Euphemism Of Sexuality In Breakfast At Tiffany's By Truman Capote

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In the novel Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote describes the controversial life of Holly Golightly through the eyes her neighbor, the narrator. Holly is an independent woman that lives alone in New York in the 1940s that also makes her living visiting a felon and taking trips to the power room which is a euphemism for prostitution. The book portrays Holly as more of a young child trying to survive, whereas the movie portrayed her as more of a sexual opportunist. The movie sexualizes Holly as well as the narrator by changes in dialogue, scenes and casting a woman that was far older than Holly should have been, to make it a love story. The movie casted Paul as a real character, as oppose as just an observer which manipulates the story about …show more content…

Paul and Holly went into town and did "firsts" with each other which insinuate a sexual relationship. Holly and Paul tried out the library, stealing and Tiffany's. Holly had shown Paul how to steal from a small shop, in which they stole two masks. At Tiffany's, Paul tried to get a ring engraved which romantics their relationship even more. Paul got the ring from as a crackerjack prize and when he could not afford to buy anything for Holly as a gift, they got the cheap ring engrave for free. After their days of "firsts", the movie shows Paul waking up the next morning, shirtless and with the same mask that he and Holly had stolen the previous day, which again insinuates that Holly and Paul had slept together the previous night. The movie had also pushed the limit by insinuating that Holly and Paul had slept together with masks on, which is a very unconventional relation. The movie had shown the two characters falling in love and with the fake ring had symbolized a fake marriage. Typically, after two people get married, the marriage is consummated. The movie insinuates that Holly and Paul had consummated their "marriage". Towards the end of the movie, when Holly wants to leave; Paul tries to take control of her by taking about the ring and saying that she did belong to him which goes further along that Holly and Paul were "married". The act of falling in love, justifies why Holly

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