CHAPTER 6 Flashcards

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“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot”

A

Gatsby never truly knows what he needs to feel fulfilled, conflict with who he wants to be and who he needs to be

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2
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“I had reached the point of believing everything and nothing about him”

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Unreliable narrator
Cynical but still protecting Gatsby

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3
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“But what had amused me then tuned sceptic on the air now”

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disconnect, uncertainty

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4
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“Cant repeat the past… why of course you can”

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Beginning of the end for Gatsby, presents him as an ignorant and naïve construct

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5
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"”But they made no sound, and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever”

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Hopes and desires, and experiencing love, especially with Gatsby

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