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Gatsby Key Quotes
Gatsby's hope: “it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness”
Daisy: “both in white...their dresses were rippling and fluttering...an absurd charming little laugh”
Gatsby mysterious:“he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way ...
valley of ashes the poor in society
desolate area of land...ashes grow like wheat...ash-grey men ... grey cars... ghastly creek...”
Myrtle can be bought: *purchase of dog - spontaneous and ill considered; consider subsequent treatment
*description of apartment - “crowded...too large for it... over-enlarged...”
“Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”
Gatsby isolation. “A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host”
weather:
*weather - “day agreed upon was pouring with rain” (melancholic, ominous mood)
time:“a defunct mantelpiece clock ... the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously ... he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place”
recklessness of the rich
