FlashcardsWho Said What: The Great Gatsby Flashcards
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This 12-card flashcard set presents memorable quotations from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Students match quotes to their speakers, covering themes of privilege, ambition, relationships, and social class. Use it for literature review, character study, exam preparation, or close reading discussion in a college English course.
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- “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
- “I’m p-paralyzed with happiness.”
- “The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there’s a persistent wail all night along the north shore.”
- “I know you didn’t mean to, but you DID do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a ——”
- "...She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘all right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
- “My dear, most of these fellas will cheat you every time. All they think of is money. I had a woman up here..."
- “What I say is, why go on living with them if they can’t stand them? If I was them I’d get a divorce and get married to each other right away.”
- “Beauty and the Beast... Loneliness... Old Grocery Horse... Brook’n Bridge... .”
- “I never care what I do, so I always have a good time. When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address — inside of a week I got a package from Croirier’s with a new evening gown in it.”
- “I thought you knew, old sport. I’m afraid I’m not a very good host.”
- “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
- “Well, if you’re a poor driver you oughtn’t to try driving at night.”
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