Emily Oren

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

What did the characters (Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan) learn by the end of the book? Did they learn anything? #sose

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

What do the colors of Gatsby's various clothes/suits represent? What about those of other characters? #sose

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

In the movie Nick is in an asylum, but in the book, how do you think he will be affected by his experiences in NY? #sose

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead" (172) Poor Gatsby #deepquote #chapter9

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

Weather and cars #essaytopic

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

Myrtle's death is the breaking point for all of the tension between characters #deathcar

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

These chapters are connected to foreshadow. What happens at the beginning is repeated but worse #why

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

Ch2: Tom hits myrtle (37), Ch7: myrtle demands that George hit her (137) #gonnegtions

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"Her voice is full of money" (120) Gatsby loves Daisy for what she represents (wealth etc.), not for who she is #deepquote #chapter7

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

These people really need to cut back on the mint julep #drunkendrama #chapter7

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind" (125) Poor Tom, he's so stupid #chapter7

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

to daisy, her daughter is just a pretty object, like how tom sees daisy #chapter7 #irony

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness" (104) Tom can ruin a party by just being there #tomsanass #chapter6

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"for a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination...founded securely on a fairy's wing" (99) #deepquote #chapter6

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"The sparkling odor...frothy odor...pale gold odor" (90) #CTAidea #chapter5 #imagery

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

@B4EOren Shows daisy's conflicted feelings about meeting Gatsby again

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy" (89) #CTAidea #chapter5

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry" #deepquote #chapter5

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"'she's embarrassed?' he asked incredulously." (87) Yes Gatsby, believe it or not, women can be nearly as awkward as you are #chapter5

[Emily Oren @B4EOren]

"you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing" (83) #shadybusiness #chapter5