Breakfast at Tiffany's

Factual Information

A novel by American writer Truman Capote in 1958.

Study Guide

1. Section one (3-14)
2. Section two (14-47)
3. Section three (47-53)
4. Section four (53-55)
5. Section five (55-63)
6. Section six (63-72)
7. Section seven (72-74)
8. Section eight (74-85)
9. Section nine (85-93)
10. Section ten (93-97)
11. Section eleven (97-104)
12. Section twelve (104-109)
13. Section thirteen (109-111)

Major Themes

Plimpton writes that the theme in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is that there are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding (175).

Works Cited

Plimpton, George. Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances,and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. New York: Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. 1997.