The Great Gatsby: Character, Symbolism, and Quotes Analysis

Owl Eyes

'They're real—have pages and everything... I've been drunk for about a week, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.'

Gatsby

'Your face is familiar. Weren't you in the Third Division during the war?'

George Wilson

'When are you going to sell me that car?'

Wolfsheim

'Don't let that waiter take away my coffee!' Then he went out on the sidewalk and they shot him three times in his full belly and drove away.

Tom Buchanan

'I've got a nice place here.'

jordan

a moved golf ball

Daisy

'A voice full of money.'

Tom Buchanan

A string of polo ponies.

Wolfsheim

"Finest specimens of human molars."

Klipspringer ( the piano player at gastbys partys

the broader

for being less respectable, new money

what is west egg known for?

A stop between the Sound and the City, home to have-nots like George Wilson.

what does the valley of ashes represent

Bootleg liquor, stolen securities/bonds, gambling.

how does gatsby get his money

pearl necklace

What engagement gift did Tom give Daisy that cost $350,000?

an airedale puppy

What does Myrtle buy from a street vendor with Tom's money?

gatsby

'Look here, old sport. What's your opinion of me anyhow?'

daisy

'I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'

nick

'They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.'

tom

'It's up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things.'

wilson

'I'm all run down... I just got wised up to something funny the last two days. That's why I want to get away.'

It represents that Daisy is so close and yet still so far.

What does the green light represent to gatsby?

Gatsbys rockstar Gatsby's rock star status but becomes a death trap

What does the yellow Rolls Royce symbolize in the early chapters?

she breaks down sobbing when she sees this in Gatsby's house. It seems to suggest to her she made a mistake in not marrying him.

What does Daisy do when she sees Gatsby's shirts?

To George Wilson it's the graze of god, to others its just an advertisment

What do the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg symbolize?

Gatsby's efforts to journey backwards into the past. Sailing against the current

What does the last line of the book symbolize?

jordan

"They'll keep out of my way. It takes two to make an accident."

wolfsheim

'Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead. After that my own rule is to let everything alone.'