Class and wealth Flashcards
Description of the road in the valley of ashes
“the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land”
Metaphor used to describe the valley of ashes
“a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens”
Description of the men in the valley of ashes
“of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air”
Description of the people on the train
“the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour”
Nick and Gatsby’s realisation about Daisy’s voice
“‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly.
That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money- that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it… High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…”
Gatsby’s recollection of his memories with Daisy
“Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.”
Nick’s reflection on Tom and Daisy
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
