AO1: The Great Gatsby Flashcards

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How is Myrtle’s furniture described?

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“furniture entirely too large”

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How is Daisy described?

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“golden girls”

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How is human condition described (last line)?

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“so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”

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How does Nick describe Tom and daisy?

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“They were careless people Tom and Daisy”

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How does Gatsby’s description symbolize wealth and feminine attributes?

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“Silver idols”

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How is Daisy’s and Jordan’s innocence and purity described?

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“White girlhood”

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What statement reflects daisy’s privileged social class statement + easy mobility lifestyle?

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“I’ve been everywhere, and seen everything, and done everything… God, I’m sophisticated!”

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How does Gatsby try to convince him and Nick that he could recapture Daisy?

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“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”

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What are Daisy’s desires for her daughter to be frivolous, charming and dainty. She doesn’t want her to be a strong independent woman because life is always hard for those girls?

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“Beautiful little fool”

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How is Nick’s anger towards Jordan’s arranged marriage a reflection of Gatsby and Daisy’s half-love - he is the lover, and she is the object of his love?

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“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away”

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How does Jordan justify the illusion of the wealthy class?
Small parties = one-dimensional personalities are laid bare
Large parties = accommodate masquerade bypassing the naked truth.

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” I like big parties, they’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy”

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What quote describes Gatsby’s character and his TRUE personality?

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“One of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it”

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What is the oxymoron used to contrast Gatsby’s parties?

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“Blue gardens” [men and girls came and went like moths]

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Which quote refers to the inevitable passage of time, and that he is gloomily envisaging the end of life that awaits them all?

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“So we drive on towards death through the cooling twilight”

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How does daisy reveal her love for Gatsby?

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“You always look so cool”

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16
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What does Gatsby believe in?

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“Gatsby believed in the green light”

17
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How does Gatsby acknowledge that to have Daisy, you must have money?

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“her voice is full of money”

18
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What quote shows Nick’s tolerance of Jordan’s dishonesty foreshadows his later acceptance of his cousin Daisy’s even more devastating deception?

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‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply”

19
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How is Nick’s unreliable narration and pretentious nature shown?

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

20
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How does Nick mention his shifting feelings towards Jordan throughout the novel?

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“I wasn’t actually in love but I had a sort of tender curiosity”

21
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Which quote is meant to shows irony skewing the extent to which wealth and prosperity breed unforgivable behavior?

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“Just remember people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had”

22
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How does Nick show his disgust towards the upper class?

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“You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”

23
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How does Nick show D+T carelessness?

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“retreated back to their money”

24
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How does Myrtle justify her affair with Tom?

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“You can’t live forever”

25
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How does Fitzgerald’s harsh diction characterize Tom and his personality?

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“Two shining arrogant eyes has established dominance over his face”

26
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How is George Wilson described?

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“A spiritless man”

27
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How is Tom’s violence presented, not as a sudden impulsive outburst, but as a considered, and physically adroit, act of discipline?

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“Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”

28
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How is Myrtle described as superior to George?

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“Walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”

29
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How do the oranges represent the emptiness and the lack of a substantial foundation in the lives of the rich?

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“Pulpless halves”

30
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How are Gatsby’s parties described?

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“men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars”

31
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How is Gatsbys realization of the past described?

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“Having something in the present is never as good as your past self imagined it would be”

32
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How does Fitzgerald suggests Gatsby is a great consumer of expensive items?

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“Marble swimming pool”

33
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How is the toll of poverty had on George?

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“he was one of those worn out men”

34
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How are the UC described ?

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“Secret society”

35
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What does Nick tell Gatsby that he can’t do?

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“You can’t repeat the past “

36
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What insult that seems to destroy Gatsby in Daisy’s eyes does Tom use?

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“Mr Nobody from Nowhere”

37
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How does Tom describe George Wilson?

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“He’s so dumb he doesn’t he’s alive”

38
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What does Daisy want her daughter to become?

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“Beautiful little fool”