The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal
1. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (p. 1)
2. "… there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour." (p. 11)
3. "The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be --- will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved" (p. 17)
4. “‘The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one when he was out.’” (p. 39)
5. “‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—’ Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (p. 41)
6. "It's just a crazy thing, I just slip it on sometimes when I don't care what I look like" (p. 35)
7. "Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes" (p. 54)
8. "He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse." (p. 50)
9. "It takes two to make an accident" (p. 63)
10. "He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand."
(p. 68)
11. "They were never quite the same ones in physical person but they were so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before" (p. 67)
12. "why you won't come out frankly and tell me what you want. Why has it all got to come through Miss Baker?" (p. 76)
13. "Ones thing for sure and nothing's surer. The rich get richer and the poor get-- children." (p.100)
14. “His bedroom
2. "… there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour." (p. 11)
3. "The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be --- will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved" (p. 17)
4. “‘The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one when he was out.’” (p. 39)
5. “‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—’ Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (p. 41)
6. "It's just a crazy thing, I just slip it on sometimes when I don't care what I look like" (p. 35)
7. "Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes" (p. 54)
8. "He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse." (p. 50)
9. "It takes two to make an accident" (p. 63)
10. "He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand."
(p. 68)
11. "They were never quite the same ones in physical person but they were so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before" (p. 67)
12. "why you won't come out frankly and tell me what you want. Why has it all got to come through Miss Baker?" (p. 76)
13. "Ones thing for sure and nothing's surer. The rich get richer and the poor get-- children." (p.100)
14. “His bedroom