Abstract
This document will attempt to analyze the character Holly Golightly in the light her following statement: "I'm very scared, because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away." Holly Golightly is the main protagonist in ?Breakfast at Tiffany's'. She is a very lively, free spirited young woman who is in a quest for a home and a place to belong to. Holly's pretended name is the symbol of her philosophy and way of living. ?Holly', in turn, may be considered and abbreviation of "holidays?, an expression of her frivolity. As the novel develops, this character becomes increasingly complex and contradicts the superficial vision we have of her when she explains that Tiffany's is her only home. Holly says, "It calms me down right away, the quietness and proud look of it; nothing bad could happen to you there, not with those kind of men in their nice suits, and that lovely smell of silver and alligator wallets [?]". In fact, we could try to explain literally the quotation that we are studying in this essay by giving its direct meaning and linking it with Holly's thoughts and behavior throughout the novel.
