Gatsby Quotes

Question 1

Memerised Critical Essay Introduction

Answer 1

• “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott. Fitzgerald is considered by many to be one of the great literary works of the twentieth century
• The novel centres around the eponymous Jay Gatsby and his desire for wealth and social status

Question 2

Critical Essay Introduction Question

Answer 2

• Reference Question

- Highlight areas you will discuss in further detail

Question 3

Critical Essay Paragraph Structure

Answer 3

• Point, Make a point
• Evidence, Give backing to quote, quote
• Explain, explain quote and connotations
• Link, link back to question in detail

Question 4

What does the Symbolism of the Green Light show

Answer 4

The Symbolism of the Green Light: The green light represents Gatsby’s eternal gift for hope, this same gift leads to his downfall, his inability to let go of his hope of gaining Daisy

Question 5

It was one of those

Answer 5

“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in a life.”

Question 6

Absolutely real-

Answer 6

“Absolutely real-have pages and everything, I thought they’d be made of a nice durable cardboard”

Question 7

What I called up about

Answer 7

“What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there. I wonder if it’d be too much trouble to have the butler send them on.”

Question 8

I’m glad

Answer 8

“I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool, that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

Question 9

You resemble

Answer 9

“You resemble the advertisement of a man”

Question 10

Her voice

Answer 10

“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…

Question 11

They’re such

Answer 11

“They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before”

Question 12

An Oxford

Answer 12

“An oxford man!” He was incredulous “Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit.”

Question 13

Gatsby, who represents

Answer 13

“Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”

Question 14

I suppose the

Answer 14

“I suppose the latest thing is to back and let Mr Nobody from nowhere make love to your life”

Question 15

Can’t repeat

Answer 15

“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can”

Question 16

They’re a rotten

Answer 16

“They’re a rotten crowd” I shouted across the lawn “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”