Chap 7 Flashcards
Why he fired all his servants
“I wanted somebody who wouldn’t gossip. Daisy comes over quite often”
Daisy’s affair with G
“Age he left the room again she … kissed him on the mouth”
“You know I love you”
Hot tension
“It’s so hot”
Tom realisation
“He was Astounded”
Moon imagery
“Silver curve of the moon”
Daisy’s voice / why G wants her
“Her voice is full of money”
“Inexhaustible charm”
Reminder of Gs corruption/ tom passive aggressive / Tom in control
“You can buy anything at a frug store nowadays”
Dust imagery
“Dusty spot”
“Flurry of dust”
Myrtle jealous / sets up her death
“Jealous terror… Jordan barker, whom she took to be his wife”
Tom realising he is losing his wife and mistress
“His wife and mistress until an hour age secure … were slipping precipitately from his control”
Tom hypocrite
“Sit back and let me nobody from nowhere make love to your wife”
Gatsby denying past
“Your wife doesn’t love you… she’s never loved you. She loves me”
“She only married you because I was poor”
“Going on for 5 years and you didn’t know”
Tom doesn’t care / reality / shows impossible dream
“Oh - that’s all”
“I can’t speak about what happened 5 yeRs ago, because I didn’t know daisy then”
What G wants daisy to do
“Just tell him the truth- that you never loved him - and it’s all wiped out forever”
Erase past
G wants perfection but can not attain / dream has gone / daisy isn’t his dream anymore
“Oh you want too much!”
“I did love him once -but I loved you too”
