Volume Ii - Anexos

VOLUME II - ANEXOS
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Sumário
Anexo 1 – Área de Intervenção: Metas do Projeto Educativo ........................................ 4
Anexo 2 – Leitura Extensiva ......................................................................................... 6
2.1. Importância da Leitura Extensiva ....................................................................... 7
2.2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Obra de Leitura Extensiva ............................................... 8
Anexo 3 – O Uso de Filmes no Ensino de uma Língua Estrangeira ............................ 10
Anexo 4 – Extensive Reading Lessons: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Worksheets.................. 13
Anexo 5 – Extensive Reading Lessons: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Presentations .............. 43
Anexo 6 – Students’ Research Reports, Oral Presentations and Interactions ............... 64
Referências bibliográficas ........................................................................................... 87
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Anexo 1 – Área de Intervenção: Metas do Projeto Educativo
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Ao elaborar o meu trabalho escrito, tive por objetivo integrá-lo nas metas do
projeto Educativo do meu Agrupamento, que assentam no pressuposto de que este seja
um espaço privilegiado para a cultura, com princípios orientadores coadunantes com as
diretrizes nacionais e adequados às características da comunidade educativa, da qual os
meus alunos fazem parte integrante.
Algumas das prioridades definidas no Projeto Educativo dão incentivo, entre
outras, a “Promover o sucesso”; “Contextualizar o currículo com abertura ao meio”;
“Adequar as atividades educativas e o ensino às capacidades e aos ritmos de
aprendizagem dos alunos”; “Criar mecanismos que visem a exigência e incentivos à
melhoria de desempenhos”; “Promover metodologias ativas e experimentais no ensino e
nas aprendizagens”; “Verificar a eficácia das medidas de promoção do sucesso escolar”
(AEMM, 2019).
Tendo em mente as prioridades delineadas, tanto no Projeto Educativo do
Agrupamento, como no Programa da disciplina de Inglês para o Ensino Secundário,
procurei que a Planificação Anual da disciplina de Inglês, para o ano letivo 2018/2019,
no 12º ano, contemplasse os propósitos do Projeto Educativo, em conformidade com os
quatro domínios de referência delineados no Programa de Inglês, que dão prioridade ao
“contacto com realidades linguísticas e culturais diversificadas, de modo a assegurar o
desenvolvimento integrado das competências comunicativa e sociocultural” (Moreira,
2), por explorar problemáticas ligadas às profundas transformações na sociedade e à
consequente emergência de novas conceções e dinâmicas sociais. Ao dar particular
atenção ao domínio “Culturas, Artes e Sociedade”, procurei “problematizar algumas
manifestações artísticas que caracterizaram a segunda metade do século XX, no âmbito
da literatura, do cinema e da música, abordando questões relacionadas com a
democratização das artes, com a visibilidade das vozes femininas e das culturas
minoritárias” (Moreira, 23).
Inserindo-se nesse domínio, cheguei, assim, ao recurso da obra de leitura
extensiva para o 12º ano, ao optar pela sugestão de leitura Breakfast at Tifanny’s, de
Truman Capote, que foi objeto de contextualização, análise e comparação no decurso
desta dissertação.
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Anexo 2 – Leitura Extensiva
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2.1. Importância da Leitura Extensiva
Numa era essencialmente direcionada para as novas tecnologias e onde múltiplos

interesses se sobrepõem, os jovens de hoje demonstram pouco interesse pela leitura e os
poucos tempos livres que usufruem dedicam-nos a atividades relacionadas com vídeo
jogos ou redes sociais. A estes fatores inclui-se o desinteresse, per si, pela leitura e a
ausência de hábitos de leitura, que não foram aprendidos em determinadas etapas da vida,
essencialmente enquanto os jovens ainda eram crianças. Acresce a estes fatores aqueles
apontados pelos próprios professores, alegando escassez de tempo em cumprir os
programas e a carga horária reduzida da disciplina de Inglês.
É neste contexto que se enquadra a difícil tarefa de motivar os alunos para a obra
de leitura extensiva, quando vocacionada para a leitura em Inglês, sabendo-se, de
antemão, que a leitura também não é concretizada na língua materna. Assim, enquanto
educadores, compete-nos incutir nos jovens a difícil tarefa de fomentar o gosto pela
leitura, através de atividades que os cativem, que é também o caminho certo para o
desenvolvimento de competências em vários domínios, tais como o desenvolvimento
cognitivo, pessoal e social.
Segundo Anne E. Cunningham e Keith Stanovich (Cunningham and Stanovich,
2001) em “What Reading Does for the Mind”, os jovens, ao adquirem o gosto pela leitura,
estão, em simultâneo, a adquirir a capacidade de reter informação e memorização.
Adquirem também progressos ao nível da linguagem, como vocabulário e ortografia, bem
como melhores capacidades de raciocínio. Sobretudo, alcançam capacidades cognitivas
superiores, como o poder de abstração, resolução de problemas, organização e gestão do
tempo. De acordo com um estudo de Stuart Ritchie (Ritchie, 2015), investigador da
Universidade de Edimburgo nas áreas da Psicologia e Ciências da Linguagem, ler dá a
capacidade de pensar, como imaginar diferentes pessoas, momentos, lugares e objetos,
sendo que essa capacidade de abstração se revela essencial no desempenho intelectual e
aumenta a cultura geral do leitor.
No Programa de Inglês (nível de continuação, no Ensino Secundário) (Moreira,
2003), é defendida a opinião dada por John Platt no Longman Dictionary of Language
Teaching and Applied Linguistics:
Extensive Reading means reading in quantity and in order to gain a general

