Brakfast at Tiffany's
ANALYSIS OF “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S” Truman Capote was already a celebrity by the time Breakfast at Tiffany’s was released in 1958. It was written at the end of what he called his second cycle of writing which began with his first published novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Although it was never assumed by the critics at the time, Breakfast at Tiffany’s was to become one of the most famous and influential works Capote ever wrote. Capote said that Holly Golightly was his favorite character. Maybe because the person that Holly most resembles is her creator. She shares Capote’s philosophies as well as his fears and anxieties; an example is Holly’s panic attacks which she calls "the mean reds." In 1961 appeared the film according to the book, with Audrey Hepburn playing Holly’s part. The novella “breakfast at Tiffany’s” is focused on its main character, Holiday Golightly, almost a 19 years old girl, who came to New York hoping that this could be a place she was searching for already a long time. I would like to concentrate on the development of the protagonist’s views, attitude towards life throughout the whole novella. The book is written in the 1st person retrospective narration. The narrator seems rather credible, but still he is not a neutral story-teller because he is involved in all the events described in the book, therefore, we can’t take everything he says at face value. He narrates the story through his own prism of interest, and we see Holly just the way the narrator sees her. His attitude towards Holly, his opinion about her adds a lot to the general understanding of Holly’s character.