chapter 6 Flashcards
Gatsbys parents
“his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people- his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all”
how gatsby viewed the yacht
“the yacht represented all the beaty and glamour in the world”
Gtasby persuing wealth on his own
“he could climb to it, if he climed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder”
Gatsby dream is limited by Daisy
“he knew thta when he kissed the girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God”
gatsby and daisy kiss
“then he kissed her. At his lips touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete”