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The Great Gatsby: Citing Quotes
Page (2 of 4) Quotes: 1 2 3 4
How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote 4
"When I said you were a friend of Tom's, he started to abandon the whole idea. He doesn't know very much about Tom, though he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name." (4.152)

Love? Or stalker-ish obsession? Do you think he has some creepy stalker wall in a secret room of his house? We wouldn't be surprised.

Chapter 4 Love
Nick Carraway> Quote 5
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. (5.112)

We've all been there, right? (Or we can imagine it.) Your crush finally agrees to go out with you, and somehow everything is different. The whole world seems to disappear, and it's just the two of you prancing through fields and ignoring the imminent destruction of the universe. Or the stairs.

Chapter 5 Love
Daisy Buchanan> Quote 6
Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.

"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." (5.118-119)Page (2 of 4) Quotes: 1 2 3 4
How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote 4
"When I said you were a friend of Tom's, he started to abandon the whole idea. He doesn't know very much about Tom, though he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name." (4.152)

Love? Or stalker-ish obsession? Do you think he has some creepy stalker wall in a secret room of his house? We

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