Gender Flashcards
Daisy’s hope for her daughter
“And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Gastby’s smile
He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. 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 life.
Nick about Jordan
She wasn’t able to endure being at a disadvantage.
First description of Tom
Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the power of that body.
The garden at Gatsby’s party
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
The shape of Daisy’s life
She wanted her life shaped now of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality.
Dishonest women
Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.
First sighting of Daisy and Jordan
That was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.
Superficial features of hedonism
Gaudy with primary colours and hair bobbed in strange new ways.
Daisy’s as a siren at the start and end of the novel
Start: A singing compulsion
End: A deathless song
