Chapter 1 Flashcards
‘…gift for hope,
‘it was an extraordinary gift for hope’
‘what foul dust floated in…’
‘what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams’
‘It was an…’ (Gatsby’s house)
‘It was an imitation’ (Gatsby’s house)
‘Spanking new under…’
‘Spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy’ (Gatsby’s house)
‘Hard mouth and…’
‘Hard mouth and supercilious manner.’
‘Two shining arrogant eyes…’
‘Two shining arrogant eyes…leaning aggressively forward.
‘It was a body capable of…-…’
‘It was a body capable of enormous leveraqe - a cruel body.’
‘Windows reflecting…’
‘bright …-coloured space’ ‘gleaming…’
‘Windows reflecting gold’
‘bright rose-coloured space’ ‘gleaming white’
‘Wine coloured rug making a shadow…’
‘Wine coloured rug, making a shadow on it as wid does on the sea’
‘They were both in…’
‘They were both in white.
‘Low, … voice’
‘Low, thrilling voice’
“There was excitement in her voice…’
“There was excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget’
‘Wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine…’
‘Wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room’
‘She snapped them out…’
‘She snapped them (candles) out with her fingers.’
‘It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or…’
‘It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things’
‘her voice compelled…’
‘her voice compelled me forward breathlessly’
‘And I hope she’ll be a fool…’
‘And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’
‘Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way…’
‘Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn’
‘She looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted
her…’
‘She looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted
her membership in a rather distinquished secret society to which she and Tom belonged’
‘Stood side by side in…’
‘Stood side by side in a cheerful square of light.’
‘Standing with his hands in his pockets…’
‘Standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars’
‘he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…’
‘he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was
from him I could have sworn he was trembling.’
‘a single green light…’
‘a single green light, minute and far away’
