Chapter 5 Flashcards
Blazing
“Two o’clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light”
Summer
“I haven’t made use of it all summer”
Work
“I’m much obliged but I couldn’t take on any more work”
Gatsby
“Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-coloured tie, hurried in. He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes”
Watch
“He looked at his watch”
Voice
“The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain”
Puddle of water
“Gatsby, pale as death, with hands plunged like wights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes”
Clock
“A defunct mantelpiece clock”
Trembling fingers
“Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers, and set it back in place”
November
“Five years next November”
Glowed
“He literally glowed ; without a word or gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room”
Colossal vitality
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion”
Deathless song
“I think that voice held him most, with it fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn’t be over-dreamed - that voice was a deathless song”
