to do something to help her. He presents the newspaper to the narrator so he can read the counts.

Joe Bell asks the narrator if he thinks she could commit such an act. The narrator states: "But there, she did do it. Carry messages and whatnot---" (Capote 94). Joe doesn't expect that type of response from the narrator: "He popped a Tums in his mouth and, glaring at me, chewed it as though he were crunching my bones" (Capote 94).
Truman loved to cause turbulence and stir the pot.(Smith 426) Joe Bell and the narrator truly care for Holly. They are committed to making sure she is released from jail. They immediately begin calling people that has money to bale Holly out as soon as possible. That is probably why they began with O.J. Berman.

Truman Capote had two childhood friends while growing up. They were Nelle Harper Lee and (Lula) Carson McCullers (1917-1967) - original name Lula Carson Smith. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/capote.htm

== Study Questions ==

1. With what does Joe Bell present the narrator when he arrives at his apartment?

2. Why isn't Jose able to be reached to get Holly out of jail?

3. Why is O.J. Berman unable to come to the telephone the first time the narrator calls?

4. What is the name of the lawyer O.J. Berman contacts to get Holly out of jail?

5. What special request does O.J. Berman give the lawyer?

6. How does the narrator enter into Holly's apartment to feed the cat?

7. Who is already in the apartment when the narrator arrives?

8. What is scribbled on the letter that the cousin presents to the narrator?

== External Resources ==

Smith, Liz. ''Harpers Bazaar''. New York: March 2006., Iss. 3532; pg. 426, 3pgs

==Works Cited ==
1. Capote, Truman. ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. New York: Vintage Books - A division of Random House, 1993.

2. Liz Smith. ''Harper's Bazaar.''New York: March, 2006 Iss. 3532; pg.426, 3pgs.

3. Pugh, Tison. ''"Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's."'' ''The Explicator'' 6.1 (Fall 2002): 51-53

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