The Great Gatsby quotes with some analysis
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Setting showing sadness and depression amoungst a group of people
A symbol that proves Daisy's shallowness and materialism
The use of language here foreshadows the death of Myrtle by using word choice
Description of Tom that proves he knows he is in control
Setting that symbolises new money
A symbol that represents Daisy to Gatsby
A part of Gatsby's house that shows that he is new to money
The whole reason Gatsby changed who he was and why he gained all his money
Tom breaks through to the real Gatsby
The house that symbolises established / old money
Who Gatsby was before he changed himself to be the man he is now
The thing that's clouded Gatsbys reality
The things people say about Gatsby that aren't true
The quote you should put in every essay that sums up the theme of "Social hierarchy"
A description of the Buchannans home
The thing Gatsby is trying to do with Daisy
What happens to Gatsby's house after he takes the blame for Daisy killing Myrtle
A technique Fitzgerald uses to foreshadow the tension in Manhattan
A symbol of hope in the Valley of Ashes
Another foreshadow into the tension in Manhattan
