Key Quotations - Nick

Question 1

Showing he’s judgemental, privileged and thoughtful

Answer 1

‘I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known

Question 2

Nick acknowledging his privilege

Answer 2

‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had

Question 3

Nick to Gatsby after Myrtle’s death

Answer 3

‘They’re a rotten crowd… You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together’

Question 4

Opinion on Tom and Daisy by the end

Answer 4

‘They were careless people, Tom and Daisy, they smash up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made’

Question 5

Switching gender roles with Jordan

Answer 5

‘Again a sort of apology arose to my lips’

Question 6

Feelings towards Jordan

Answer 6

‘I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity’

Question 7

Attitudes towards the Valley of Ashes

Answer 7

‘When I passed the Ashheaps on the train that morning I had crossed deliberately to the other side of the car’

Question 8

Ending relationship with Jordan

Answer 8

‘Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.’