Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Dreams being impossible to achieve? ‘This is a valley of ashes, a fantastic…’
A
Farm where wheat grows like ashes into ridges and grotesque hills and gardens - American dream, difference between rich and poor
2
Q
Intro of who?
A
Mertle - contrast to daisy
3
Q
Mertle- parallels to gatsby? ‘A white ashen dust veiled…’
A
His dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the viscinity
4
Q
Mertles aspiration? ‘At the news stand…’
A
She bought a copy of town tattle and a moving picture magazine
5
Q
Violence / brutality of Tom? ‘Tom Buchanan…’
A
Broke her nose with his open hand
