The Great Gatsby- Chapter 1 Flashcards
Nick Carraway
-Introduction to character
-Vulnerability
“In my younger and more vulnerable years”
Location
-Both are wealthy areas, but one is still superior
-Nick and Gatsby
“I lived at West Egg, the- well the less fashionable of the two”
Tom Buchanan
-Intimidating nature
-Power
-Negative connotations
“Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face”
Tom Buchanan
-caution- hiding secrets
-guilty conscience (blinking)
-extravagance
“his eyes flashing about restlessly”
Tom Buchanan
-Controlling & dominating
-Assertion
“Turning me around by one arm…he turned me around again”
Fortune & use of colour
-Can afford luxury
-Purity of Daisy’s character
“The windows were ajar and gleaming white”
Fortune & use of colour
-Tiers and extravagance
-Contrasts the Valley of Ashes
-White associated with wealth
“the frosted wedding-cake of a ceiling”
Daisy and Jordan
-wearing white
-purity and wealth
“both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering”
Daisy & Jordan
-Metaphor
-Lack of dominance
-Light & carefree nature- weighed down
“ballooned slowly to the floor”
Daisy Buchanan
-non-fluency feature
-juxtaposition
-stuck & motionless
-full of energy & carefree
“I’m p-paralysed with happiness”
Daisy & Nick
-hyperbole
-superficiality & playfulness
“Do they miss me?”
“The whole town is desolate”
Daisy’s daughter- Pammy
-A motif
-Represents challenges & difficulties in the relationship
“She’s asleep. She’s three years old”
Nick and Tom- Business
-dismissal
-deems not worthy of his respect
-social hierarchy established
“ ‘I’m a bond man’…’never heard of them’ he remarked decisively”
Jordan Baker- Social hierarchy
-Rich not acknowledging working class
-taking work for granted
-dehumanisation
“ ‘No thanks,’ said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry”
