Chapter 3 &4

CHAPTER 3

pg. 42

"The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the dun, and the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music..."

With all the lights Gatsby is trying to reach Daisy and recreate the past. And again YELLOW occurs, one of the colors always reoccurring in the book.

pg. 46

"...assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the countryside- East Egg condescending West Egg .." 

West egg vs East egg - gatsby has his house in the way facing Daisy and therefore trying to show his nobility

pg. 49

"I thought you knew, old sport. I'm afraid I'm not a very good host." 

Gatsby doesn't care about his guests and who attends, except one - Daisy. Everyone is irrelevant and just there to spread his big, great parties.

pg. 56

"...host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell."

Gatsby reaching out again for the green light at the dock symbolizing , all he wants is to recreaet the past with daisy.

pg.59

"...I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

Nick admitting that he judges people, and therefore is very honest, which makes his unreliable. 

CHAPTER 4

pg. 64

"...trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago." 

Gatsby foreshadowing to Nick about his past with Daisy and how much he wants it back.

pg.66

"You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me." 

Again Gatsby is telling Nick more about his past and what his parties are for. Yet he is telling him that is trying to forget the past when he actually wants to recreate it.

pg 72

"I turned toward Mr Gatsby, but he was no longer there." 

This shows that Gatsby wants to be unnoticed toward Daisy and Tom, and that Daisy should notice herself about Gatsby's parties and all. 

pg.74

""Daisy's change' her mine!""

Daisy was drunk and read a letter before he marriage and was about to cancel her marriage. The letter was probably from gatsby, which shows she did care about him, but then she retook the pearl necklace, which indicated that she's more for the money.

pg.77

"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired." 

Nick again judging people and putting them into categories. But also referring to Gatsby's effort to make Daisy realize his nobility.