Holly

I had never read Breakfast at Tiffany's before, and I was completely captivated by the character of Holly Golightly. On one hand, she leads this tawdry, almost enviably glamorous life where she is admired by many men, never works, is escorted by millionaires, appears completely independent, and dresses elegantly. On the other hand, she lives in a small apartment and is sometimes trapped by the very extravagance of the life that she lives. She has a very difficult past, she is poor, and she has to put up with these men who are, in some ways, her living.
Holly's personality is only emphasized by New York City. She embodies the many sides of the city, being an outsider, but one who has adapted to fit in, as much at place as any native. She is beautiful but tough, kind but crooked. She is a study in contradiction, but at the end of the day there is this elusive, ephemeral quality of one who can never be caught, the quality that we love about the moving, changing city, that we also love about her.