understanding of what is read. It is intended to develop good reading habits, to build
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up knowledge of vocabular and structure and to encourage a liking for reading.
(Moreira, 18)
A leitura extensiva é, assim, e sobretudo, a leitura em quantidade, feita pelo prazer e gosto
de ler e não delimitada por imposições, devendo a aluno aprofundar e diversificar as suas
experiências como leitor, através da leitura extensiva em língua inglesa, que se salientará
por ser uma leitura acessível, que os alunos compreendam e que não os desmotive.
O Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas (Europa, 2001) refere
que, por detrás da aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira, está subjacente o contacto
com a cultura dos países onde ela é falada, “onde o aprendente da língua se torna
plurilingue e desenvolve interculturalidade, o que lhe permite o desenvolvimento duma
personalidade mais rica, mais complexa, uma maior capacidade de aprendizagem
linguística e também uma maior abertura a novas experiências culturais” (Europa, 73).
Barry Tomalin (Tomalin, 2008) vai um pouco mais longe na aceção anteriormente
referida, defendendo que, através da leitura extensiva, a cultura de um país pode ser vista
como uma quinta competência linguística, a ser acrescentada a reading, writing, listening
e speaking, proporcionando uma consciência cultural que interfere ao nível das atitudes
de aceitação perante a diferença e da formação social.
Gail Ellis (McRae and Ellis, 1991) acrescenta que a leitura extensiva poderá ser
orientada, pelo professor, para o espaço fora da aula, obedecendo a um processo de
monitorização, de modo a que os ritmos de leitura sejam construídos e a interação da
leitura, na sala de aula, seja desenvolvida e encaminhada.
Como educadores, o grande desafio reside em estabelecer o equilíbrio entre
implementarmos a leitura extensiva na sala de aula, não só como objeto lúdico de prazer,
mas também tendo em vista o sucesso escolar e o aumento do nível de literacia dos nossos
alunos, adaptando-se, assim, a escola ao contexto atual social direcionado para as novas
tecnologias.
2.2 Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Obra de Leitura Extensiva
Quando pensamos que Breakfast at Tiffany’s pode ser o livro ideal para que os
nossos alunos tenham a noção do prazer que obra de leitura extensiva proporciona, vários
fatores poderão estar na génese da nossa escolha.
É bem provável que os alunos estejam já familiarizados com alguns dos acessórios
que Holly Golightly usa na versão cinematográfica do livro. Alguns deles poderão,
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eventualmente, até ter visto fotos de Audrey Hepburn na indumentária da personagem
principal, Holly Golightly. No entanto, muito dificilmente eles saberão identifica-la e,
menos ainda, terem a noção que existe um livro que deu origem a um filme.
Assim, em primeiro lugar, um dos motivos da escolha desta obra e não de outra,
prende-se com o facto do livro, embora contendo poucas páginas, possuir um enredo que
vai prender a atenção dos alunos e ter uma personagem principal que é contemporânea,
pela excentricidade que revela. O passado de Holly é enigmático e a presença do seu gato,
que não tem nome, parece carregado de simbolismo e suscita curiosidade. O próprio
narrador mantém um relacionamento atípico com Holly e será interessante verificar, ao
fazer-se a leitura do livro e a análise de excertos do filme, que as duas narrativas diferem,
mas que, sobretudo, se completam.
Em segundo lugar, a opção de leitura desta obra e não de outra prende-se com a
facilidade da escrita de Truman Capote que, apesar de ser considerado um génio literário,
não utiliza muitos artifícios nesta novela, fazendo dela uma leitura acessível, fluída e
capaz de ser lida em poucas horas.
Em terceiro e último lugar, e ao proceder-se a uma análise comparativa entre o
livro e o filme, os alunos aperceber-se-ão de que a narrativa escrita é bem mais complexa
e obscura do que a narrativa fílmica e que a Holly do livro é mais irreverente do que a
personagem que Audrey Hepburn interpretou, o que os remeterá para as contingências
sociais que limitaram a produção de Blake Edwards em 1961.
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Anexo 3 – O Uso de Filmes no Ensino de uma Língua Estrangeira
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O uso de filmes na sala de aula é essencialmente apropriado para o ensino de
aspetos culturais de uma língua. Geralmente, os manuais dão uma imagem diminuta dos
países de expressão inglesa e é, muitas vezes, necessário proporcionar-lhes uma visão
mais ampla desse universo, que vai muito para além das culturas Britânica e Americana.
Os filmes proporcionam aos discentes o contacto com uma linguagem do dia a
dia, que poderá ser de difícil entendimento se não for inserida num ambiente de não
falantes de cultura inglesa. Eles são considerados material autêntico e genuíno e ajudam-
-os a obter uma perceção mais real do mundo. O uso de filmes como realia pode motivar
os alunos a estudarem Inglês e verem filmes no idioma estrangeiro, ajudando aqueles com
mais dificuldades cognitivas a compreenderem o sentido de determinadas mensagens,
uma vez que oferecem um canal diferente de compreensão à audição da língua.
Para além dos aspetos referidos, existe ainda a vertente do entretenimento, que
também afeta positivamente e facilita as tarefas dos estudantes. Segundo Freda Misham
(Mishan, 2004), os filmes são concebidos para apelar diretamente às emoções das
pessoas. Uma vez que o uso de filmes na aprendizagem de uma língua tem a ver com a
parte afetiva, é muito importante que o professor equilibre o envolvimento dos alunos
com excertos fílmicos, enquanto explora o potencial da aprendizagem desses filmes.
Assim, usar filmes como material autêntico requer alguma perícia por parte do professor,
baseada não só ao nível do conteúdo, seleção e edição de cenas, mas também das tarefas
de acompanhamento utilizadas. Jerry Gebhard, no livro Teaching English as a Foreign
or Second Language: A teacher Self-Development and Methodology Guide (Gebhard,
1996), refere que materiais autênticos reforçam, nos discentes, uma relação direta entre a
linguagem da sala de aula e o mundo exterior. De igual modo, o uso de materiais
autênticos torna as aulas agradáveis e os alunos pró-ativos enquanto veem excertos
fílmicos. Isso requer, da parte dos professores, uma preparação antecipada, cuidadosa e
minuciosa das tarefas a serem implementadas, bem como um conhecimento dos
conteúdos e vocabulário específico a serem explorados. Se os alunos estiverem
familiarizados com o tema e o vocabulário do excerto fílmico, ser-lhes-á muito mais fácil
concentrarem-se no filme como sendo não só uma experiência de aprendizagem, mas
também de entretenimento e nunca uma atividade de preenchimento de tempo. Sylvia
Karastathi, no sítio de internet Visual Arts Circle, (Karastathi, 2016), acrescenta que é
importante ensinar os alunos a resistirem à passividade, apatia e entorpecimento que
possam sentir em relação ao que veem e, em vez disso, ajudá-los a analisar os mecanismos
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retóricos e as ferramentas que apelam aos significados patentes nos textos visuais. Isso
torna-os expetadores ativos. Visualizar excertos fílmicos, associados a tarefas específicas,
se possível com legendas em inglês, é uma atividade profundamente cognitiva e que o
cérebro retém.
O uso de excertos fímicos dá-lhes ainda a perceção que a língua estrangeira existe
para além da sala de aula e pode ser usada em diferentes contextos. Além disso, esta
prática torna o aluno menos preocupado com os conteúdos gramaticais, aprendendo-os,
por exemplo, duma forma inconsciente. Isso requer que eles se preocupem mais com o
significado e menos com a forma.
O uso de filmes pode ser feito no início, durante ou no final duma aula, como
brainstorming, servindo de estímulo e desenvolvimento das competências linguísticas no
estudo do Inglês. Joseph Champoux, no artigo “Film as a Teaching Resource”
(Champoux, 1999), enfatiza o uso de cenas fílmicas no sentido de facilitarem o ensino de
temas e conceitos abstratos, devido ao seu impacto visual. Abrangendo, não só a
componente visual, como também o áudio, o cinema torna-se, assim, uma linguagem
completa para o ensino de uma língua. Segundo Margaret, no livro Teaching English with
Video (Allan, 1985), o uso de filmes proporciona aos alunos comunicarem e sentirem-se
estimulados a interagir em grupo, partilhando diferentes opiniões. Já Hu Sufen, no artigo
“On Teaching Non-English majors Listening and Speaking through Videos” (Sufen,
2006) enfatiza que os filmes são um meio perspicaz de ensino, uma vez que refletem o
modo de vida das pessoas, em termos de variedade, contemporaneidade e autenticidade.
Fredericka Stoller, no artigo “Films and Videotapes in the ESL/EFL Classroom” (Stoller,
1988) acrescentou que, enquanto veem excertos fílmicos, os alunos desenvolvem o
conhecimento prévio que têm de vivências sociais, à medida que são expostos ao
conhecimento da língua estrangeira.
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Anexo 4 – Extensive Reading Lessons: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Worksheets
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Extensive Reading Daily Lessons Plan: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Lesson Aids/ Consolidation
no Performance Objectives Activities/ Strategies Worksheet Book Film
1 - Identify America’s economy as the - Class discussion based on a documentary - Worksheet Document
strongest in the world at that time film. no1: US ary film
(1950s). - Comprehension exercise. post World ----- (13 min 11
- Recognise signs of prosperity: War II boom sec)
marriage, housing in the suburbs,
having children, consumerism, car
and TV culture.
- Discuss the role of women in the
1950s.
- Explain people’s fear for a likely
nuclear attack.
- Recognise Rock and Roll as the new
craze in American music and culture.
- Explain the impact of the Beat
Generation movement.
2 - Relate Truman Capote to his literary - Library research: have the students research - Truman Document
works and to the public persona he the author, Truman Capote and his background. Capote ary film (3
created of himself. - Class discussion based on the report students - Worksheet ----- min 31
present to the class. no2 sec)
- Listening/ viewing exercise. -
- Comprehension exercise. Worksheet
- Writing assignment 1: Worksheet no13. no13
3 - Discuss the genre of the novel - Have the students research the term - Worksheet
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. “novella”, its meaning and the reason why no13
- Discuss the character of Holly Breakfast at Tiffany’s is considered one. ----- -----
Golightly as a popular icon and so - Library research: Have students research the
intriguing, both on screen and in the impact that the character of Holly Golightly had
book. on popular culture.
- Writing assignment 2: Worksheet no13.
4 - Interpret both part 1 from the book - Worksheet no3. - Worksheet Part I: BAT
and sequence 1 from the film. - Have the students write a paragraph on why no 3 pages sequence
- Discuss the point of view of the the novel is told in the format of retrospective. 3-10 1 (2 min
narrator in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. 34 sec)
- Focus on his experiences with
character Holly Golightly.
5 - Interpret both part 2 from the book - Worksheet no 4. - Worksheet Part II: BAT
and sequence 2 from the film. - Have students choose 5-10 examples of terms no 4 pages sequence
- Recognise Capote’s writing style in or phrases that they have not heard before and 10-13 2 (2 min
the novel both as blunt and research their meaning. 20 sec)
straightforward.
6 - Interpret both part 3 from the book - Worksheet no 5. - Worksheet Part BAT
and sequence 3 from the film. - Ask the students if they empathize with the no 5 III: sequence
- Discuss the protagonist of the novel, protagonist and explain their reasons. pages 3 (19 min
Holly Golightly. - Relate the title to the story. 13-25 41 sec)
- Discuss the title of the novel, - Writing assignment 3: Worksheet no13.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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Extensive Reading Daily Lessons Plan: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
Lesson no Aids/ Consolidation
Performance Objectives Activities/ Strategies Workshee Book Film
t
7/8 - Interpret both part 4 from the book - Worksheet no 6. - Part BAT
and sequence 4 from the film. - Have students research daily life during WWII Workshee IV: sequence 4
- Discuss the setting of the novel, in the U.S.A., particularly in New York City. t no 6 pages (14 min 58
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. - Writing assignment 4: Worksheet no13. 25-42 sec)
9 - Interpret both part 5 from the book - Worksheet no 7. - Part BAT

and sequence 5 from the film. - Have the students discuss the following: Does Workshee V: sequence 5
- Discuss the motif of belonging in the the narrator feel as though he belongs in Holly’s t no 7 pages (4 min 75
novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s as the world? Does Holly feel as though she belongs in 42-49 sec)
relationship between Holly and the the narrator’s world?
narrator continues to mature until it - Writing assignments 5 and 6: Worksheet no13.
reaches the climax of the novel, at
which time it is clear that the narrator
is one of the few people that Holly can
count on.
10 - Interpret part 6 from the book. - Worksheet no 8. - Part
- Discuss symbolism in Breakfast at - Have students write a paragraph about some Workshee VI: -----
Tiffany’s. symbols and explain their meaning in the novel. t no 8 pages
49-56
and sequence 6 from the film. - Have students write a paragraph on how Holly Workshee VII: sequence 6
- Discuss Holly’s past with Doc and has been affected by her past with Doc. t no 9 pages (8 min 6
how it has affected her. 56-64 sec)
- Relate Holly’s country past versus
her cosmopolitan life in New York.
and sequence 7 from the film. - Have students write a paragraph on how Holly Workshee VIII: sequence 7
- Discuss Holly’s dreams for the reassesses her dreams for the future after her t no10. pages (46 min 48
future. brother is gone. 64-75 sec)
- Explain the theme of freedom in the - Have students discuss why Holly fears
novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s. attachment so greatly.
- Identify the relationship between - Discuss the following with the class: Do Holly
Holly and the narrator. and the narrator complement each other?
- Writing assignment 7: Worksheet no13.
15 - Interpret part 9 from the book. - Worksheet no11. - Part
- Recognise the climax of the novel - Create a definition of climax with the class and Workshee IX: -----
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. write it on the board. t no11. pages
- Then ask students what the climax of the 75-86
novella is.
16 - Interpret both part 10 from the book - Worksheet no12. - Part X: BAT
and sequence 8 from the film. - Class discussion: What happens at the end of Workshee pages sequence 8
+4 - Discuss Holly’s dreams for the the novel? Are you satisfied with the ending? t no12. 86-98 (5 min 17
future. Are there any unanswered questions? sec)
- Discuss the conclusion of the novel - Writing assignments 8, 9 and 10: Worksheet
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. no13.
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AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS MORGADO DE MATEUS
Extensive Reading: Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Worksheet no 1 + Key
January
2019 Academic
12th Form Year
Name: ________________________________________________________ No. ____ Class: A 2018/2019
US post World War II boom
A. Watch the documentary attentively and answer the questions below.

