In this quote Nick reveals that his family comes from nobility, however he separates his line of family into a different nobility saying that the founder of his line was his grandfather’s brother then making his line as a family that have been successful having their own business.

 

This quote is exposes how being “rich” 

 

“I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. [...] Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy was my second cousin once removed, and I'd known Tom in college. And just after the war I spent two days with them in Chicago.” (page 4)

 

This quote further explains the different types of culture in America that time, where the middle west is the hard working part and the East egg being the ‘white’ fashionables 

 

 

 Chapter 2

 

Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing, in impassioned voices, whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy's name.

"Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai –– "

Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. 

 

This quote reveals the gender difference even during that time, the hidden meaning to this would be, how women use their words while men have fists to deal with problems. 

"I told that boy about the ice." Myrtle raised her eyebrows in despair at the shiftlessness of the lower orders. "These people! You have to keep after them all the time." 

She looked at me and laughed pointlessly... 

This quote reveals the actions that they choose to make, such as in this quote Myrtle thinks that acting like a snob makes her sound fancy, however her being like that or her acting that way just makes her sound worse than what she actually is “a cheating woman”

Quotes: 
Chapter 7

"About Gatsby! No, I haven't. I said I'd been making a small investigation of his past."
"And you found he was an Oxford man," said Jordan helpfully.
"An Oxford man!" He was incredulous. "Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit." (page 93)
This quote is revealing the society of class during that time, the conversation between Tom and jordan portrays what is learned in oxford that time in the 1910s, pointing out that they learn not to wear pink suits, it discusses how education about classics, learning to act and dress like a person with class, because you don't learn that from from a book.
 
"Her voice is full of money," he said suddenly.
That was it. I'd never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it… high in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl […]. (page 92)
This quote is pretty ironic, because what would a voice full of money sound like. This proves how Gatsby is faking his wealth. From his past experience learning from Dan Cody on how to talk classy reveals that his current wealth was made. 
 
"Yes," he said after a moment, "but of course I'll say I was. [...] – and this woman rushed out at us just as we were passing a car coming the other way. It all happened in a minute, but it seemed to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew. Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back. The second my hand reached the wheel I felt the shock – it must have killed her instantly." (page 110)
Here in this quote Gatsby says “but of course i’ll say I was”. This quote somewhat explains the gender role during this time. Where gatsby says he will take the blame, revealing how woman never have to take responsibility for their actions, this could also be expressive respect and manner of being in a higher class, but it clearly mocks gender roles.
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Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men, and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed. And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately – and the decision must be made by some force – of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality – that was close at hand. (8.19)

Reading this quote you get the feel that Fitzgerald thinks that women are fundamentally incapable of making up their minds, and so they have to have a man with them to help them through their problems. It reveals how important gender was important that time.

We shook hands and I started away. Just before I reached the hedge I remembered something and turned around.
"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." (8.44-45)

This quote reveals society and class, in the quote there is a word "worth." This shows and explains Daisy and Tom may have been born with money, but they're not "worth" anything. But Gatsby is different despite his money that he “made”

Impenetrable
- impossible to pass through or enter.

- impossible to understand.

Sensibilities(sensibility)
- the ability to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity.

Rapture
- a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.

Clenched
- (of the teeth) pressed tightly together, especially with anger or determination or so as to suppress a strong emotion.

Chapter 3

Ravage (page 29)
- cause severe and extensive damage to.
Innuendo (page 30)
- an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.
Skeptically (page 33)
- in a skeptical manner; with doubt or hesitation.
Cynical (page 37)
- believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
Dissension (page 38)
- disagreement that leads to discord.
Subterfuge (page 43)
- deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Chapter 4

Punctilious (page 47)
- showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Insignia (page 49)
- a badge or distinguishing mark of military rank, office, or membership of an organization; an official emblem.
Juxtaposition (page 52)
- the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Roadster (page 55)
- an open-top automobile with two seats.

Chambermaid (page 57)
- a maid who cleans bedrooms and bathrooms, especially in a hotel.

Disembodied (page 60)
- separated from or existing without the body.

Chapter 5

Harrowed (page 64)
- cause distress to.

