Sentence 6

"It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle."

Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's and three stories. 2nd Vintage International ed. New York: Vintage Books, 2012. Print.

Commentary:

In this sentence, Capote provides heavy imagery on the eyes of Miss Holly Golightly. With the words "shattered prisms," the reader envisions shards of fragmented crystal structures. Following that, the shards are revealed to be multicolored with blue, gray, and green and are compared to "broken bits of sparkle" through simile. The "bits of sparkle" creates an image of something that twinkles in the light such as glitter or pixie dust. This sentence produces a crystal clear depiction of Miss Golightly's eyes.

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