Breakfast at Tiffany's Section 6: Difference between revisions

The narrator is both surprised and a little excited to find who and why Doc Golightly was standing outside the brownstone.  The narrator had not been speaking to Holly for quite some time and part of him wanted and perhaps needed a reason to initiate a "truce" but he did not want to admit that he enjoyed Holly's friendship and the other part of him saw this as an opportunity to call her bluff so to speak and show everyone that she was a fake and a fraud. Perhaps he was also surpised to learn that Holly's real name was Lulamae, a name that truly did not fit Holly.

When Doc leaves without Holly, it is further evident that she is a true "wild thing" and that Doc knows that.  The fact that he does not fight harder to have her come back with him shows how much he is still very much "under her spell".  Holly had an innate ability to make everyone around her fall in love with her almost as if she had some sort of voodoo majic all her own.  To some degree, she was aware of this and that is the reason why she told everyone around her not to "fall in love with a wild thing".  She was warning them that she would only disappoint and hurt them, but they never listened.

In this way, I believe Capote was trying to address the compassionate side of most people in that they see someone who is clearly on a path leading to destruction and they try to help them whether through influence or suggestion.  However, as Capote so clearly showed us, you can't save someone who does not want to be saved and Holly is one of those people who does not want to be saved and does not even feel the need to be saved.  She is bold and scrappy and believes that she can take care of herself no matter what comes her way and for the most part, she has. Holly Golightly is a survivor.  She knows what it takes for her self preservation and will do whatever is necessary to maintain that.