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| Question | Answer |
| Gatsby Key Quotes | “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments" |
| Gatsby's hope: “it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness” | “Gatsby turned out alright in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men” |
| Daisy: “both in white...their dresses were rippling and fluttering...an absurd charming little laugh” | “that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” |
| Gatsby mysterious:“he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way ... | I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock” |
| valley of ashes the poor in society desolate area of land...ashes grow like wheat...ash-grey men ... grey cars... ghastly creek...” | TJ ECKLEBERG “The eyes of Dr T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic... But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground” |
| Myrtle can be bought: *purchase of dog - spontaneous and ill considered; consider subsequent treatment *description of apartment - “crowded...too large for it... over-enlarged...” | “With the influence of her dress her personality had also undergone a change”-Myrtle trying to appear 'old money' this is similar to Gatsby |
| “Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” | theme: dreams and reality colour blue “blue gardens men and women came and went like moths” “sea-change of faces” |
| Gatsby isolation. “A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host” | Gatsby attention to detail What thoroughness! What realism!” /he's a regular Belasco.' *Gatsby gives a false account of himself - wealthy mid Western family; educated at Oxford; well travelled; war hero. Even has props to support his story. |
| weather: *weather - “day agreed upon was pouring with rain” (melancholic, ominous mood) | “exhilarating ripple of her voice was like a tonic in the rain” “When he realised what I was talking about, that there were twinkle bells of sunshine in the room, he smiled like a weather man” |
| time:“a defunct mantelpiece clock ... the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously ... he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place” | “five years of unwavering devotion” “’Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’” |
| recklessness of the rich | They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money, or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made” |
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