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y, I spent the last few hours reading Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. I preferred In Cold Blood, mainly because I think it was better written, but also because I really dislike reading men's portrayals of their ideals. Self involved, beautiful women are not charming and irresistible to me (Z. Deschanel, for example), I prefer beautiful women with warm hearts, who are unafraid to make fools of themselves (without thinking so hotly of themselves, as the aforementioned does).
y, I spent the last few hours reading Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. I preferred In Cold Blood, mainly because I think it was better written, but also because I really dislike reading men's portrayals of their ideals. Self involved, beautiful women are not charming and irresistible to me (Z. Deschanel, for example), I prefer beautiful women with warm hearts, who are unafraid to make fools of themselves (without thinking so hotly of themselves, as the aforementioned does).Holly Golightly is ultimately the same person as Nathanael West's Faye from Day of the Locust, and Fitzgerald's Daisy - though maybe, at the end, there is a little more depth peeking through in comparison. Self indulgent, unbothered, with an "I-can't-be-bothered-with-such-trivial-matters" air that masks the fact that they are rather dense.
The dense part aside, I'd known nothing of this story before I read it except for the fact that Audrey Hepburn starred in it in the movie. It's so difficult for me to picture Ms. Hepburn as such a bold, wandering figure without innocence. I find it ill-fitting, really.
I did enjoy that she had been speech-trained by being taught French before English. The quirky way in which she spoke was appropriate in that aristocratic manner she held herself in, but it was charmingly cute (maybe I'm biased, because I'm in love with French though). The cat, too, as her weakness, was another attribute that warmed my heart to her. The absurdity of picturing that cat in a laced frame though (and calling it fitting), seems funny to me, as he always seemed a gruff (in a good way!) animal. He reminds me of a specific cat I've known.
I guess I enjoyed the end, but I didn't really get much from this story. Nothing extraordinary, but not bad, either.
p.s. Discovered another book I've already read on the list (what is wrong with me that I can't find them earlier?) - Kerouac's On the Road
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