CHAPTER 5 siGNIFICANT QUOTES
1. "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs" (Fitzgerald, 91).
2. "They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before" (Fitzgerald, 92). Foreshadows Daisy's purity to corruption.
3. "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one" (Fitzgerald, 92-93). When Daisy and Gatsby finally come together, the dream vanishes. All of Gatsby's extravagant valuables begin to be meaningless because Daisy is truly the only thing he cares about. With the dream vanishing, this could be creating the idea that maybe the American dream should remain a dream.
2. "They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before" (Fitzgerald, 92). Foreshadows Daisy's purity to corruption.
3. "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one" (Fitzgerald, 92-93). When Daisy and Gatsby finally come together, the dream vanishes. All of Gatsby's extravagant valuables begin to be meaningless because Daisy is truly the only thing he cares about. With the dream vanishing, this could be creating the idea that maybe the American dream should remain a dream.