Chapter 3 Flashcards
Men and girls
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering sand the champagne and the stars”
Yellow big
“While his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug”
Women
“Women who never knew each other’s names”
Yellow cocktail music
“The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music”
Invited
“I believed that on the first night I went to Gatsby a house I was once of the few guests who had actually been invited”
Majestic hand
“Signed Jay Gatsby, in a majestic hand”
Killed a man
“Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once”
Owl-eyed
“Enormous owl-eyed spectacles”
Brick
“If one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse”
Finger bowls
“Champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger-bowls”
France
“We talked for a moment about some west, grey little villages in France”
Gatsbys common phrase
“Old sport”
Chicago
“Chicago was calling him on the wire”
Privacy
“At small parties there isn’t any privacy”
Tanned skin
“His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day”
