Great Gatsby Critic Quotes Flashcards
What Does Tony Tanner say that cars ‘conspire’ to do?
‘they conspire not only to kill people but the land itself’
What does Tony Tanner say about the placement of the garage?
‘Fitzgerald places the garage…at the heart of the valley of ashes its producing’
Daniel Boorstin on America and its dream
‘If America was also the land of dreams-come-true, that was so because generations suffered to discover that the dream was here to be reached for and not to be lived in’
Tony Tanner says the American dream is ‘not an index of ___ but a _____ of ______’
‘not an index of aspiration but a function of deprivation’
Tony Tanner about dreams ‘you can only _____________’
‘you can only wish on the star you can’t reach’
Kathleen Parkinson on what Fitzgerald does instead of defining how Gatsby accumulated his wealth
‘Fitzgerald never defines exactly how Gatsby accumulated such a fabulous fortune: instead he puts the emphasis on his emotional state, because his wealth has no reality for him apart from Daisy’s approval’
What does Barbara Will say about Gatsby and his changing significance ?
‘With his ‘unutterable visions’ that lead to ‘unutterable depression’ and ultimately ‘incoherent failure’, Gatsby is constantly vanishing on the horizon of significance’
