Quotes Flashcards
“a sense of fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth”
Nick
Chapter 1
Class
Poems: Belle, Whoso, Maid
“extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness”
Nick - about Gatsby
Chapter 1
Idealistic
Poem: sonnet 116
“their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and class”
About East and West Egg
Chapter 1
Class
Poem: Bell, Whoso, Maid
“Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch”
Nick - Tom’s characterisation
Masculinity, arrogance
Possessive
“His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor”, “her low, thrilling voice”, “her voice glowing and singing”, “an excitement in her voice that men… found difficult to forget”
Tom and Daisy’s voices
Chapter 1
Common use of voices for characterisation
Female power
Male dominance
“Tom’s got some woman in New York” “She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time”
Jordan on affair
Chapter 1
Infidelity
Myrtle constantly being between them or there
Class
Sexuality
“I hope she’ll be a fool…a beautiful little fool”
Daisy - on daughter
Chapter 1
Quote from Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda
Female power and oppression
“he stretched out his arms towards the dark water…I distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away”
Nick - first sight of Gatsby
Chapter 1
Unattainable love
Idealised
Supernatural depiction of Gatsby
“valley of ashes”
TS Elliot poem
Chapter 2
Consequences of industrial movement
Class
First meet Myrtle - locations reflect characters
“the eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg”
Religious figure
Chapter 2
“He was a blond, spiritless man”
George Wilson
Chapter 2
La Belle men
Class
“the thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light”, “walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”
Myrtle’s introduction
Chapter 2
Female power
Sexuality
Class
“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!”
A three person relationship
Chapter 2
Physical
Loud
Passion
“Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once”, “he was a German spy during the war”
Building anticipation over Gatsby
Chapter 3
Illusion
Duality
“old sport”
Gatsby’s attempt at higher class status
Chapter 3
Class
Illusion
“rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance”
Gatsby
Chapter 3
Godlike presentation
“It takes two to make an accident”
Jordan - Foreshadowing
Chapter 3
Tragic love