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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). | 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)” | 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)” This demonstrates the author's wishful thinking. Wouldn't it be grand if everyone who left us felt remorse, especially our parents? The author capote was frequently abandoned as a child.(Clark 14) Here he gives Holly appropiate remorse for leaving a cat to fend for itself. | ||
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: | 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: | ||
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#Where is Holly planning to go? | #Where is Holly planning to go? | ||
#What does Holly ask the narrator to do after she goes back and cannot find her cat? | #What does Holly ask the narrator to do after she goes back and cannot find her cat? | ||
#Why does Holly feel remorse about leaving the cat? | |||
#Does she feel remorseful for leaving anyone else? | |||
#What does the narrator think when he finds the cat? | #What does the narrator think when he finds the cat? | ||
#What does Holly ask Joe Bell to do for her? | |||
#Where does the narrator find Holly's cat? | |||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
* | *Capote, Truman. '''Breakfast at Tiffany's'''. New York: Vintage Books. 1993. | ||
* | *Clarke, Gerald. '''Capote: A Biography'''. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1988. | ||
*Garson, Helen S. '''Truman Capote'''. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. | |||
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