English 124 Paper 2
Caela Finnell
English 124
Professor McCullough
December 7, 2013
Not Just Another Trendy Wendy
As we enter into the dissection of the novella at Breakfast at Tiffanys, the reader must be skilled to understand ways to interpret this book. This book is multilayered which can direct the reader into different directions based on their beliefs or background. Cultural Context can be described by a person’s upbringing and cultural background. This includes referral to the person’s thoughts, opinions and feelings that result from experiences they have had. As the author of this paper, it will be my focus to correlate the book to the ideology of Separate Spheres. This is defined by Wikipedia as separate spheres for women and men. Culturally located in Europe and North America, it emerged as a distinct ideology during the Industrial Revolution, although the basic idea of gendered separation of spheres is much older. The notion of separate spheres dictates that men, based primarily on their biological makeup as well as the will of God, inhabit the public sphere – the world of politics, economy, commerce, and law. Women's "proper sphere", according to the ideology, is the private realm of domestic life, child-rearing, housekeeping, and religious education. The separate spheres ideology presumes that women and men are inherently different and that the sex differences as well as the resulting separation of spheres are "natural".1 Therefore, though this text can be interrupted in many different fashions, it will be the focus of the author of this paper to focus on the separate sphere theory.
In the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the main character. Holly Golightly is a 19 year old county girl that travels to New York City looking for wealthy men. Initially, Holly doesn’t have a job, she spends the majority of her time socializing with wealthy men that buy her expensive gifts and give her money. Holly personates a vast part in cultural context. Holly challenges the role of a
English 124
Professor McCullough
December 7, 2013
Not Just Another Trendy Wendy
As we enter into the dissection of the novella at Breakfast at Tiffanys, the reader must be skilled to understand ways to interpret this book. This book is multilayered which can direct the reader into different directions based on their beliefs or background. Cultural Context can be described by a person’s upbringing and cultural background. This includes referral to the person’s thoughts, opinions and feelings that result from experiences they have had. As the author of this paper, it will be my focus to correlate the book to the ideology of Separate Spheres. This is defined by Wikipedia as separate spheres for women and men. Culturally located in Europe and North America, it emerged as a distinct ideology during the Industrial Revolution, although the basic idea of gendered separation of spheres is much older. The notion of separate spheres dictates that men, based primarily on their biological makeup as well as the will of God, inhabit the public sphere – the world of politics, economy, commerce, and law. Women's "proper sphere", according to the ideology, is the private realm of domestic life, child-rearing, housekeeping, and religious education. The separate spheres ideology presumes that women and men are inherently different and that the sex differences as well as the resulting separation of spheres are "natural".1 Therefore, though this text can be interrupted in many different fashions, it will be the focus of the author of this paper to focus on the separate sphere theory.
In the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the main character. Holly Golightly is a 19 year old county girl that travels to New York City looking for wealthy men. Initially, Holly doesn’t have a job, she spends the majority of her time socializing with wealthy men that buy her expensive gifts and give her money. Holly personates a vast part in cultural context. Holly challenges the role of a