Illusion Flashcards
nick being “non judgemental”
I’m inclined to reserve all judgement
daisy on her daughters illusion
that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world… a beautiful little fool
daisy’s vocal “Trick”
daisy’s murmer was only to make people lean towards her
myrtle’s apartment described
the living room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it
tom breaking myrtles percieved illusion of status
tom buchanan broke her nose
illusion of gatsby’s parties
men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars
the artificial light of gatsby’s party
light glows brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun
gatsby’s library
absolutely real- have pages and everything…knew when to stop too didn’t cut the pages
gatsby’s fake past
i lived like a young rajah…collecting jewels, chiefly rubies
jay gatz’s creation
sprang from his platonic conception of himself
shattered illusion of gatsby’s party
what had amused me then turned septic in the air now
gatsby’s illusory ladder
gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalk really formed a ladder
the false happiness of daisy’s past
daisy was young and her artificial world was a redolent of orchids and pleasent, cheerful snobbery… summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes
gatsby and the green light
gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us
