Great Gatsby: Quotations linking to American History Flashcards
1
Q
New world
A
As the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes - a fresh, green breast of the new world
C9, P115
2
Q
Ashen, fantastic figures
A
A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about … like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding towards him through the amorphous trees
C8, P103
3
Q
God sees everything
A
Michaelis saw with a shock that he [Wilson] was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night. “God sees everything” repeated Wilson
C8, P102
