Holly Golightly
Exploring Holly Golightly
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a story by Truman Capote. In this story, the author focuses on a very attention-grabbing character called Holly Golightly. Holly is a woman who takes advantage of others, she doesn't really care who she inconveniences in order to get what she wants or needs, and most of her personal relationships are momentary and meaningless. Another important feature of Holly is that, she loves having freedom in her life. She only cares about money and about finding the next amusing thing to do.
Holly is one of the most interesting and confusing characters that can ever be written about. She is a character that does not even identify her own self. Holly thinks that she is an independent and a self-reliant person, but the truth is that she is not . One of the main reasons that she is not independent it is because she is so used to stealing things, which she thinks it is a way of being independent , but unfortunately it isn’t the truth .No matter what she thinks or does, shoplifting is not a healthy lifestyle . She also mentions in the story “I used to steal, I mean I had to." (55) .She is not independent, but a dependent person.
Holly is also a very promiscuous and a very low person because she only uses men for their money, like Rusty Trawler. She used Rusty Trawler for his money because he was apparently is the 6th richest man in America. Holly later finds out that he is broke and had so much debt, and because of that she doesn't want anything to do with him anymore. Essentially she would do everything for money. In the story Holly even visits criminals in jail just for money. A 90’s woman is only reliant on herself, because women now get equal opportunities and privileges for everything. Today, women work for themselves; they make their own money and raise a child all by themselves. This lifestyle would of never happen to Holly back in her days. She is just way too dependent on other men for that.
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a story by Truman Capote. In this story, the author focuses on a very attention-grabbing character called Holly Golightly. Holly is a woman who takes advantage of others, she doesn't really care who she inconveniences in order to get what she wants or needs, and most of her personal relationships are momentary and meaningless. Another important feature of Holly is that, she loves having freedom in her life. She only cares about money and about finding the next amusing thing to do.
Holly is one of the most interesting and confusing characters that can ever be written about. She is a character that does not even identify her own self. Holly thinks that she is an independent and a self-reliant person, but the truth is that she is not . One of the main reasons that she is not independent it is because she is so used to stealing things, which she thinks it is a way of being independent , but unfortunately it isn’t the truth .No matter what she thinks or does, shoplifting is not a healthy lifestyle . She also mentions in the story “I used to steal, I mean I had to." (55) .She is not independent, but a dependent person.
Holly is also a very promiscuous and a very low person because she only uses men for their money, like Rusty Trawler. She used Rusty Trawler for his money because he was apparently is the 6th richest man in America. Holly later finds out that he is broke and had so much debt, and because of that she doesn't want anything to do with him anymore. Essentially she would do everything for money. In the story Holly even visits criminals in jail just for money. A 90’s woman is only reliant on herself, because women now get equal opportunities and privileges for everything. Today, women work for themselves; they make their own money and raise a child all by themselves. This lifestyle would of never happen to Holly back in her days. She is just way too dependent on other men for that.