The Great Gatsby - Character
CHARACTER QUOTE ANALYSIS
Nick Carraway ‘I am inclined to reserve all judgement’ Fairness, justice (irony)
‘You can’t repeat the past’ Irony - disposable relationships
‘Reserving all judgements is a matter of Hipocrisy, contradicting himself, questioning
infinite hope’ his honesty - unreliable narrator
‘Haunting loneliness’ Foreboding the fake relationships, lack of care
‘I’d had enough of all of them’ Disposable life, comment on cunsumerism
Jay Gatsby ‘Florid and corpulent’ [Nick] Excessively elaborate, greed
‘Mr Nobody from nowhere’ [Tom] Illusive nature - has no origin
‘A quality of eternal reassurance’ [Nick] Honesty, compassion - realism
‘Elaborate formality of speech’ [Nick] Hyperbolic nature, an outsider
‘Drawn unusually tight’ [Nick] Letting down his facase - realism
‘Worth the whole bunch put Value and worth re-evaluated, the realisation
together’ [Nick] of what society means
‘Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you Fantasy world, lack of understanding
can!’
‘You’re acting like a little boy’ [Nick] Losing himself, no more hiding
Daisy Buchanan ‘I’ve been everywhere and seen Excessive and elaborate nature, reflecting her
everything’ wealth, naive and oblivious
‘Sad and lovely’ [Nick] Juxtaposition, ethereal, impossible
‘Her voice is full of money’ [Gatsby] Confusing her wealth with her being
‘Fluctuating, feverish warmth’ [Nick] Ever-changing, illusive
‘A beautiful little fool’ Wanting to be oblivious to reality
‘You remind me of a-of a rose’ Broken speech (her broken life)
Tom Buchanan ‘Alert, Aggressive’ [Nick] Animalistic violence, dehumanising
‘Hard mouth and supercilious Arrogant and overbearing, controlling
manner’ [Nick] everything
‘Tom Buchanan broke her nose’ [Nick] Abrupt and blunt, reflecting his violence
‘A cruel body’ [Nick] Made to be violent and inflict pain
‘Enormous power’ [Nick] Foreboding his violence
‘A simple mind’ [Nick] Lacking complexity, reflection on society
Myrtle Wilson ‘Continually smouldering’ [Nick] Sexual and flirtateous, her sole purpose
‘Inderterminate breed’ [Nick] Poverty, not special, confusion
‘Immediately perceptable vitality’ [Nick] Strength (irony of later events)
CHARACTER QUOTE ANALYSIS
Nick Carraway ‘I am inclined to reserve all judgement’ Fairness, justice (irony)
‘You can’t repeat the past’ Irony - disposable relationships
‘Reserving all judgements is a matter of Hipocrisy, contradicting himself, questioning
infinite hope’ his honesty - unreliable narrator
‘Haunting loneliness’ Foreboding the fake relationships, lack of care
‘I’d had enough of all of them’ Disposable life, comment on cunsumerism
Jay Gatsby ‘Florid and corpulent’ [Nick] Excessively elaborate, greed
‘Mr Nobody from nowhere’ [Tom] Illusive nature - has no origin
‘A quality of eternal reassurance’ [Nick] Honesty, compassion - realism
‘Elaborate formality of speech’ [Nick] Hyperbolic nature, an outsider
‘Drawn unusually tight’ [Nick] Letting down his facase - realism
‘Worth the whole bunch put Value and worth re-evaluated, the realisation
together’ [Nick] of what society means
‘Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you Fantasy world, lack of understanding
can!’
‘You’re acting like a little boy’ [Nick] Losing himself, no more hiding
Daisy Buchanan ‘I’ve been everywhere and seen Excessive and elaborate nature, reflecting her
everything’ wealth, naive and oblivious
‘Sad and lovely’ [Nick] Juxtaposition, ethereal, impossible
‘Her voice is full of money’ [Gatsby] Confusing her wealth with her being
‘Fluctuating, feverish warmth’ [Nick] Ever-changing, illusive
‘A beautiful little fool’ Wanting to be oblivious to reality
‘You remind me of a-of a rose’ Broken speech (her broken life)
Tom Buchanan ‘Alert, Aggressive’ [Nick] Animalistic violence, dehumanising
‘Hard mouth and supercilious Arrogant and overbearing, controlling
manner’ [Nick] everything
‘Tom Buchanan broke her nose’ [Nick] Abrupt and blunt, reflecting his violence
‘A cruel body’ [Nick] Made to be violent and inflict pain
‘Enormous power’ [Nick] Foreboding his violence
‘A simple mind’ [Nick] Lacking complexity, reflection on society
Myrtle Wilson ‘Continually smouldering’ [Nick] Sexual and flirtateous, her sole purpose
‘Inderterminate breed’ [Nick] Poverty, not special, confusion
‘Immediately perceptable vitality’ [Nick] Strength (irony of later events)
