Gatsby Quotes REAL Flashcards
“bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them” shows contrast is thinly veiled, always there
“I’d like to know who he is and what he does…And I think I’ll make a point of finding out.” Tom immediately distrusts Gatsby - views him as inferior and assumes a fraud
“I’m right across from you.” Tom replies dismissively,
“So you are.” Shows G’s constant need to seem equal, also Tom is showing off despite knowing G has massive house too, he believes G should be impressed
“She had said that she loved him and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy” T views G as a challenge, he isn’t sad/angry, just calculating. Views Daisy as a prize to be won back
“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.” focus on G’s lack of class rather than his affair, also exposes his true fear
“She never loved you, do you hear?” he cried. “She only married you
because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me.” shows G’s refined narrative for the dream - he has had 5 years to mull it over and justify it
“an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anyone would have said that they were conspiring together.” natural suggests G was fighting against the natural order of things, also conspiring hints that T+D orchestrated G’s death
“What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stopped his car.” T focusses on the fraud before the supposed murder, shows where his true grievances lie. Or, it could show that he knows G did not kill M and is trying to cover that up as an after thought
