E Block Breakfast at Tiffany's Back Chat Discussion by https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai Comment on questions when your group is not discussing questions out loud. en-us 2022-02-14 14:24:42 UTC 2022-03-15 12:18:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f929.png Question 1 khall63 https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046383669 While Capote never reveals the narrator’s sexual orientation, most scholars read the nameless narrator as someone who is attracted to men. Is the narrator in the novel a member of the LGTBQ community? How does the story change when the narrator is heterosexual in the film? Is Breakfast at Tiffany’s a pro-gay novel?]]> 2022-02-14 14:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046383669 Question 2 khall63 https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046384552
Is Holly Golightly a positive representation of a strong female character? Holly Golightly sees herself as being an independent, self-reliant woman. Respond to this statement.


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There are many symbols in the novel, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Which symbol is most important to the story? Explain. Which symbol that is absent in the film has the greatest effect on the story? Symbols include: the cat, Thursdays, the birdcage, zoo, the horses, Holly’s “business” card, Holly’s sunglasses, Holly’s sports books with newspaper clippings, etc…


]]> 2022-02-14 14:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046385470 Question 4 khall63 https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046386414 Throughout the novella, Capote makes strong statements about gender roles. One example of this is on page 87 with Madame Spanella. Why does Madame Spanella accept Quaintance Smith when she hated Holly? What is different about them? What does this say about gender roles? Does the film make as strong of a statement about gender roles that Capote intended to do in his novella?]]> 2022-02-14 14:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/khall63/w30ppk5efb5hebai/wish/2046386414