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6 Cards in this Set
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Gatsby’s past |
- son of shiftless and unsuccessful farm people -hopalong Cassidy -schedule |
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Gatsby’s dream |
-single green light, minute and far away -Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -colossal vitality of his illusion -you can’t repeat the past? Of course you can -only the dead dream fought on -concealing his incorruptible dream |
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Gatsby’s greatness |
- rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance -I usually find myself among strangers -absolutely real have pages and everything -extraordinary gift for hope -incorruptible dream -if he’d have lived he’d have been a great man |
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Gatsby’s criminality |
- he killed a man... German spy -something sinister about him -Wolfshiem- finest specimens of human molar’ -rules of behaviour associated with an amusement park |
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Themes |
-American ideals -American dream |
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Colours |
-white girlhood, white dresses, white palace, white face powder -yellow cocktail music, brisk yellow bug = death car, caramel coloured suit -single green light |
