Breakfast At Tiffany's
Rough Draft
The lyrics made famous by Frank Sinatra and many others say, “Two drifters off to see the world. There’s such a lot of world to see.” This song “Moon River” was played in the movie version of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and in my opinion sums up Holly Golightly. In the original book version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote uses Holly Golightly, a “lost soul” searching for her place to belong as a symbol that all anyone really wants in life is to find a place where they feel they belong. Holly was placed in an awkward home situation when she was 14; this began her phase of trying to find a better place where she actually belonged. “When I married Lulamae, that was in December, 1938, she was going on fourteen.” …show more content…
She does not feel at home or comfortable in any place except for Tiffany’s. “I don’t want to own anything until I know I’ve found a place where me and things belong together.” (Capote, 40). This is represented by Holly’s apartment where she has virtually no furniture and a suitcase as a table. She does not wasn’t to have anything to tie her down. So, if she has no furniture or belongings then there is no reason for her to pick up and leave when she feels the need. She is a drifter. She also will not name her cat because she says that he does not belong to her, they just found each other for the moment. Once again this represents the fact that she does not want anything to tie her down. In a sense the cat is her only friend yet she still feels that they do not belong to each other. “ ‘I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it is like.’ ‘It’s like Tiffany’s.’ ‘If I could find a real life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.’” (Capote 40). Holly feels that in a place like Tiffany’s nothing bad could happen to you, and it feels like a home to her, not because she likes jewelry but it just calms her down. That is the type of place Miss Holiday Golightly is traveling to. In a way you could look at Holly as a transcendentalist, she does not want to be bothered by material things in her life; she just wants to find a place to be at harmony with
The lyrics made famous by Frank Sinatra and many others say, “Two drifters off to see the world. There’s such a lot of world to see.” This song “Moon River” was played in the movie version of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and in my opinion sums up Holly Golightly. In the original book version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote uses Holly Golightly, a “lost soul” searching for her place to belong as a symbol that all anyone really wants in life is to find a place where they feel they belong. Holly was placed in an awkward home situation when she was 14; this began her phase of trying to find a better place where she actually belonged. “When I married Lulamae, that was in December, 1938, she was going on fourteen.” …show more content…
She does not feel at home or comfortable in any place except for Tiffany’s. “I don’t want to own anything until I know I’ve found a place where me and things belong together.” (Capote, 40). This is represented by Holly’s apartment where she has virtually no furniture and a suitcase as a table. She does not wasn’t to have anything to tie her down. So, if she has no furniture or belongings then there is no reason for her to pick up and leave when she feels the need. She is a drifter. She also will not name her cat because she says that he does not belong to her, they just found each other for the moment. Once again this represents the fact that she does not want anything to tie her down. In a sense the cat is her only friend yet she still feels that they do not belong to each other. “ ‘I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it is like.’ ‘It’s like Tiffany’s.’ ‘If I could find a real life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.’” (Capote 40). Holly feels that in a place like Tiffany’s nothing bad could happen to you, and it feels like a home to her, not because she likes jewelry but it just calms her down. That is the type of place Miss Holiday Golightly is traveling to. In a way you could look at Holly as a transcendentalist, she does not want to be bothered by material things in her life; she just wants to find a place to be at harmony with