Ecstatic (page 64)
- feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

Distraught (page 65)
- deeply upset and agitated.

Exaltation (page 67)
- a feeling or state of extreme happiness.

Profound (page 72)
- (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.

Bewilderment (page 72)
- a feeling of being perplexed and confused.

Chapter 6

Notoriety
- the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.

Meretricious
- apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.

Appalled
-greatly dismayed or horrified.

Bootlegger
- a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally.

Obliterated
- destroy utterly; wipe out.

Incarnation
- a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.

Chapter 7

Caravansary (p.87)
- a group of people traveling together; a caravan

Astounded (p.91)
- shock or greatly surprise.

Abyss (p.93)
- a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.

Panic (p.95)
- sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior.

Gibberish (p.99)
- unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.

Vicariously (p.100)
- in a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person.

Chapter 8

Incessantly
- without interruption; constantly.

Phantom
- a ghost.

Chiffon
- a light, sheer fabric typically made of silk or nylon.

Redolent
- strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something).

Irresistibly
- in a way that is too attractive and tempting to be resisted.

Exasperate
- irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.
Incoherent
- (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.

Chapter 9

Pasquinade (page126)
- a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place.
Catastrophe (page127)
- an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Anxiously (page134)
- in a manner resulting from or revealing anxiety.
Resentment (page 135)
- bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

Haunted (page 137)
- having or showing signs of mental anguish or torment.

Pandered (page 140)
- gratify or indulge
Transitory (page 140)
- not permanent.

Orgastic (page 140)
- intense or unrestrained excitement.
- the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.

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Fantasy vs. Reality

Gatsby and Daisy have an idea of how life would be if they stayed together or if they ran away together. However, reality hits and they realize that reality does not live up to the fantasy they made up in their heads.

Chapter 7

THE ROARING TWENTIES
- In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald chooses to portray a more somber side of the twenties. He focuses on its shallow recklessness, hypocrisy, indulgence and its even fatal consequences.
- Tom discovers Daisy and Gatsby's affair when Daisy compares him to a man in an advertisement. Enveloped by the consumerism of the 1920's, Daisy sees love as material and something that can be advertised.

THE AMERICAN DREAM
- The American dream is the essential concept that hard work can lead from rags to riches.
- In this chapter, Gatsby says Daisy never loved Tom and Daisy agrees. This brings Gatsby one step closer in fulfilling his dream of starting a life with Daisy.

CLASS
- The book portrays three different social classes: old money, represented by Daisy and Tom, new money, represented by Gatsby and no money represented by Wilson and Myrtle.
- There is classicism and competition between old moneyed and new moneyed people with no moneyed individuals being overlooked.

Chapter 8
The Allusion
An allusion is made to the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg. Wilson says "God sees everything" and Michaelis replies, "That's an advertisement."

This is where we get a better understanding of what the eyes mean. They remind the characters of the judgement they deserve, even if they never receive it. The eyes make them and the reader conscious of the guilt that these people should be feeling.
The allusion to Gatsby as a Christ figure at the beginning of the book with his arms outstretched on the dock concludes with his "crucifixion" as he carries the mattress like Jesus carried his cross to his death.

This is significant because Gatsby is Americas sacrifice o the dream. Nick says that Gatsby is the only good one of the lot because he still believes in the dream. This is also consistent with how he sacrifices himself for Daisy by taking the blame for Myrtle's death 

On the hottest day of the summer, Nick takes the train to East Egg for lunch at the house of Tom and Daisy. He finds Gatsby and Jordan Baker there as well. When the nurse brings in Daisy’s baby girl, Gatsby is stunned and can hardly believe that the child is real. For her part, Daisy seems almost uninterested in her child. During the awkward afternoon, Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another. Complaining of her boredom, Daisy asks Gatsby if he wants to go into the city. Gatsby stares at her passionately, and Tom becomes certain of their feelings for each other.

 Tom seizes upon Daisy’s suggestion that they should all go to New York together. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby’s car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom’s car. Stopping for gas at Wilson’s garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wife’s infidelity—though not the identity of her lover—and plans to move her to the West. 

