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Explain the meaning of this quote.

Explain the meaning of this quote. “You mustn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.” - Holly Golightly. What is Tiffany’s?.

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Explain the meaning of this quote.

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  1. Explain the meaning of this quote. “You mustn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.” - Holly Golightly

  2. What is Tiffany’s? • Tiffany & Co. is a U.S. jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City in 1837 as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium.” • Name was shortened to Tiffany & Co in 1853, and the firm's emphasis on jewelry was established.. Tiffany & Co. has since opened stores in major cities all over the world.

  3. About the text….. • Truman Capote’sbest-loved work of fiction and arguably one of the finest American novellas. • Set in Manhattan's Upper East Side, during the final years of World War II • Documents the story of a young writer's fascination with, and affection for, his charming and troubled neighbor, the unorthodox Holly Golightly. • Simple, linear narrative: allowed Capote to refine his characteristically minimal, naturalistic prose style.

  4. Truman Capote? • Born in 1924 New Orleans as Truman Strekfus Persons • Rejected by his mother who ran away to New York and married Joe Capote • Childhood friends with Harper Lee; he was the inspiration for the character Dill in TKAM. • Went to NYC to live with his mother in 1933 – dream of family life shattered as his mother continued to reject him – took the last name of his stepfather.

  5. Started working/writing for The New Yorker in 1941 Openly homosexual by 1948 – contrasted typical southern life with big city ways in life and in writing Celebrity writer best known for BAT and In Cold Blood Suffered mental breakdowns and of alcoholism….died at the home of Johnny Carson in 1984 Adult Life

  6. Breakfast at Tiffany’s Characters • Narrator – we NEVER know his name. Holly calls him “Fred” • Holly Golightly – 18 years old, “companion” to various wealthy men, flighty and unstable • TONS OF incidental characters……Joe Bell -the bartender, the real Fred, Doc Golightly, Mr. Yunioshi, Mag Wildwood, Jose…….

  7. Themes • Stability vs. Freedom/Transience (desire to remain unchained) • Love and Friendship • Search for self • Search for personal connections • Search for belonging • Materialism • Alienation/Isolation

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