1. Why were the Fabulous Fifties an era when Americans had fun?
Because of the robust post-war economy, as factories were turning out products
to satisfy the growing consumers’ appetite in America and to meet the needs of a
post-war Europe. America’s economy was the strongest in the world at that time.
2. Why was it for many a time to settle down and get married?
That happened because there was job security, a good pay-cheque and no military responsibilities.
3. What were the Levittown communities?
Those communities consisted of standardized homes, which were built in an economical way with rapid recovery
of costs. They included a white picket fence, green lawns, and modern appliances. They were affordable places
for just $58 a month.
4. What was the role of women in the 1950s?

Women devoted their time to being good wives and mothers, the role of cheerful
homemakers, even idealized in media images.
5. How was motherhood embraced at that time?
Between 1945 and 1964, roughly 76 million babies were born in the United States.
6. How were babies born in the 50s collectively known?
They were known as baby boomers and were part of the largest generation
in the nation’s history.
7. How could families live a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs?
Men took care of lawns and families had fun leisure activities and good
neighbours. They also had their own post offices, schools, shopping centres
and places of worship.
8. How did consumerism affect families in the 1950s?
Shopping centres made it easy and quick to get just the right item and feel-
good advertisements promised a better life if you bought their product.
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9. How did Americans show their car culture? How were cars used?
One way of Americans showing their personality and status was in the cars they drove. The newer the car, the
better. Cars were used to drive from work to the suburbs, to go to shopping centres, drive-in movies, motels and
drive-in fast food restaurants.
10. Why was the television set one of the most prized possessions?
In 1941, there were fewer than 10 thousand televisions in the country, while by 1959, over 65 million TVs had
been sold and it quickly replaced radio as the leading mass medium entertainment.
11. What kind of physical protection did citizens want in order to survive a likely nuclear attack?
They dug bomb shelters in their backyards, they purchased reinforced plastic provided homes and radiation suits
for their children.
12. What is the name by which large numbers of young people became known? Teenagers.
13. What was the new craze that would become a new force in American music and culture? Rock and Roll.
14. Why did most TV programmes only show Elvis Presley from the waist up?
It was because of the sexy way he moved on stage.
15. Who were the people who created the Beat Generation and what did this movement consist of?
Those people were defiant criticists, poets, writers and other non-conformers. The Beat Generation was a literary
movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in
the post-World War II era.
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January
2019 Academic
12th Form Year
Name: ________________________________________________________ No. ____ Class: A 2018/2019
Truman Capote (1924-1984)

A. Watch and listen the documentary attentively and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
Truman Capote is admired not only because he is a great writer who
captured a beautiful (1) prose style, but also because he was an (2) entertaining
writer who could write a variety of different genres.
Known as the pioneer of the (3) true crime novel, Truman Capote was a
renowned author and a controversial celebrity.
He was a brilliant self-publicist. He was able to turn himself into a
celebrity, even before there was really enough good writing to back up his reputation.
On September 27th, 1924, Truman Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana. He
was a (4) semi-orphan boy in the sense he was living with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama and he started at the
age of eleven to write short-stories. At eighteen Capote wrote Miriam (1945), which won him the 1946 prestigious
O. Henry Award for best first published story. He had successes in women’s magazines of the 1940s but a lot was
also the mystique that Capote created
to back himself. His flamboyance and
dogginess got him at attention. In
1948, Capote published his first novel,
Other Voices, Other Rooms, which
became a New York Times best-seller
for nine weeks and sold more than 26
thousand copies. Other Voices, Other
Rooms is essentially Truman Capote’s
autobiography. It was a (5) brilliant first novel and one of the great debut novels in modern American literature.
Capote followed his success with a variety of works, including his most popular novella, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Truman Capote was very lucky because Breakfast at Tiffany’s with Hepburn in that lead role became such an
iconic character that it would last for ever and ever. The film probably (6) exceeds the possibilities of the novella
itself. In 1966 Capote created an international best-seller with a non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood. When the
Clutters were first killed, only a small article appeared in the New York Times. The media did not grab on to the
story. It was Capote going to Kansas and writing about it and really publicizing the crime that caught the public’s
attention. We really come to understand the criminal mind and we get a feel for the family who were murdered
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in the Kansas farm house. The setting, the characters, all of the
techniques one would expect to see in a novel are put into play in
this brilliant piece of non-fiction.
In his decline, Capote suffered from (7) alcohol and drug

addiction and eventually succumbed to liver cancer on August
25th, 1984 at the home of Johnny Carson’s ex-wife, Joanne.
Although Capote was one of the great writers of his generation,
unfortunately, after In Cold Blood was published, he never wrote
anything of importance ever again and maybe people will always remember him as an alcoholic who used to hang
out in his pyjamas in Studio 54 and go on talk shows dish the dirt about celebrities. Truman Capote is more than
the sum of these parts. He is more than simply than the writing on the page. Truman Capote is an iconic figure, a
symbol of something that went strongly right or strongly wrong in American cultural life.
in Biography Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWwOv7BlocE
A. Answer these questions on the text.
1. How old was Capote when he started writing and under what circumstances?
He was eleven years old when he started to write short-stories, at a time when he was living with relatives in
Alabama.
2. How successful was his first novel?

His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was very successful, because it became a New York Times best-seller
for nine weeks and sold more than 26 thousand copies.
3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s became worldwide famous. Which had better public acceptance, the novella or the
film? Explain.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s was his most popular novella. Still, the film became better known than the novella itself,
because of the iconic performance of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly.
4. What major efforts did In Cold Blood require from Capote as a writer?
First of all, he learned of the quadruple murder, before the killers were captured. Then he decided to travel to
Kansas and write about the crime. He interviewed local residents and investigators assigned to the case and took
thousands of pages of notes. Capote ultimately spent six years working on the book and some critics consider it
Capote's original non-fiction novel.
5. How did Truman Capote live during his last days?
Capote suffered from alcohol and drug addiction and eventually succumbed to liver cancer in 1984.
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A. Do the multiple-choice exercise.
1. Where is the narrator always drawn back to? 9. What is Joe's bar like compared to most Lexington Avenue
(a) Where he went to school. bars?
(b) Where he lived. (a) Ritzy.
(c) Where he worked. (b) Quiet.
(d) Where he vacationed. (c) Small.
(d) Loud.
2. Where is the narrator's brownstone located?
(a) New York. 10. What is the name of the drink that Joe mixes for the
(b) Chicago. narrator at his bar?
(c) Boston. (a) White Angel.
(d) San Francisco. (b) White Licorice.
(c) White Orchid.
3. What is the narrator's room crowded with? (d) White Snow.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Attic furniture. 11. What is Mr. Yunioshi's profession?
(c) Piles of dishes. (a) School teacher.
(d) Luggage. (b) Newscaster.
(c) Photographer.
4. What causes the narrator to write about Holly Golightly? (d) Bartender.
(a) The narrator reads about her in the paper.
(b) The narrator bumps into her on the street. 12. Where has Mr. Yunioshi been for the last two years?
(c) A conversation with Joe Bell about her. (a) Asia.
(d) The narrator has a dream about her. (b) South America.
(c) Africa.
5. Where is Holly's apartment in relation to the narrator's (d) Australia.
apartment?
(a) It is above his. 13. What is in the manila envelope that Joe gives to the
(b) It is below his. narrator?
(c) It is beside his. (a) Top secret documents.
(d) It is across the street. (b) A newspaper clipping.
(c) Three photographs.
6. According to Joe Bell, why does he not have an easy nature? (d) A letter.
(a) Because he suffers from migraines.
(b) Because he had a rough childhood. 14. What form of art did Mr. Yunioshi become intrigued
(c) Because he is a bachelor and has a sour stomach. by on his trip?
(d) Because he dislikes people. (a) Oil painting.
(b) Origami.
7. Which is NOT on Joe Bell's list of fixations? (c) Iron work.
(a) Dalmatians. (d) Wood carving.
(b) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(c) Ice hockey. 15. According to Mr. Yunioshi, who stayed with the artist
(d) Holly Golightly. the previous spring?
(a) Three white travelers.
8. What is there a big bowl of at Joe's bar? (b) A group of anthropologists.
(a) Candy. (c) A group of soldiers.
(b) Fresh flowers. (d) A traveling caravan.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Cereal.
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16. Why did these people stay with the artist? 18. Of the narrator's previous neighbours, who is the
(a) They were lost. only one still living in the brownstone?
(b) To learn more about his art. (a) Holly Golightly.
(c) Transportation issues. (b) Madame Sapphia Spanella.
(d) Due to illness. (c) Mr. Yunioshi.
(d) Joe Bell.
17. How old is Joe Bell?
(a) Close to seventy.
(b) Just turned sixty-one.
(c) Around sixty-five.
(d) Almost sixty-seven.
B. Answer the short essay questions.

1. What is the story about that Joe tells the narrator?
Joe tells the narrator about Mr. Yunioshi's trip to Africa, where he comes across a wood carving that looks exactly like Holly
Golightly. After some time, Mr. Yunioshi is able to find out that three white people had stayed with the artist, and one of them
was a woman. Joe Bell is convinced that the white woman is Holly.
2. How does Joe feel about Holly?

Joe admits to the narrator that he loves Holly, but not in a sexual way. His love seems to be quite strong for Holly, though, as
he mentions that he is constantly on the lookout for her and sees her face in places where it isn't.
3. Based on this first section, how might Holly Golightly have got her name?
Holly's last name "Golightly" might refer to her tendency to leave without a word. A number of men are still hoping to see her,
years after she has gone. Holly doesn't seem to put much thought into where she goes and where she has been and is known
to 'go lightly' from one place to another.
C. Answer the following question on the FILM sequence 1.