In the oppressive New York City heat, the group decides to take a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom initiates his planned confrontation with Gatsby by mocking his habit of calling people “old sport.” He accuses Gatsby of lying about having attended Oxford. Gatsby responds that he did attend Oxford—for five months, in an army program following the war. Tom asks Gatsby about his intentions for Daisy, and Gatsby replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Tom claims that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could not possibly understand. He then accuses Gatsby of running a illegal operation. Daisy, in love with Gatsby earlier in the afternoon, feels herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she observes the quarrel. Realizing he has bested Gatsby, Tom sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby’s inability to hurt him. As the row quiets down, Nick realizes that it is his thirtieth birthday.

Driving back to Long Island, Nick, Tom, and Jordan discover a frightening scene on the border of the valley of ashes. Someone has been fatally hit by an automobile. Michaelis, a Greek man who runs the restaurant next to Wilson’s garage, tells them that Myrtle was the victim—a car coming from New York City struck her, paused, then sped away. Nick realizes that Myrtle must have been hit by Gatsby and Daisy, driving back from the city in Gatsby’s big yellow automobile. Tom thinks that Wilson will remember the yellow car from that afternoon. He also assumes that Gatsby was the driver.

Back at Tom’s house, Nick waits outside and finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby says that he has been waiting there in order to make sure that Tom did not hurt Daisy. He tells Nick that Daisy was driving when the car struck Myrtle, but that he himself will take the blame. Still worried about Daisy, Gatsby sends Nick to check on her. Nick finds Tom and Daisy eating cold fried chicken and talking. They have reconciled their differences, and Nick leaves Gatsby standing alone in the moonlight.

Chapter 8

After the day’s traumatic events, Nick passes a sleepless night. Before dawn, he rises restlessly and goes to visit Gatsby at his mansion. Gatsby tells him that he waited at Daisy’s until four o’clock in the morning and that nothing happened—Tom did not try to hurt her and Daisy did not come outside. Nick suggests that Gatsby forget about Daisy and leave Long Island, but Gatsby refuses to consider leaving Daisy behind. Gatsby, melancholy, tells Nick about courting Daisy in Louisville in 1917. He says that he loved her for her youth and vitality, and idolized her social position, wealth, and popularity. He adds that she was the first girl to whom he ever felt close and that he lied about his background to make her believe that he was worthy of her. She promised to wait for him when he left for the war, but then she married Tom, whose social position was solid and who had the approval of her parents.

Gatsby’s gardener interrupts the story to tell Gatsby that he plans to drain the pool. The previous day was the hottest of the summer, but autumn is in the air this morning, and the gardener worries that falling leaves will clog the pool drains. Gatsby tells the gardener to wait a day; he has never used the pool, he says, and wants to go for a swim. Nick has stayed so long talking to Gatsby that he is very late for work. He finally says goodbye to Gatsby. As he walks away, he turns back and shouts that Gatsby is worth more than the Buchanans and all of their friends.

Nick goes to his office, but he feels too distracted to work, and even refuses to meet Jordan Baker for a date. The focus of his narrative then shifts to relate to the reader what happened at the garage after Myrtle was killed (the details of which Nick learns from Michaelis): George Wilson stays up all night talking to Michaelis about Myrtle. He tells him that before Myrtle died, he confronted her about her lover and told her that she could not hide her sin from the eyes of God. The morning after the accident, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, illuminated by the dawn, overwhelm Wilson. He believes they are the eyes of God and leaps to the conclusion that whoever was driving the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover. He decides that God demands revenge and leaves to track down the owner of the car. He looks for Tom, because he knows that Tom is familiar with the car’s owner—he saw Tom driving the car earlier that day but knows Tom could not have been the driver since Tom arrived after the accident in a different car with Nick and Jordan. Wilson eventually goes to Gatsby’s house, where he finds Gatsby lying on an air mattress in the pool, floating in the water and looking up at the sky. Wilson shoots Gatsby, killing him instantly, then shoots himself.

Nick hurries back to West Egg and finds Gatsby floating dead in his pool. Nick imagines Gatsby’s final thoughts, and pictures him disillusioned by the meaninglessness and emptiness of life without Daisy, without his dream.