"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... And one fine morning – So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." (p. 144)
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“I love you now — isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.” ... “I did love him once — but I loved you too.” (p. 132) "But Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word. She showed a surprising amount of character about it too--looked at the coroner with determined eyes under that corrected brow of hers and swore that her sister had never seen Gatsby, that her sister was completely happy with her husband, that her sister had been into no mischief whatever. She convinced herself of it and cried into her handkerchief as if the very suggestion was more than she could endure." (p. 131) His children sold his house with the black wreath still on his door. Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry. (p. 75) "They're such beautiful shirts." ... "It makes me sad because I've never seen such -- such beautiful shirts before." (p. 92) |
PurposeMichelle Luu and Jennifer Nguyen simply touch upon some literary aspects and interpretations of the Francis Scott K. Fitzgerald's work, The Great Gatsby (1925). ArchivesCategories |