1. What do you think was the purpose of the director by showing Holly having breakfast in
front of Tiffany’s and how different is it from Holly’s entry in the book?
The purpose of this scene which is completely without dialogue and only accompanied by the
“Moon River” theme, is to introduce the character of Holly and to set the tone for the movie.
He shows her very different side: her loneliness, even sadness, her dreamy side and her longing
for a home, which immediately softens Holly’s character. This is very different from Holly’s
entry in the book where the narrator first sees her in the staircase, coming home with a man.
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19. How long has the narrator been living at the brownstone 26. What is Holly wearing when the narrator first sees her?
before he notices Holly's calling card? (a) A silver gown with matching droplet earrings.
(a) About a week. (b) A red shift dress with emerald pumps and a black scarf.
(b) Almost a month. (c) A black dress, black sandals and a pearl choker.
(c) Two weeks. (d) A lavender cashmere sweater set and black capri pants.
(d) A couple of days.
27. How does the narrator describe Holly's health?
20. What apartment number does Holly live at? (a) A "titanesque air of health".
(a) Apartment 1. (b) A "breakfast-cereal air of health".
(b) Apartment 7. (c) A "new car smell air of health".
(c) Apartment 4. (d) An "elderly woman's air of health".
(d) Apartment 2.
28. How does the narrator describe Holly's hair?
21. What does Holly's calling card say? (a) Luxurious, with layers of copper and ruby.
(a) Miss Holiday Golightly, Working. (b) Swept atop her head in the form of a pineapple.
(b) Miss Holiday Golightly, Sleeping. (c) Simple and pleasing in a classic bun.
(c) Miss Holiday Golightly, Dancing. (d) Strands of albino-blond and yellow.
(d) Miss Holiday Golightly, Traveling.
29. How does the narrator describe Holly's features?
22. At what time is the narrator awakened on the night he sees (a) Big teeth hidden by bigger lips.
Holly for the first time? (b) A round nose covered in freckles.
(a) A quarter to four. (c) A dramatic set of unforgiving eyes.
(b) Roughly two am. (d) A large mouth and an upturned nose.
(c) Long past twelve.
(d) Just before one. 30. According to the narrator, what blotted out Holly's eyes
when he first saw her?
23. What awakens the narrator on the night he first sees Holly (a) A pair of dark glasses.
Golightly? (b) Blue and turquoise eye shadow.
(a) Holly Golightly knocking on the narrator's door. (c) The rim of a hat.
(b) A nightmare about New York. (d) Tiredness.
(c) Holly Golightly shouting at Mr. Yunioshi.
(d) Mr. Yunioshi calling down the stairs. 31. How old does the narrator guess Holly is?
(a) Around twenty-two to twenty-three.
24. How does the narrator describe Holly's voice?
(a) Melodic and soothing. (b) Anywhere between sixteen and thirty.
(b) Piercing and memorable. (c) Twenty-five-ish.
(c) Silly, young and self-amused. (d) Under twenty.
(d) Husky, raspy and mysterious.
32. How old is Holly when the narrator first sees her?
25. What does Holly lose often? (a) Twenty-five.
(a) Her calling cards.
(b) Almost 19.
(b) Her sunglasses.
(c) Her brooch. (c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Her key. (d) Twenty.
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33. How does the narrator describe the man with Holly when 35. What is the name of the man who accompanies Holly
he sees her for the first time? home as the narrator looks on?
(a) Short and vast. (a) Simon Appleby.
(b) Muscular and tanned. (b) Sid Arbuck.
(c) Small and sweaty. (c) Steve Anderson.
(d) Tall and lanky. (d) Smith Allen.
34. What is the man who accompanies Holly home wearing? 36. How much change did this man give to Holly for the
(a) A tuxedo. powder-room?
(b) A uniform. (a) A dollar.
(c) A leisure suit. (b) Forty-five cents.
(d) A pin-striped suit. (c) Seventy-five cents.
(d) Twenty-cents.
1. What do you think the name Holly Golightly means in the context of the novella?
Holly assumes the name “Holiday Golightly”, which encapsulates her strategy of avoiding stability by making a holiday out of her
life, and abandoning relationships and responsibilities when they threaten to jeopardize her freedom.
“Golightly” is a compound of “go” and “lightly”, which encapsulates her tendency to change locations,
lifestyles and identities without hesitation or guilt.
2. Why is Mr. Yunioshi angry at Holly, and how does she calm him down?
Mr. Yunioshi is angry at Holly because she loses her key and has to ask him to let her in. This seems to be
a regular occurrence, so Mr. Yunioshi loses his patience. Holly pacifies him by promising to let him take
photographs of her, as he is a photographer.
3. Describe Holly Golightly based on the narrator's description.

The narrator describes Holly as having albino-blond and yellow hair, a large mouth and an upturned nose. On the night that the
narrator sees her for the first time, Holly is wearing a slim black dress, black sandals and a pearl choker. He notes that she seems
quite healthy and clean.
4. Why is Mr. Arbuck angry at Holly when he takes her home?

Mr. Arbuck is angry because he picked up the check for Holly and five of her friends, and expects something in return.
5. What is the tone of the novel and what techniques are used to convey this tone?
The tone is sympathetic and emotionally-involved as Capote seems to do both for Holly. Capote doesn't gloss over her negative
qualities, but he does present us with details that complicate her downfalls. We get a better idea of why she does whatever she
must to survive, and there are enough of these types of details in the novel to suggest that Capote himself feels a good deal of
sympathy for her as opposed to a desire to criticize his novel's heroine.
C. Answer the following question on the FILM sequence 2.

1. How does Holly use her sex appeal in the sequence with Mr. Arbuck?
As he goes home angry, Holly goes to sleep fifty dollars richer, because she has seduced him by
leading him on just for the fun of turning him down.
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37. What promise does Holly keep to Mr. Yunioshi? 44. What does the narrator admire in an antique store's
(a) Not to play her music loudly. window?
(b) Her promise to bring him his mail. (a) A room divider.
(c) Her promise to model for him. (b) A small figurine.
(d) Not to ring his bell again. (c) A vase.
(d) A bird cage.
38. What or who does the narrator expect the first time he
hears his bell in the middle of the night? 45. What song are the Australian army officers singing?
(a) His friends. (a) "Song of Australia."
(b) A telegram with bad news. (b) "Advance Australia Fair."
(c) Holly. (c) "God Save the Queen."
(d) A police officer. (d) "Waltzing Matilda."
39. According to the narrator, how does Holly always look? 46. What food does Holly survive on based on her trash can
(a) Drunk. contents?
(b) Well-groomed. (a) Cream corn and luncheon meat.
(c) Sad. (b) Popcorn and doughnuts.
(d) Tired. (c) Cottage cheese and melba toast.
(d) Soda crackers and peanut butter.
40. According to the narrator, which professions would Holly
not have time for? 47. What does the narrator occasionally use as bookmarks?
(a) Writing and Painting. (a) Holly's torn v-letters.
(b) Teaching and Nursing. (b) Old electric bills.
(c) Modeling and Acting. (c) Toilet paper.
(d) Singing and Dancing. (d) Holly's calling cards.
41. Where does the narrator's visiting relative take him for 48. How does the narrator describe Holly's cat?
dinner? (a) A red tiger-striped tom.
(a) "Le Bistro". (b) Soft, and ginger in colour.
(b) "21". (c) Light and wiry, just like its owner.
(c) "The Chicken and Beef Hut". (d) A feral, dirty creature.
(d) "By The Park".
49. From which musical does Holly enjoy singing songs from
42. Who is Holly sitting with at the restaurant where the the most?
narrator sees her? (a) Something for the Boys.
(a) A young boy. (b) Louisiana Purchase.
(b) A man in his fifties. (c) Carousel.
(c) An elderly woman. (d) Oklahoma!
(d) Four men.
50. Who does the narrator remind Holly of?
43. What is Holly doing at the table at the restaurant where the (a) Mr. Yunioshi.
narrator sees her? (b) Joe Bell.
(a) Reading a book. (c) Her father.
(b) Combing her hair. (d) Her brother, Fred.
(c) Signing papers.
(d) Crying.
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51. How old does a man have to be before Holly will get excited 53. Where does Holly have to go on Thursdays?
about him? (a) Sing Sing.
(a) Twenty-eight. (b) To a community center.
(b) Thirty-five. (c) To visit a relative.
(c) Fifty. (d) The casino.
(d) Forty-two.
54. What is the name of the man Holly visits on Thursdays?
52. According to Holly, what drink goes with apples? (a) Tony Cucumber.
(a) Milk. (b) Simon Squash.
(b) Vodka. (c) Sally Tomato.
(c) Lemonade. (d) Bernie Pumpkin.
(d) Whisky.

1. Why does Holly climb through the narrator's window?
Holly climbs through the narrator's window because she is trying to get away
from her date, who has had too much to drink. She tells the narrator that when he
drinks too much, he bites, which she loathes.
2. Why does Holly go every week to a maximum-security prison and for what
purpose?
It’s because on Thursdays, Holly visits a man named Sally Tomato in Sing Sing.
She is told to pass on a weather report, and in exchange, Holly receives $100.00.
3. How does the narrator react to her Thursday visits?

The narrator is suspicious of this arrangement. He is certain that lying about her
identity is illegal, and finds the weather report worrisome.
C. Answer the following questions on the FILM sequence 3.

1. According to Holy, why hasn’t Cat got a name?
Because, according to Holly, finding or giving a name means to have a place where one belongs,
an identity, which neither Cat nor Holly have. So, Holly’s sense of independence, aloofness and not
belonging are conveyed via the metaphor of her nameless cat.
2. What does Holly refer to when she mentions Tiffany’s?

Holly is still searching for the place that would make her want to belong, a real home and make her feel safe like Tiffany´s. The
jewellery store is Holly's escape; it's the place she can go where she feels entirely safe from the "mean reds" that plague her from
time to time. Tiffany's is a refuge to Holly, and it represents order and security and stability to her. She wants to find a place in the
world that she can claim as her own, and she knows that such a place will feel like Tiffany's to her. Tiffany's symbolizes all that the
outside world is not, and Holly holds onto it as her ideal.
3. A new character is introduced in the film and she will have a tremendous impact on the plot, someone the book does not
refer. Who is that character?
It is 2E, an older, married woman who visits Paul when occasion allows for romantic trysts. She has got the symbolic function to
represent the “bad” woman, the warning sign for Holly as she will compete against her to get Paul. She is Paul Varjak´s patroness
who gave him everything from the décor of his flat to the money in his pocket. He is a kept man.
4. How does it appear Holly makes her money?

