West Egg Flashcards
Both eggs, distance from city
“Twenty miles from the city”
Both eggs are similar through their shape
“identical”
How are the eggs physically separated?
“separated only by a courtesy bay”
The shape of the eggs?
“They are not perfect ovals”
Compared to EE
“less fashionable of the two”
Gatsby’s house
“factual imitation of some hotel de ville in Normandy”
“spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy”
Nick’s house
“eyesore” “overlooked”
“consoling proximity of millionaires”
Gatsby’s parties - how the people are described
“like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars”
Gatsby’s parties - how long they last
“nine in the morning and long past midnight”
Gatsby’s parties - food, lots of it
“buffet tables…hams…salads…pigs…turkeys.”
Gatsby’s parties - air
“Air is alive with chatter and laughter.”
Gatsby’s parties - the people come and go
“dissolve and form in the same breathe”
Gatsby’s parties - theme park…
“rules of behavior associated with amusement parks”
“own ticket of admission
Gatsby’s parties - Daisy’s reactions
“appalled by West Egg”
“the rest offended her”
““place””
Gatsby’s parties - performance
“broadway had begotten”
