the great gatsby

Question 1

What did critic Claire Stocks say about Nick?

Answer 1

“Nick wants to portray Gatsby as ‘great’ and to ignore or edit anything that might undermine that image”

Question 1

What did critic Thomas Flanagan say about Gatsby’s life?

Answer 1

“Gatsby lives in the world of romantic energies and colors”

Question 2

What did critic Thomas Flanagan say about Gatsby’s mysterious nature?

Answer 2

“Gatsby is somewhat vague. The reader’s eyes can never quite focus upon him, his outlines are dim”

Question 3

What did critic Marius Bewley say about Daisy?

Answer 3

an emptiness that we see curdling into the viciousness of of a monstrous moral indifference as the story unfolds’

Question 4

What did critic Christine Ramos say about Tom?

Answer 4

Tom has reduced whole people to ashes without any thought of consequences”