Old Money, New Money, No Money Flashcards
Nick’s memory of his father’s advice
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Gatsby and Nick describe Daisy’s voice
“Her voice is full of money,”
Final description of Daisy and Tom
‘They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…’
Mr Nobody (description of Gatsby)
Mr Nobody from Nowhere
Living in West Egg
I lived at West Egg, the - well, ‘the less fashionable of the two.’
Myrtle’s apartment
The living room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestry furniture entirely too large for it.
Gatsby’s party
The bar is in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the gardens outside.
The Buchanan’s House
a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay
Gatsby’s House
a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool
Myrtle’s House
‘a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the wasteland’
Nick’s House
a ‘small’, ‘overlooked’ ‘eyesore’
