I’ve spent last night reading Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s as I couldn’t put it down and was completely consumed over the character of Holly Golightly. One word to describe Breakfast at Tiffany’s is charming. Just delightfully charming. The storyline does not have much depth to it or there is so much happening but we are only allowed a glimpse what is actually going on. However, this furthers and enhances  the mysterious and captivating characterisation of Holly Golightly which is the centre of focus in Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

I saw the movie ages ago and while the movie stands on its own two legs, the movie is loosely based on the book. While the movie did not captivate me as much as others, the book on the other hand did just that. The character of Holly Golightly is complex, more complex than what the movie portrays. She seems to be just everything and anything but in which Capote has written it in a captivating manner. Holly Golightly is all at once a hillbilly, playgirl, a bitch and a gold digger! However, little girl lost comes across all these characterisation and Holly Golightly’s hunger to be free like her cat is strong throughout the novel.