By escorting rich men.
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55. What does Holly leave outside the narrator's door on 62. Whose number does Holly ask O.J. for?
the day after she calls him a snoop? (a) Louis B. Mayer's.
(a) A bouquet. (b) Irving Thalberg's.
(b) A calling card. (c) Darryl Zanuck's.
(c) A letter. (d) David O. Selznick's.
(d) A gift basket.
63. What does the narrator find in a book entitled
56. What does the narrator tell Holly when he leaves a The Baseball Guide?
message in her mailbox? (a) Photographs.
(a) That the following day is Thursday. (b) Passports.
(b) That he hopes they remain friends. (c) Love letters.
(c) That she is a snoop. (d) Newspaper clippings.
(d) That he is moving out soon.
64. What is the name of the rich man who wants
57. What time does Holly ask the narrator over for drinks? to marry Holly?
(a) Anytime after 5:00. (a) Joe Bell.
(b) 7:30. (b) O.J. Berman.
(c) 8:00 pm sharp. (c) Rusty Trawler.
(d) 6-ish. (d) Sid Arbuck.
58. Why does the narrator like Holly's apartment? 65. According to Holly, at what age is it acceptable
(a) The apartment is set up like a party room. to start wearing diamonds?
(b) The narrator likes its fly-by-night look. (a) Forty.
(c) Holly's personality shines through in every piece of (b) Thirty.
furniture. (c) Fifty.
(d) The apartment is warm and inviting. (d) Sixty.
59. What does O.J. Berman call Holly when he first meets 66. According to Holly, what are the mean reds?
the narrator? (a) Depression.
(a) A phony. (b) Boredom.
(b) An animal. (c) Angst.
(c) A tease. (d) Impatience.
(d) A manipulator.
67. What does Rusty suggest Holly do to get rid of
60. What is O.J. Berman's occupation? the "mean reds"?
(a) Writer. (a) Exercise.
(b) Actor's agent. (b) Smoke marijuana.
(c) Publicist. (c) Eat.
(d) Artist. (d) Shop.
61. What is the name of the movie that Holly was supposed 68. How does Holly get rid of the "mean reds"?
to be in? (a) By singing.
(a) "The Story of the Lost Rabbit." (b) By washing her hair.
(b) "The Story of Doctor Wassell". (c) By reading a book.
(c) "The Story of Drunken Harry." (d) By going to Tiffany's.
(d) "The Story of my Life.
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69. What country does Holly believe is a great place for 71. How does the narrator describe the inscription
raising horses? on Holly's calling card?
(a) England. (a) Provocative.
(b) Canada. (b) Strange.
(c) United States. (c) Laughable.
(d) Mexico. (d) Unnecessary.
70. Who is great with horses? 72. What six-foot woman arrives at Holly's party
(a) O.J. unexpectedly?
(b) Joe. (a) Marge Wiltwood.
(c) Fred. (b) Mae Worthwood.
(d) The narrator. (c) Mag Wildwood.
(d) Mary Wentwood.
1. How does the narrator begin to feel without Holly being around?
The narrator begins to feel like he is being neglected by a close friend and feels quite lonely. After a few days, the narrator can
not stop thinking about Holly, so much so that he cannot work.
2. Describe Holly's apartment.

Holly's apartment seems as though it has just been moved in to. The only furniture are unpacked crates and suitcases.
3. What did Holly do to O.J. Berman in the past to make him angry?
After working with Holly to start her a film career, Holly decides one day to run off to New York. To add insult to injury, O.J
claims he had just secured a spot on a movie for her.
4. Why is Mag hesitant to marry José?

Mag is hesitant to marry José because he is Brazilian. The thought of moving six thousand miles to a place where she does not
know the language is overwhelming to her.
5. What was daily life like during WWII in the U.S.A, particularly in New York City, based on this chapter of the novella?
Breakfast at Tiffany's is set in New York during World War II. The war doesn't figure prominently in the story in that we don't
see the main characters in combat and most of them seem untouched by the realities of war. But the specter of war sort of
hovers throughout the novel as we hear about rationing things like peanut butter. Much of the action takes place in or around
an old brownstone apartment building where both Holly and the narrator live. Holly's apartment is also its own special place.
It's little and messy and noisy and it tells us a lot about her character. She doesn't bother to furnish her abode (except for the
bedroom, but just a little bit), which adds to the general sense of impermanence that surrounds her. It suits Holly and it
becomes an exciting destination for the narrator, who never knows who or what he'll find there.

1. What does O. J. Berman mean when he refers to Holly not as “a phony because she’s a real
phony”?
He means that Holly is not genuine, authentic. She has got secrets, as proved later on. Holly’s contrived
or “fake” identity and lifestyle is real because it permeates her life: for Holly, nothing is more natural
than assuming different roles and personas.
2. The party sequence was reportedly the longest and hardest scene to shoot in the film. Most of the gags that occur in the
scene are not in the novel. Why do you think director Blake Edwards originally scripted them?
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The twenty-minute party scene is a comic set piece, having as background music jazzy tunes, which show the contemporary
urban setting and the casual cosmopolitan urban decadence of the film’s characters. Perhaps the funniest gag is when
accidently Holly sets a woman’s hat on fire.
3. Describe the characters at the party scene:

a) O.J. Berman: extrovert; acts like the host of the party.
b) Rusty Trawler: introvert.
c) Maggie Wildwood: very eccentric and loud.
d) José: mysterious and quiet.
4. Where is Holly when the police arrive? How do Paul

and José leave when the party is broken up?
She is outside the flat with Rusty Trawler. Paul and José
escape through the bathroom.
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73. What does Holly call Fred while talking to 80. After taking a look at Holly's room, what kind of
Mag? problem does the narrator conclude she has?
(a) Strange. (a) A space problem.
(b) Innocent. (b) A laundry problem.
(c) Stupid. (c) A cockroach problem.
(d) Funny. (d) A shopping problem.
74. What can Mag not get used to the idea of? 81. What month is it when Holly and the narrator eat
(a) Rusty's interest in Holly. lunch at the cafeteria in the park?
(b) Living with Holly. (a) December.
(c) Marrying a Brazilian. (b) September.
(d) Aging. (c) November.
(d) October.
75. How many pairs of argyles has Mag knitted in the last
three months? 82. What year is it in the story?
(a) Thirty. (a) 1943.
(b) Ten. (b) 1940.
(c) Fifty. (c) 1945.
(d) Twenty. (d) 1942.
76. What causes the narrator to become so excited as to 83. What do Holly and the narrator come across on Fifth
pound on Holly's door? Avenue?
(a) News of an approaching storm. (a) A car crash.
(b) News that Holly is getting married. (b) A hot dog vendor.
(c) News that his story will be published. (c) A stray cat.
(d) News of a new job. (d) A parade.
77. How does the narrator describe Holly's bed? 84. What place do Holly and the narrator avoid after lunch
(a) Comfy. at the cafeteria?
(b) Flashy. (a) The zoo.
(c) Small. (b) The beach.
(d) Large. (c) Their apartments.
(d) The library.
78. What does Holly think of Mag becoming her roommate?
(a) It is convenient. 85. What about the narrator does Holly want to know
(b) It is almost fun. more about?
(c) It is ironic. (a) His taste in women.
(d) It is horrible. (b) His writing routine.
(c) His childhood.
79. How does Holly describe Mag? (d) His future plans.
(a) As a perfect fool.
(b) As a self-obsessed cow.
(c) As a pathetic parasite.
(d) As a chronic gossip.
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86. How long has Holly been on her own? 89. In the store, who is the sales lady busy with?
(a) Since she was thirteen. (a) A group of teenagers.
(b) Since she was fourteen. (b) A group of nuns.
(c) Since she was sixteen. (c) A group of soldiers.
(d) Since she was seventeen. (d) A group of young women.
87. What does Holly wish to send Fred? 90. What do Holly and the narrator steal?
(a) Candy. (a) Candy.
(b) Jam. (b) Halloween masks.
(c) Melba toast. (c) Stuffed animals.
(d) Peanut butter. (d) Marbles.
88. What store do Holly and the narrator steal something
from?
(a) Macy's.
(b) Lord and Taylor.
(c) Sears.
(d) Woolworth's.
1. What good news does the narrator receive while collecting his mail?
The narrator receives a letter from a small college that states that they would like to publish his story. Although the narrator
will not get paid for the story, he is still happy to be published.
2. Describe Holly's bedroom.

Holly's bedroom is similar to her parlour, as both rooms have everything packed in crates and suitcases. One thing that the
bedroom has that the parlour does not is a bed, which is described as quite flashy, with blond wood and tufted satin.
3. How do Holly and the narrator celebrate his good news?

Holly and the narrator go out for drinks at Joe Bell's, followed by lunch in the cafeteria at the park. Then, they go to a few
grocers looking for peanut butter for her brother. Finally, they go to a store and steal Halloween masks.
1. What do you think is the purpose of the famous sequence where Hepburn performs the film’s song
“Moon River”? The scene is used to convey Holly’s interiority to Paul and the viewer.
2. What does the close up of his typewriter reveal as he walks over the window to listen to Holly singing
“Moon River”? It reveals what he has written: the beginning of a story called “My friend”, which is obviously
about Holly. Like the narrator of Capote’s novella, who relays Holly’s story to the reader, Paul too, attempts to place Holly
within a narrative of his construction. In the film, unlike in the book, Paul and Holly have begun a mutually amusing platonic
friendship.
3. What seems to reveal the content of the song?

