chapter 2 Flashcards
how is the valley of ashes described
“a certain desolate area of land”
“a fantastic farm, where ashes grow like wheat… into grotesque gardens where ash grey men who move dimly and already crumbling”
“the grey land had spasms of bleak dust”
how is Mr Wilson described
“he was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome […] a damp gleam of hope sprang into his eyes
how is mrs wilson described
she was in the middle thirties […] she carried flesh sensuously as women can
what shows mrs wilson is attracted to tom and is ignoring her husband
“there was an immediatly perceptable vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering” “walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”
what shows tom trying to be discreet about the affiar
“mrs wilson sat discreetly in another car. tom deffered that much to the sensibilities of those east eggers who might be on the train”
what did myrtle buy
“at the news satnd she bought a copy of the town tattle and a moving picture magazine, and in the station drug-store some cold cream and a small flask of perfume” “ i want to get one of those dogs”
how is new york described
“warm and soft, almost pastoral on a summer sunday afternoon”
how the apartments described in new york
“the cab stopped at one slice in along white cake of appartment houses”
what does mrs wilsons new outfit look like
"”cream coloured chiffon[…] with the influence of the dress […] the intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur
how do mrs wilsons manorisms progress
“her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment, and a sshe expanded the room grew smaller around her, until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy creaking pivot”
how does mrs wilson talk about her husband
“i thought i knew something about breeding but he wasnt fit to lick my shoe” “he borrowed somebodys best suit to get married in and never even told me about it”
how does nick talk about the argument
“i became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, to my chair”
how does nick feel about the situation
“i was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustable variety of life”
how did tom hit Myrtle
“making a short deft movement Tom Buchanon broke her nose with his opened hand”
