Chapter 1, that suggests a willingness to delay judgment on people who behaved badly.
'Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.'
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Chapter 1, Gatsby talking about Gatsby in a angelic way?
'There was something gorgeous about him'
-The gorgeous(ness) of Gatsby's character mentioned refers to his wealth and his sets up his redeeming qualities rather quckliy
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Chapter 1,Nick metaphorically saying how we only get to see things from his point of view?
Life is much more successful looked at from a single window
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Chapter 1, the use of white to show the old money in the east egg.
'The white palaces of the fashionable East Egg'
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Chapter 1, Daisy elevating her self as well travel and rich.
"I know. I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything…Sophisticated — God, I’m sophisticated!" — Daisy
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Chapter 2, the description of the valley of ashes that refers to the way the 'lower class' are thrown away
'the solemn dumping ground'
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Chapter 2,Reference to the valley of ashes (2)
"This is a valley of ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat…
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Chapter 2, Myrtle being sexualised
'Stretched over her rather wide hips'
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Chapter 2,Seeing Nick as unreliable narrator
“I have been drunk just twice in my life, and the second time was that afternoon"
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Chapter 3,Nick referring to society's shallow and overindulging ways
'In his blue garden men and girls came...like moths among whispers'
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Chapter 3,Nick Glorifying Gatsby
'The romantic speculation he inspired'
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Chapter 4, Gatsby concerned with his reputation
'I don't want you to get the wrong idea of me'
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Chapter 4,the representation of the Bridge.
'Anything can happen now that we've slid over the Bridge'
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Chapter one, Nick showing his dislike for the west egg.
'The less fashionable of the two'
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Chapter 9, the last line that expresses how we cants change the past
'so we beat on boats against a current'
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Chapter 1, Gatsby talking about Gatsby in a angelic way?
Back
'There was something gorgeous about him'
-The gorgeous(ness) of Gatsby's character mentioned refers to his wealth and his sets up his redeeming qualities rather quckliy
Card 3
Front
Chapter 1,Nick metaphorically saying how we only get to see things from his point of view?
Back
Card 4
Front
Chapter 1, the use of white to show the old money in the east egg.
Back
Card 5
Front
Chapter 1, Daisy elevating her self as well travel and rich.
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