The song wants to express the friendship of these two single people who accompany each other merrily for a while as they
each strive independently to achieve professional success.
4. What does the expression "Huckleberry friend" may refer to?
The expression "Huckleberry friend" was an illusion to Huckleberry Finn, the main character of Mark Twain's novel Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn. In the novel, Huckleberry Finn escapes from his home and befriends an escaped negro slave named Jim,
as they travel together on a raft down the Mississippi River. They often travel at night, their path illuminated only by the moon
shining down on the river. Both in the novel and film, the two friends travel down the river with no defined destination, but in
the song the two friends intend to cross the river to the other side. The latter situation fits with the career ambitions of the
film's two main characters.
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91. Why do the narrator and Holly begin to see less of each 99. How does the narrator describe Holly's appearance
other? upon her return from Key West?
(a) Holly gets a job. (a) Blistered and rouge with haystack hair.
(b) The narrator is too busy writing. (b) Refreshed and sun-kissed.
(c) The narrator gets a job. (c) Iodine-colored skin and ghost-colored hair.
(d) The narrator and Holly get into a fight. (d) Fried hair with white highlights.
92. Who is NOT part of Holly's social quartet? 100. What happens to Rusty in Key West?
(a) Rusty Trawler. (a) Rusty gets mugged.
(b) Mag Wildwood. (b) Rusty loses his balance and falls into the ocean.
(c) The narrator. (c) Rusty comes down with a high fever.
(d) José Ybarra- Jaegar. (d) Rusty gets into a fight and is seriously injured.
93. How does the narrator describe José? 101. What happens to Mag in Key West?
(a) Pompous and ever-inebriated. (a) Mag is offered a lucrative modeling job.
(b) High-strung and impatient. (b) Mag is bitten by a colony of red ants.
(c) Generous and courteous. (c) Mag gets a first-degree sunburn.
(d) Intelligent and presentable. (d) Mag is proposed to.
94. Who does the narrator see run into a library? 102. Where do Holly and José go after Key West?
(a) José. (a) Rio.
(b) Holly. (b) Tampa.
(c) Joe. (c) Havana.
(d) Mag. (d) Miami.
95. How does the narrator describe Mildred Grossman 103. What is Mag positive of upon Holly and José's return
physically? to Key West?
(a) Short, stout and slimy. (a) That José would return to Brazil soon.
(b) A buxom blonde. (b) That José was in love with Holly.
(c) Soft features and inviting scent. (c) That Holly was in love with José.
(d) Moist, flat hair with greasy spectacles. (d) That Holly and Jose had slept together.
96. What does the narrator help Holly do on Christmas Eve? 104. What item of furniture is added to Holly's apartment
(a) Make dinner. in March?
(b) Trim the tree. (a) A couch.
(c) Shop for Christmas gifts. (b) A bar.
(d) Wrap presents. (c) An army cot.
(d) A bed.
97. What does Holly give the narrator for Christmas?
(a) A pen from Tiffany`s. 105. What lie does Holly tell to Mag which Mag believes?
(b) Some updated furniture. (a) That Holly is leaving New York.
(c) A bird cage. (b) That Holly is marrying Rusty.
(d) A typewriter. (c) That Holly is dying.
(d) That Holly is a lesbian.
98. What does the narrator give Holly for Christmas?
(a) A medal from Tiffany's.
(b) New pumps.
(c) A collar for her cat.
(d) New calling cards.
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106. What does Holly give O.J. Berman in March? 108. Why does the narrator not feel superior to Holly?
(a) Permission to line up auditions for her. (a) They are completely different in every way.
(b) The narrator's story. (b) The narrator feels self-conscious around Holly.
(c) The narrator`s number. (c) The narrator thinks Holly is beautiful.
(d) Her key. (d) They want different things.
107. What movie brought Holly to tears?

(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Wizard of Oz.
(c) Citizen Kane.
(d) Gone with the Wind.

1. Why does Holly go to the library?
Holly goes to the library to research José's home country. Some of the books that she reads are South by Thunderbird, Byways
of Brazil and The Political Mind of Latin America. It seems at this point that Holly has set her sights on José.
2. Holly gives the narrator a bird cage he has been admiring for
Christmas. What seems the bird cage symbolize?
Holly gives the narrator an antique birdcage for Christmas, but
she doesn't like what it means one bit. She appreciates "its
fantasy", but she cannot "bear to see anything in a cage", and it
doesn't take much digging to figure out why. Holly never wants to
feel caged in herself, never wants to feel like she can't just pick
and go when the mood strikes her, and the birdcage represents
the confinement she fights so hard against. It might be beautiful
and momentarily desirable to her, but in the end, it still functions
as a way to keep whatever's inside it from being free, and this is
an idea Holly simply can't get behind.
3. Why do Holly and

the narrator have a
fight that results in
Holly kicking the
narrator out of her
apartment?
Holly mentions that she has given the narrator's story to O.J. Berman. Both Holly
and O.J. agree that his story needs more meaning, and less description. The
narrator becomes insulted by her words and says something about her habit of
living off of Rusty. Holly becomes angry and kicks the narrator out.
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109. What does the narrator do with the bird cage after he 116. What is Holly's real name?
fights with Holly? (a) Lisa Bennett Golightly.
(a) The narrator leaves it in front of Holly's door. (b) Lila Barrie Golightly.
(b) The narrator returns it to the store. (c) Lulamae Barnes Golightly.
(c) The narrator throws it from his window. (d) Lulu Baker Golightly.
(d) The narrator throws it into a dumpster.
117. What is the name of Holly's husband?
110. What conclusion does the narrator come to about Holly (a) Bubba Golightly.
while he is angry at her? (b) Fred Golightly.
(a) Holly is "an utter fake". (c) Doc Golightly.
(b) Holly is "a raving banshee." (d) Martin Golightly.
(c) Holly is "a snake."
118. What does Holly's husband do for a living?
(d) Holly is "a harpy."
(a) He is a sheriff.
111. What is the petition that Madame Spanella circulates (b) He is a professor.
fighting for? (c) He is a horse doctor.
(a) No music past 11:00pm. (d) He is a fisherman.
(b) To put in place a curfew.
(c) New locks on the front door. 119. How did Holly's parents die?
(d) The eviction of Holly Golightly. (a) Holly's parents died of influenza.
(b) Holly's parents died in a house fire.
112. How does the narrator describe the man he sees (c) Holly's parents died in a car accident.
examining Holly's mailbox? (d) Holly's parents died of tuberculosis.
(a) A person in his early fifties with a hard, weathered face.
(b) A person in his forties with tan skin and wearing a cheap 120. Where is Holly from?
suit. (a) Florida.
(c) A person in his early thirties with a limp. (b) Georgia.
(d) A person in his late fifties with slick hair and a proud (c) Texas.
stance. (d) Alabama.
113. What is the name of the hamburger joint where the 121. According to Holly's husband, what causes Holly to
narrator goes? leave?
(a) "A desire for a challenge".
(a) Burger Hut.
(b) "Reading dreams".
(b) Hamburgers 'R' Us.
(c) "A confused soul".
(c) Hamburger Heaven.
(d) Ham Spot. (d) "Boredom."
114. What does the man who follows the narrator want? 122. What happened to Fred after Holly left home?
(a) Information. (a) He left the house and started a family.
(b) Money. (b) He became ill.
(c) A place to stay. (c) He went looking for Holly.
(d) A friend. (d) He stayed until he went to the Army.
115. What does the man who follows the narrator pull out
of his wallet?
(a) A letter.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) An address.
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123. How does Holly know that someone from her past has 125. What does Holly's husband comment on when he
come to see her? first sees Holly?
(a) She overhears someone say that someone from the South (a) Holly's hair.
had come to visit. (b) New York.
(b) The narrator calls her by her real name. (c) Holly's weight.
(c) She feels it in her gut. (d) Holly's dress and shoes.
(d) She receives a letter informing her of a visit.
126. Who yells at Holly and her husband when they meet
124. Who from her past does Holly think has come to visit again for the first time?
her? (a) The narrator.
(a) Doc. (b) Rusty Trawler.
(b) Her child. (c) Mag Wildwood.
(c) Fred. (d) Madame Sapphia Spanella.
(d) Her sister.

1. Why does the narrator pay special attention to the man hanging around Holly's mailbox?
The narrator notices a man hanging around Holly's mailbox and looking at her window. He
looks different from other men that hang around Holly and he whistles the same tune that
Holly often whistles.
2. Describe Doc Golightly.

Doc Golightly is a man in his early 50's who has a weathered face and grey, forlorn eyes. The
outfit he wears when the narrator first sees him is ill-fitting, but his shoes are new.
3. How do Doc and Holly meet?

Doc and Holly meet when Holly and her brother are caught stealing eggs and milk from Doc's
farm. Holly and her brother had run away from a bad environment, so Doc takes them in.
4. How does Holly react to the narrator calling her "Lulamae"?

Holly's voice shivers as she concludes that Fred is the one who actually told the narrator her real name. She becomes very excited
at the prospect of seeing Fred.
5. How does Holly react to seeing Doc instead of Fred?

