AO5 Flashcards
Give a critical quote about Nick thoughts on Gatsby
“Nick wants to portray Gatsby as great and to ignore anything that may undermine that image” -Charlie Stocks
Give a critical quote about Daisy
“Daisy is vulgar and inhuman” - Alfred Kazi
Give two tragic critical quotes about Gatsby by the same critic
“However rich he became, he would never be able to afford her” - Sarah Churchwell
“Although Gatsby can make money, he can’t make destiny” - Sarah Churchwell
Give a critical quote about nick as the narrator
“An unreliable narrator… makes for a stronger demand on the reader’s power of inference” - Thomas Boyle
Give a critical quote about Gatsby’ life ambition
“He spends his life trying to find a happy ending” - Sarah Churchwell