Gatsby quotes Flashcards
Gatsby’s naivety, optimism and delusion”
“Can’t repeat the past? why of course you can!”
romantic modernism, dears, Gatsby’s wealth, inequality between men and women
“Men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars”
selfishness of upper class, destruction of wealth
“they were careless people Tom and Daisy”
struggles of women, women had the right to vote but people disliked this, Daisy feels unfulfilled with her life
“I hope she’ll be a fool, that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”
Gatsby’s loss of control which contrasts his carefully constructed persona, clocks are symbols of Gatsby’s time, foreshadows that his Time is running out
“he was running down like an overworked clock”
Nicks final analysis of Gatsby is that he believed in a future he could never attain
“Gatsby believed in the green light”
hints at Nick not being a reliable narrator, if someone has to claim their honesty it suggests they do things that are not trustworthy
“I am one of the few honest people I have ever known”
Gatsby ties Daisy’s voice to wealth and money, this ties Gatsby and his love for Daisy to his pursuit of wealth and status, Daisy’s voice is a direct link to the idea that money is attractive
“her voice is full of money”
Tom is both violent and unwilling to be open about his marriage, the injury foreshadows Myrtles death
“Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”
her death is portrayed in an overtly sexual way, echoing Nicks portrayal of her as a women and a mistress, nothing more, even in death she is objectified
“her left breast swinging loose…the mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners”
Nick who is “inclined to reserve all judgements” finally makes a strong judgement here , calling Daisy, Tom and all the upper class morally rotten
“your worth the whole dam bunch put together”
Gatsby has built up such an image of Daisy in his mind, one she cannot live up to. there was never a chance she could live up to his ludicrously high expectations, it shows how romantic but naive Gatsby is
“not through fault of her own, but because of the colossal vitality of his allusion”
Daisy to Gatsby, daisy begins to realise the pressure Gatsby is putting on her and perceives his attempts to restore the past, also displays that Gatsby’s dreams go beyond daisy to more material wealth
“I love you now isn’t that enough!?”
all the gaudy parties were for daisy, to get her attention is his only wish
“he half expected her to wander into one of his parties one night”
daisy has no sense of fertility or life, gatsby’s dead dream
“[her voice] was a deathless song”
