Great Gatsby: Damaged Relationships Flashcards
Following the phone call from Myrtle which disrupts the dinner
Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at the table
C1, P12
Description of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.
C2, P16
Wilson ghost quote
Myrtle smiled slowly, and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost, shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye.
C2, P18
Fights at the party
Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands. Even Jordan’s party, the quartet from East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension
C3, P34
Wilson talking about Myrtle being locked up
“I’ve got my wife locked up there” explained Wilson calmly. “She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow, and then we’re moving away.
C7, P87
Tom and Daisy - careless description
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
C9, P114