Great Gatsby Theme Quotes Flashcards
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy
they smashed up things and then retreated back to their money.
Class
I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.
Sophisticated - God, I’m sophisticated.
As my father snobbishly suggested
And I snobbishly repeat
A sense of fundamental decencies
is parcelled out unequally at birth.
American Dream
He stretched his arms toward
a single green light, minute and far away.
Anything can happen now that
we’ve slid over this bridge.
Even Gatsby
could happen.
But (TJ Eckleburg’s) eyes brood on
over the solemn dumping ground (of the Valley of Ashes)
Degradation of Society
This is a Valley of Ashes, a fantastic farm where
ashes grow like ridges and hills all grotesque gardens.
Of men who move dimly
and already crumbling through the powdery air.
The passengers can stare at
the dismal scene for as long as half an hour.
Wilson’s glazed eyes turned
out to the ash heaps.
