Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Plot Summary of Breakfast at Tiffany's

""Fred", the narrator, is introduced to Holly Golightly, a 19 year old former Hollywood starlet, one night when she
crawls through his window from the fire escape. Her
boyfriend for the evening bites her on the shoulder, and
she needs to get away from him. Fred and Holly become
fast friends, especially when he reminds her it's Thursday,
the day she must meet Sally Tomato in jail for a $100 a
visit, to get the weather report from him. Holly makes
her living in a glamorous hand to mouth way, living off
tips for the powder room. She believes her life is about
moving anywhere, and everywhere, and she must try
all these places before she can have breakfast at Tiffany's. Tiffany's is the ultimate step that her glamorous life will
lead her to - because you can't wear diamonds before you're
40.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

"
Joan Clare, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
If story of urban/rural... - Big city life
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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