chapter 1 Flashcards
Nicks view on judgment
“i’m inclined to reserve all judgements” “reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope”
How does nick describe Gatsbys hope
“extraordinary gift for hope”
How does nick describe gatsbys longing for daisy
“it is what preyed on gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams”
how does nick describe his return from war
“i felt that i wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever”
how is the contrast between east and west egg described
“i lived at West egg, the- well the lesss fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizzare and not a little sinister contrast between them”
how is gatsbys mansion described
“a collossal affair by any standard” “a factual imitation of some hotel de ville”
how are the house of easte gg described
“the white palaces of fashionable east egg glittered along the water”
how is the buchanons house described
“a cheerful red and white colonial mansion”
how is toms body described
“it was a body capable of enormous leverage- a cruel body”
what suggests Daisy has an unfulfilling life
“i always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it” “what’ll we plan? she turned helplessly to me: what do people plan?”
what does daisy hope fo her daughter
“im glad its a girl. and i hope shell be a fool- thats the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful, little, fool
how is gatsby described to be stretching out his arms
“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” “I distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the ned of a dock”
