Ideal Fantasys In Breakfast At Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is deemed as a “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress in 2012 and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Early one morning, a taxi pulls up on Fifth Avenue in New York City out the anterior of the store front of Tiffany & Co. When she returns back to her apartment, she is faced with her disastrous date from the night before and has to fend him (Sid Arbuck) off. Like normal, Holly cant find her keys into her apartment and buzzes her landlord, Mr. Yunioshi, to let her in, begrudgingly. Later she is awaked by her new neighbour, Varjak, who rings her doorbell to get into the building. The pair chat as Holly gets ready for her weekly visit to a mobster, Sally Tomato. After a few days, Holly finds her self in Pauls apartment and learns that his a writer, with a current writer block and hasn't written anything in 5 years. In return, Holly explains that she is …show more content…
By casting the two main characters, Holly and Paul, on opposite sides of the stability and freedom rank, Capote suggests that they both have something to learn from one another. The mutual influence of two friends is demonstrated by they Christmas gift exchange, where Holly gives Paul a bird cage and he gives her the medal of St. Christopher, these gifts illustrate a median between stability and freedom.

Classic literature should be taught throughout the school curricula as the themes that can be found within them resonate throughout time. Such as racism and moral importance in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the challenge of stability and freedom found in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. They also help the audience connect to the dilemma and makes them empathise with the characters throughout their story as they follow them along, giving the audience an insight on the past and how different or indifferent peoples lives