Holly shows disappointment when she sees that it isn't Fred, but Doc, who has come to see her. After the initial disappointment
wears off, Holly does show signs of kindness towards Doc.
1. Differently from the novella, Doc, in the film, is introduced by another character? Who and How?
In the film, 2E complains to Paul that a man has been following her, fearing that her husband is having them
watched.
2. Why does Doc say he needs a friend in Paul?
It’s because he doesn’t want to surprise or scare Holly. He wants Paul to take him to her.
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127. Why does Holly feel she owes Doc? 134. Who does Rusty marry?
(a) Doc gave her confidence. (a) His first wife.
(b) Doc is a good person. (b) Holly Golightly.
(c) Doc lent her money. (c) Mag Wildwood.
(d) Doc was devoted to her. (d) His cousin.
128. What does Doc think up until the last minute before he 135. What does the narrator feel upon discovering who
leaves New York? Rusty's bride is?
(a) That Holly will go to Texas with him. (a) Indifference.
(b) That Holly is unhappy in New York. (b) Confusion.
(c) That Holly is wasting her life. (c) Heartache.
(d) That Holly is dating the narrator. (d) Relief.
129. What does Holly liken the "mean reds" to? 136. Why does the narrator try to break down Holly's
(a) Stealing turkey eggs and running through a brier patch. door?
(b) Trying on jewellery at Tiffany's that one can't afford. (a) The narrator hears a gun shot.
(c) A recurring nightmare. (b) Holly is ill.
(d) Getting lost in a crowd. (c) There are loud banging noises coming from her
apartment.
130. What advice does Holly give to Joe Bell? (d) The narrator smells smoke.
(a) Never forget to dream.
(b) Never serve her alcohol before noon. 137. How does José get into Holly's apartment?
(c) Never leave New York. (a) José climbs through the window.
(d) Never to love a wild thing. (b) Holly opens the door.
(c) With a key.
131. Where is the narrator when he hears of Rusty's fourth (d) By unscrewing the hinges of the door.
marriage?
(a) Walking down the street near his apartment. 138. Who accompanies José into Holly's apartment?
(b) In a taxi coming from Queens. (a) A priest.
(c) On a bus in New Jersey. (b) A doctor.
(d) On a subway in Brooklyn. (c) A reporter.
(d) A friend.
132. Where is the narrator returning from when he hears
the news of Rusty's fourth marriage? 139. Why does the narrator gag when he enters Holly's
(a) From a book launch. bedroom?
(b) From a job interview. (a) From the horrible mess.
(c) From a funeral. (b) From the smell of rotting food.
(d) From a wedding. (c) From the strong smell of perfume.
(d) From the appearance of Holly.
133. Which of the following does the narrator NOT mention
as having a similar love for as he does for Holly? 140. What bad news does Holly hear that causes her to go
(a) His mother's elderly cook. into a rampage?
(b) His childhood pet, Grover. (a) José is moving back to Brazil without her.
(c) The McKendrick family. (b) Rusty has remarried.
(d) A postman. (c) Holly is dying.
(d) Fred has died.
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141. How often does José go to Washington? 143. According to Holly, how many lovers has she had?
(a) Five days a week. (a) Three.
(b) Three days a week. (b) Ten.
(c) Two days a week. (c) Twenty.
(d) Four days a week. (d) Eleven.
142. How many children does Holly want? 144. What would Holly rather have than a dishonest
(a) Five. heart?
(b) None. (a) Chronic "mean reds".
(c) Two. (b) Blindness.
(d) Nine. (c) Cancer.
(d) Split ends.

1. How does the narrator react when he learns some news on the subway?
The narrator learns that Rusty Trawler has remarried. Because the narrator assumes that
Rusty has married Holly, he is so upset that suicide seems attractive to him. When he
learns that it is actually Mag Wildwood who Rusty has married, he feels relief.
2. What commotion does the narrator come home to after his job interview in
Brooklyn?
After his job interview, the narrator comes home to Madame Sapphia Spanella having a
fit over what is going on in Holly's apartment. The narrator tries to break open Holly's
door, as he can hear loud noises from inside. When José comes with a key, the narrator
sees that Holly's apartment is trashed and that Holly is having a breakdown.
3. How does Holly's life begin to change after the death of her brother?
After her brother's death, Holly begins to take an interest in her apartment, finally
furnishing it and using the kitchen to cook meals for José and the narrator. Holly also
spends time learning Portuguese and spends less time on her appearance.
4. How does the narrator feel about Holly's relationship with José?
The narrator begins to show signs of jealousy towards José, often not even using his name out of hostility. The narrator does
not like to hear Holly's future plans in Brazil because the narrator is not part of her future.
5. How has the narrator's and Holly's relationship matured?

The narrator notes that their relationship had "reached that sweet depth where two people communicate more often in silence
than in words" (page 74). He also notes that they would often spend entire evening together saying no more than one hundred
words to each other.
6. What seems to indicate the comparison between the narrator’s final days with Holly to Autumn leaves blowing in the
wind?
This metaphor indicates the banality of Holly’s new personality. Like leaves, the narrator can’t tell the days apart, as they are
all alike. The reference to Autumn leaves, which are on the verge of death, symbolizes the end of the narrator’s friendship with
Holly.
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1. When Doc leaves, Holly refers to herself as a “wild thing”. What may this metaphor refer to?
After the main narrative twist, the revelation of Holly’s origin, she contemplates on her existence,
recognizing for the first time the downsides to her rootlessness. Like the wild animals, Holly, too, is
untamed, undomesticated and that is her essential nature to run away from those who love her. In
this way, Holly admits to her fear of commitment, while suggesting that, like an animal, she is not
responsible for her behaviour.
2. Why do you think that Paul´s eyes are fixed on the stage at the strip club sequence in the film?
In this scene, the dancer acts as Holly’s contrast. While the camera teases Paul and the viewer several times with the concept
of Holly’s nudity, she cannot appear undressed in the film, thus the dancer is used to convey that for her. By portraying Holly
as the object of the gaze and the main narrative spectacle, the film invites Paul
and the audience to want her.
3. What film sequence shows that Holly and Paul are in love and have spent
the night together, unlike the novella?
What shows that is the fact the two masks are hang on Paul’s room, as he wakes
up in the morning.
4. How does 2E react when Paul breaks off their relationship?

When Paul tells her that he has found someone else, she tries to throw money at
the problem by writing him a check and telling him to take Holly for a holiday,
believing that afterwards he would surely return to her.
5. While arguing with 2E, Paul says of Holly: “She´s a girl who can’t even help
herself. But I can help her”. How has Paul been helping Holly?
It starts when he lets her hide out in his room and escape the drunken rampages of her date. He later helps her orchestrate
her reunion with her ex-husband and then stands by her when she has the difficult job of saying goodbye to him. Finally, he is
the one who picks her up from prison and tries to comfort her over her broken engagement.
6. What peculiarity can be seen in the film as Holly learns Portuguese, which may be one of Blake Edwards´s slight
editing mistakes? (Watch documentary film – 25 sec)
The voice in the record speaks Portuguese with a Portuguese accent, and not Brazilian, as it should be.
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145. When is the narrator's birthday? 153. How does the newspaper describe Holly's apartment?
(a) August 11th. (a) Chaotic.
(b) September 30th. (b) Luxurious.
(c) December 25th. (c) Small.
(d) May 1st. (d) Empty.
146. What do Holly and the narrator do together in the 154. How do the newspapers describe O'Shaughnessy?
park? (a) As a lumber and hairy old man.
(a) They go horseback riding. (b) A freckly and thick giant.
(b) They have a picnic. (c) As a raven-haired weasel.
(c) They go for a carriage ride. (d) As a burly red-haired man.
(d) They feed horses.
155. How does Holly describe Sally Tomato to the
147. What is the name of Holly's horse? newspaper?
(a) Sally Tomato II. (a) As a "sensitive and lonely old soul".
(b) Molly Somightly. (b) As a "darling old man".
(c) Mabel Minerva. (c) As a "greasy and rude man".
(d) Jumping Jellybean. (d) As a "liar and manipulator".
148. When does Holly leave for Brazil? 156. Where is Holly arrested?
(a) In a couple of days. (a) While visiting Sally Tomato.
(b) A week from Saturday. (b) In Holly's apartment.
(c) In three weeks. (c) In the narrator's apartment.
(d) On the weekend. (d) On the street.
149. How much money does O'Shaughnessy give Holly as a 157. What does Holly instruct the narrator to do after she
wedding present? is arrested?
(a) One thousand dollars. (a) Send her apologies to José.
(b) Five hundred dollars. (b) Feed the cat.
(c) One hundred dollars. (c) Don't tell Doc about her arrest.
(d) Five thousand dollars. (d) Collect her mail.
150. What happens to the narrator in the taxi on the way 158. According to Joe Bell, how many years could Holly go
home from his day with Holly? to jail for?
(a) The narrator falls asleep. (a) Twenty years.
(b) The narrator sees Doc Golightly. (b) Two years.
(c) The narrator faints. (c) Five years.
(d) The narrator gets into a car accident. (d) Ten years.
151. What scandal does Holly become associated with? 159. Why is the narrator unable to get through to O.J.
(a) An embezzlement scandal. Berman the first time he calls him?
(b) A sex scandal. (a) O.J. is napping.
(c) A political scandal. (b) O.J. is having a massage.
(d) A narcotics scandal. (c) O.J. is busy with a client.
(d) O.J. doesn't want to talk to the narrator.
152. What is O'Shaughnessy known as in criminal circles?
(a) "The Fist."
(b) "Clown".
(c) "Scarface."
(d) "Father".
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160. Who sends bail money for Holly? 162. What is the narrator asked to give to Holly by the
(a) Rusty Trawler. person in Holly's apartment?
(b) O.J. Berman. (a) A letter.
(c) Sally Tomato's cronies. (b) A photograph.
(d) Doc Golightly. (c) A plane ticket.
(d) Some cash.
161. Who does the narrator find in Holly's apartment when
he goes to feed her cat?
(a) José.
(b) A childhood friend of Holly.
(c) Mae Wildwood.
(d) José's cousin.
1. What does Holly tell the narrator as they head out for the park?
Holly tells the narrator that José has bought the tickets for their departure
to Brazil, and that she will be leaving a week from Saturday.
2. How is Holly arrested?

Holly is arrested while helping the narrator during his bath. Madame
Spanella escorts the policemen into the narrator's apartment and, after a
struggle, the policemen take Holly away.
3. Why is someone waiting for the narrator at Holly's apartment?

