The Great Gatsby Key Quotes Graded A+

The Great Gatsby Key Quotes Graded A+ 'I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.' ️️Chapter 1 Daisy Struggles of women Women had the right to vote, but people disliked this. Women were the property of their husbands. Daisy feels unfulfilled with her life. Daisy believes her daughter's life will be easier and more enjoyable if she is beautiful, but without the desire for independence and freedom. 'Old sport' ️️Throughout Gatsby Used among wealthy people in England and America Used by Gatsby to build up his image as a man of old money. Tom and Jordan are both skeptical of Gatsby's use of the phrase, showing how difficult it is to pass yourself off as old money when you aren't. '...he was running down like an overwound clock'. ️️Chapter 5, when Gatsby meets Daisy Gatsby displays a loss of control, which contrasts his carefully constructed persona. Foreshadows the tragedy of the climax: clocks are symbols of time, and Gatsby is 'running down'. 'Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!' ️️Chapter 6 Gatsby Shows his naivete, optimism, and delusion about what is possible in life. Hint at desperation; desperate delusions. His attitude differs from Nick's cynicism. 'Your wife doesn't love you. She's never loved you. She loves me.' ️️Chapter 7 Gatsby Gatsby finds it impossible to believe that Daisy could have changed or loved anyone else since they were together. He sounds desperate and delusional. Shows how badly he wants his delusions to be true, but also how confident he is that they are. Link to 'can't repeat the past' 'Gatsby believed in the green light' ️️Chapter 9 Nick Nick's final analysis of Gatsby is that he believed in a future he could never attain. Gatsby believed in a world and future better than the one he found himself in. '...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had.' ️️Chapter 1 Nick is judgmental, privileged, and thoughtful. 'Only Gatsby...was exempt from my reaction - Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.' ️️Chapter 1 Lets the reader know that Nick will become close to Gatsby whilst everyone else earns his 'unaffected scorn'. Poses the question, 'Why does Nick come to care for Gatsby if he represents everything Nick hates?' 'Unaffected scorn' furthers the reader's impression of Nick as judgmental. From this quote, the reader becomes suspicious of all characters except for Gatsby going into the story. 'I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known'. ️️Chapter 3 Nick The reader begin to suspect that Nick does not always tell the truth- if someone has to claim their honest, it suggests they do things that are not trustworthy. 'They're a rotten crowd...You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.' ️️Chapter 8 Nick, after Myrtle's death. Shows how Nick is now completely on Gatsby's side against the Buchanans and Jordan. 'Tell 'em Daisy's change' her mine!' '...hooked her back into her dress...the pearls were around her neck...' 'Next day...she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver...' ️️Chapter 4 Jordan, Daisy flashback Daisy cares about Gatsby so much that she threatens to call off her wedding to Tom, showing she truly loves him. The pearls and dress represent Daisy being put back into her prescribed social role. She marries Tom 'without so much as a shiver', showing her reluctance to to question her place in society, as dictated by her family, friends, and social status. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such...such beautiful shirts before'. ️️Chapter 5 Daisy Daisy could be crying due to her materialism: she emotionally breaks down at proof of Gatsby's profound wealth. Daisy could be crying because of her strong feelings for Gatsby- she is touched at the lengths he went to in order to win her back. 'What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty years?' ️️Chapter 7 Daisy Daisy expresses her sense of hopelessness and nihilism (the belief that life is meaningless) and shows how she struggles to find meaning or purpose in her life. Contrast to Jordan expressing her belief that life renews itself in the autumn. 'Her voice is full of money' '...that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it...'