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*'''TB''' (68)- Tuberculosis: a highly variable communicable disease of humans and some other vertebrates caused by the tubercle bacillus and rarely in the U.S. by a related mycobacterium (Mycobacterium bovis) and characterized by toxic symptoms or allergic manifestations which in humans primarily affect the lungs. | *'''TB''' (68)- Tuberculosis: a highly variable communicable disease of humans and some other vertebrates caused by the tubercle bacillus and rarely in the U.S. by a related mycobacterium (Mycobacterium bovis) and characterized by toxic symptoms or allergic manifestations which in humans primarily affect the lungs. | ||
*'''Brownstone''' (70)- A reddish brown sandstone used for building. A dwelling faced with brownstone. | *'''Brownstone''' (70)- A reddish brown sandstone used for building. A dwelling faced with brownstone. | ||
*'''Pomeranian''' (65)- The Pomeranian is a compact, short-backed, active toy dog. He has a soft, dense undercoat with a profuse harsh-textured outer coat. | |||
*'''Braille''' (64)-A code which enables blind persons to read and write. It was invented by a blind Frenchman, Louis Braille, in 1829. Braille is comprised of a rectangular six-dot cell on its end, with up to 63 possible combinations using one or more of the six dots. Braille is embossed by hand (or with a machine) onto thick paper, and read with the fingers moving across on top of the dots. | |||
==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
The narrator rescues the birdcage because it is a symbol for home. To Holly, a home is a place where you are kept or owned, but to the narrator the birdcage is something he must recover. The narrator is "always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.(3)" The author was fond of this theme of looking for home and sharing home with someone dear. As a child, Capote was frequently alone in a locked hotel room. The hotel staff would be instructed not to answer his frightened screams. He would eventually collapse exhausted on the bed, or in front of the door as he waited for his mother or father to return (Clark 14). | |||
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 a reason to initiate a "truce", but he did not want to admit that he enjoyed Holly's friendship. The other part of him saw this as an opportunity to call her bluff and show everyone that she truly was a fake and a fraud. Perhaps he was also surpised to learn that Holly's real name was Lulamae Barnes, a name that truly did not fit the Holiday Golightly that he knew. | 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 a reason to initiate a "truce", but he did not want to admit that he enjoyed Holly's friendship. The other part of him saw this as an opportunity to call her bluff and show everyone that she truly was a fake and a fraud. Perhaps he was also surpised to learn that Holly's real name was Lulamae Barnes, a name that truly did not fit the Holiday Golightly that he knew. | ||
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==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||
#What is the significance of the birdcage to the narrator, to Holly? | |||
#How is the birdcage similar to the "odd wood sculpture" (6)? | |||
#Why does the narrator retrieve the birdcage when he sees it outside while leaving? | #Why does the narrator retrieve the birdcage when he sees it outside while leaving? | ||
#Why are Holly and the narrator not speaking to each other? | #Why are Holly and the narrator not speaking to each other? | ||
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#When does Doc Golightly's first wife die? | #When does Doc Golightly's first wife die? | ||
#What animal does Doc Golightly teach to say "Lulamae" for Holly? | #What animal does Doc Golightly teach to say "Lulamae" for Holly? | ||
#What tune does the narrator hear Doc Golightly whisteling? | |||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||