Materialistic love Flashcards
they had spent a year in France, for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there restfully wherever people played polo and were rich together
chapter one
our introduction to Tom and Daisy immediately describes them as rich, bored and privileged. Toms restlessness is likley one motivator for his affairs, while daisy is weighed down by the knowledge of those affairs. This combination of restlessness and resentment puts them on the path to tragedy at the end
he borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in
myrtle chapter 2
shows how myrtle is only with Tom for materialistic reasons and resents George for his lack of money
always arrived with four girls… with melodious names of flowers…or of the great American capitalists
-chapter 4 Nick
American capitalist=old money and wealth which means they can have affairs/fleeting love without any consequences
a day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
chapter 4 Jordan
daisy chose a commitment to Tom and materialistic items over Gatsby effectively crushing any chance they had of a relationship
similar to la belle de sans merci where the knight gives the woman gifts which are circular symbolling entrapment =control
He wants her to see his house
Jordan chapter 4
Shows how for Gatsby Daisy is just a symbol of old money that he wants to acquire
flaunts his money in hopes Daisy will respect him more for it
