47 pages 1 hour read

Truman Capote

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

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Essay Topics

1.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is narrated from the perspective of an unnamed writer. How does the narrator's perspective affect the portrayal of Holly?

2.

Holly has a traumatic past that she keeps hidden from people. In what ways does Holly meticulously craft an identity that deflects from her past? In what ways does she reveal flashes of her trauma during her time in New York City? When does she choose to do so, and why?

3.

How are names and identity used to exert control in the novel?