As a whole, the film translates some of the material from the book elegantly and word for word some scenes are perfect. Like any film that is made from a book, the two should be judged by themselves as separate entities. On it’s own Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a wonderful film that has stood the the test of time and remains a classic 

While Watching :

A. Student Volunteer : Watch the next section and describe as fully as possible what happens to the rest of the class (who will not be watching). Afterwards, they will be asked comprehension questions about what you have seen.

1. How does Holly react when Paul interrupts her in the library ?
2. What is she reading ?
3. What are her plans now?
4. How does Paul react?
5. Why does Paul give Holly a $50 cheque ?

After Watching :

What do you think will happen next ?

Read the following section from the book and fill in the missing nouns from the list below:

When he was out of ____ (I'd developed hostile _____ towards him, and seldom used his name) we spent entire _______together during which we exchanged less than a hundred _____. Once, we walked all the way to Chinatown, ate a chow-mein supper, bought some paper lanterns, and stole a ____of joss sticks, then moseyed across the Brooklyn Bridge, and on the bridge, as we watched seaward-moving _____ pass between the ____ of burning ____, she said: 'Years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian _____. Because yes, they must see this, these ____, the river - I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a _____, something anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.' And I said : 'Do shut up,' for I felt infuriatingly left out.