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’… it had ‘a quality of eternal reassurance in it’
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…’
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’
