Gatsby - Critic's Quotes

Casie E. Herman

“the imagery of decay, death and corruption infects the story and it’s hero too.”

Claire Stocks

“Nick wants to portray Gatsby as ‘great’ and undermines anything that might undermine that image.”

Marius Bewley

“Daisy has monstrous moral indifference and vicious emptiness.”

A.E. Dyson

“In one sense Gatsby is the apotheosis of his rootless society…He really believes in himself and his illusions.”

K. Parkinson

“Daisy is only allowed to exist in the images of men create of her.”

Lev Grossman

“Gatsby lays bare the empty, tragic heart of the self-made man.”

Christine Ramos

“By attempting to maintain his way of life, Tom has reduced whole people to ashes without any thought of consequences.”

P. Stavely

“Gatsby, like America itself … strives to reach a place he has created in his own mind, an impossible perfect.”