José's cousin is there because he is packing up José's things.
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163. Where has Holly been since the arrest? 171. What does Holly ask the narrator to pick up from her
(a) In the hospital. apartment to take with her?
(b) In jail. (a) The St. Christopher medal.
(c) In her apartment. (b) Her favourite pair of shoes.
(d) In a hotel. (c) Her lucky penny.
(d) Her photographs.
164. How old does Holly look to the narrator after the
arrest? 172. What does Joe Bell hire to take Holly to the airport?
(a) Forty. (a) A Packard Clipper.
(b) Twelve. (b) A Carey Cadillac.
(c) Eighteen. (c) A Delahaye convertible.
(d) Sixty. (d) A luxury taxi.
165. What does Holly have to do before reading the letter 173. After Joe Bell throws flowers at Holly, what does he
from José? do?
(a) Put on makeup and jewellery. (a) Runs to the bathroom to vomit.
(b) Have some wine. (b) Takes a walk.
(c) Put on some reading glasses. (c) Apologizes and hugs Holly.
(d) Sit down. (d) Remains silent and picks up the flowers.
166. How does Holly describe José's penmanship? 174. What does Holly do with the cat before she leaves?
(a) Unforgiving and stern. (a) Holly takes the cat to a shelter.
(b) Neat and cold. (b) Holly sets the cat free in an alley.
(c) Sloppy and eligible. (c) Holly gives the cat to the narrator.
(d) Buttoned up and constipated. (d) Holly gives the cat to Joe Bell.
167. According to Holly, who is a King Kong-type rat? 175. How does Sally Tomato die?
(a) The narrator. (a) Sally has a heart attack.
(b) Rusty. (b) Sally is murdered in prison.
(c) O.J. Berman. (c) Sally dies of cancer.
(d) José. (d) Sally dies of pneumonia.
168. According to Holly, José is a citizen of where? 176. What is the name of the tenant who takes over
(a) Rat-zil. Holly's apartment?
(b) Brazil. (a) Quaintance Smith.
(c) Limboville. (b) Beatrice Smith.
(d) Nowhereland. (c) Constance Smith.
(d) Horace Smith.
169. Where does Holly plan to go after being released on
bail? 177. What does the new tenant have in common with
(a) Brazil. Holly?
(b) Mexico. (a) They both love Tiffany's.
(c) Europe. (b) They both entertained many gentlemen callers of a
(d) Texas. noisy nature.
170. What information does Holly ask the narrator to obtain (c) They both considered a career in Hollywood.
from The Times? (d) They both lived with a cat.
(a) Who the fifty richest men in Brazil are.
(b) Who the fifty richest men in Texas are.
(c) Who the fifty richest men in Mexico are.
(d) Who the fifty richest men in Europe are
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178. What news of the Trawlers does the narrator wish to 180. Where does the narrator find Holly's cat?
tell Holly? (a) Wandering around the alley where Holly left him.
(a) The Trawlers are divorcing. (b) Seated in a window of a warm-looking room.
(b) Rusty cheated on Mag. (c) Sleeping on the narrator's fire escape.
(c) The Trawlers have a child. (d) Meowing outside Holly's old apartment.
(d) Mag cheated on Rusty.
179. What season does the narrator receive a postcard from

Holly?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.
1. What do you think the makeup Holly puts on may symbolise?
It symbolises Holly’s constant attempts to “armour” or protect herself against emotions by assuming different, artificial
identities.
2. What reasons does José give for not marrying Holly?
José writes to Holly that he cannot marry her because his career and faith will not allow it. The scandal that Holly is involved
with is not the kind of thing that José wants to be associated with, and he feels he must put his own family first.
3. Why is Holly still going to Brazil?

Holly is still going to Brazil because she has a perfectly good plane ticket to use. Also, she does not want to testify against
Sally Tomato.
4. What seems to be the narrator’s feelings towards Holly at the novella’s ending?
He has maintained warm feelings towards her. For example, he keeps his promise to her and searches Spanish Harlem for
her cat. This sentiment demonstrates his continued affection for Holly even at her absence. And shows that the novella was
less about Holly than about how loving her transformed his own life.

1. What does Paul mean when, in the taxi scene, he tells Holly that she belongs to him?
He means that only his love for her is true freedom. As she becomes silent, the conclusion she arrives at
is that indeed she loves Paul and belongs to him, meaning that Holly needs to have Paul tell her that she
has been a fool to try to live according to her own rules, as women need men to help them figure
themselves out.
2. What happens to Cat in the film and what may that symbolise compared to the novella?
In the film they are reunited and thus finding the cat comes to signify Holly finding herself and her rightful place in Paul’s
arms, where she remains as the film ends. Unlikely, in the novella, Holly loses the cat forever. Her affection for the cat
indicated that while they were both “independents”, they shared home and a relationship. By rejecting the animal
completely, Holly indicates that she is again unwilling to accept a close relationship and to let something “belong” to her.
Holly’s abandonment of the cat repeats her own rejection at the hands of her parents, friends, and, most recently, José.
3. What other differences can you notice at the film’s ending, compared to the novella’s?
While in a taxi, Paul reads to Holly the letter from José explaining that he must end their relationship due to her arrest. When
Holly maintains her intention to run to Brazil anyway and look for the 50 richest Brazilian men, Paul confesses his love for
her. Paul also confronts Holly and tosses the Cracker Jack ring back at her. He goes looking for Cat, and Holly follows. She
locates the cat in an alley hiding between two crates and welcomes him back into her life. In the final scene, Holly wordlessly
embraces Paul, realizing that she no longer needs to be a 'wild child', facing life alone.
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Writing Assignments
1. Capote has said that Holly Golightly is his favourite character from his novels. Based on what has been
researched about Capote, why might he feel this way?
2. Why was Holly Golightly so popular then and why does it remain so to this day?
3. Names and naming are central concerns of the novel. Holly changes her name, her cat is
unnamed, and the reader never learns the narrator’s name. Moreover, many names in the
novella have special or symbolic meaning. Focusing on at least two characters, discuss the
significance of names and naming in the text. What do their names, or lack thereof, tell us
about characters, and about Capote’s own thoughts about personal identity and
belonging?
4. One of the most significant lines in the novel is O.J. Berman’s claim that Holly “isn’t a phony
because she’s a real phony … (she) believes all this crap she believes” (page 84). What does
Berman mean? Explore Berman’s claim by examining at least three examples of Holly’s
“phony” behaviour towards others and/ or herself within the text.
5. For Holly, the jewellery store “Tiffany’s” represents home and a sense of belonging. Yet, these are the
very things that Holly fears. Trace the motif of Tiffany’s as both “home” and “fear of home” throughout
the text, including an extended discussion of the novella’s title.
6. What attracts Holly and the narrator to one another? How are the two characters different, and how
are they similar? Compare and contrast Holly and the narrator with specific references to at least three
episodes that you feel illustrate the dynamic of their friendship.
7. In your opinion, does the narrator have sexual or romantic feelings for Holly? Why or why not?
8. Critic Paul Levine has argued that the major theme of Breakfast at Tiffany’ s is love. He writes:
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a love story – of a different nature. It is concerned with all forms of love: sexual,
homosexual, asexual, perhaps even spiritual.” Explore Levine’s claim by examining the different
expressions of love in the novella, paying particular attention to the relationship between the narrator
and Holly Golightly.
9. The film Breakfast at Tiffany’s is in some ways similar to the novella, and in
other ways, quite different. Discuss the ways in which the film departs from
the novella, and explain why you believe the producers would have
introduced changes. Explain which version you feel is stronger, and why
(Watch documentary film first – 5 min 11 sec).
10. Is it a happy ending for Holly? Why or why not?
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VOLUME II - ANEXOS

Anexo 1 – Área de Intervenção: Metas do Projeto Educativo ........................................ 4

Anexo 2 – Leitura Extensiva ......................................................................................... 6

2.1. Importância da Leitura Extensiva ....................................................................... 7

2.2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Obra de Leitura Extensiva ............................................... 8

Anexo 3 – O Uso de Filmes no Ensino de uma Língua Estrangeira ............................ 10

Anexo 4 – Extensive Reading Lessons: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Worksheets.................. 13

Anexo 5 – Extensive Reading Lessons: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Presentations .............. 43

Anexo 6 – Students’ Research Reports, Oral Presentations and Interactions ............... 64

Referências bibliográficas ........................................................................................... 87

Numa era essencialmente direcionada para as novas tecnologias e onde múltiplos

Extensive Reading means reading in quantity and in order to gain a general

2.2 Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Obra de Leitura Extensiva

9 - Interpret both part 5 from the book - Worksheet no 7. - Part BAT

US post World War II boom

A. Watch the documentary attentively and answer the questions below.

3. What were the Levittown communities?

4. What was the role of women in the 1950s?

5. How was motherhood embraced at that time?

6. How were babies born in the 50s collectively known?

7. How could families live a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs?

8. How did consumerism affect families in the 1950s?

It was because of the sexy way he moved on stage.

Truman Capote (1924-1984)

In his decline, Capote suffered from (7) alcohol and drug

2. How successful was his first novel?

5. How did Truman Capote live during his last days?

Part I: Summary for pages 3-10:

B. Answer the short essay questions.

2. How does Joe feel about Holly?

C. Answer the following question on the FILM sequence 1.

Part II: Summary for pages 10-13:

3. Describe Holly Golightly based on the narrator's description.

4. Why is Mr. Arbuck angry at Holly when he takes her home?

C. Answer the following question on the FILM sequence 2.

Part III: Summary for pages 13-25:

B. Answer the short essay questions.

3. How does the narrator react to her Thursday visits?

C. Answer the following questions on the FILM sequence 3.

2. What does Holly refer to when she mentions Tiffany’s?

4. How does it appear Holly makes her money?

Part IV: Summary for pages 25-42:

2. Describe Holly's apartment.

4. Why is Mag hesitant to marry José?

C. Answer the following questions on the FILM sequence 4.

3. Describe the characters at the party scene:

4. Where is Holly when the police arrive? How do Paul

Part V: Summary for pages 42-49:

2. Describe Holly's bedroom.

3. How do Holly and the narrator celebrate his good news?

3. What seems to reveal the content of the song?

Part VI: Summary for pages 49-56:

107. What movie brought Holly to tears?

B. Answer the short essay questions.

3. Why do Holly and

Part VII: Summary for pages 56-64:

B. Answer the short essay questions.

2. Describe Doc Golightly.

3. How do Doc and Holly meet?

4. How does Holly react to the narrator calling her "Lulamae"?

5. How does Holly react to seeing Doc instead of Fred?

C. Answer the following questions on the FILM sequence 6.

Part VIII: Summary for pages 64-75: