Time Flashcards
What is a quote that exhibits that Gatsby is living in the past than the present?
“Can’t repeat the past?… why of course you can!”
What quote reflects on the dangers of living in the past?
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
What quote shows one of the attempts of Gatsby trying to bridge the gap of time and distance?
“Gatsby brought that house so Daisy would just be across the bay.”
What quote shows that with recapturing time, Gatsby is also trying to recapture love?
“He wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.”
“I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before, she’ll see.”
Symbolization of Gatsby’s desire to stop or control time as he attempts to relive the past?
“The clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place.”
Distortion of time in Gatsby’s mind as his reality doesn’t allign with his expectations.
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.”
