Breakfast at Tiffany's Isolation Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 Like many people with a bold fondness for volunteering personal information, anything that suggested a direct question, a pinning-down, put her on guard (3.23). |
Holly's unwillingness to answer direct questions reflects her active move to isolate herself from other people. This way she's always in control.
| Quote #2 Her cheek came to rest against my shoulder, a warm damp weight. "Why are you crying?" She sprang back, sat up. "Oh, for God's sake," she said, starting for the window and the fire escape, "I hate snoops" (3.58). |
There's a brief moment when Holly lets down her guard and invites someone in, but as soon as the narrator presses her she goes back to isolating herself.
| Quote #3 "We sort of just took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other: he's an independent and, so am I" (4.52). |
Holly won't even allow herself to form ties with a cat. She remains completely isolated from anything that could represent personal attachment.
