Breakfast at Tiffany’s

by

Truman Capote

Tiffany’s

Holly Golightly’s obsession with Tiffany’s jewelry store is a manifestation of her desire to secure a sense of belonging and happiness in her life. Whenever she’s particularly down, she tells the narrator, she…

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The Birdcage

The birdcage that Holly gives the narrator is an embodiment of the kind of existence Holly fears most—namely, one in which she can’t exercise her personal freedom. When she gives the cage to him for…

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The Cat

Because Holly refuses to admit that she’s emotionally connected to it, the nameless cat that she finds and takes into her home epitomizes her unwillingness to attach herself to her current life. Throughout the novella…

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