The outcome of the accident led to a series of tragic events.
Beautiful, luxurious car.
Car symbolizes carelessness, just a Jordan indicated before.
Ironic.
The heat
Dictates the emotions of the characters.
Hotest day of summer (Most heated emotion)
Climax
Confrontation about the affair
DOCTOR T.J. ECKLEBURG's GLASSES
Yellow glasses- corruption.
Blue eyes- god-like figure.
Blue + yellow = green- hope for American Dream.
No one knows Daisy's sin committed through valley of ashes, but God was watching.
VALLEY OF ASHES
Mertyl felt trapped and expected help but never received it.
Mertyl thought that Tom was her ticket to the American Dream.
Not many people are destined for the American Dream.
Once you're too far down, you're stuck for good.
Daisy - Name symbolism
Composition of a daisy - white on outside, yellow on inside
Daisy has false purity on outside, while she is actually corrupt
Daisy thinks she can have the best of both affairs - Tom's money, Gatsby's love and feeling of recklessness - meanwhile she ends up hurting people in the process
This chapter, Daisy begins to break - like when the petals fall off of a daisy and only the yellow remains - Daisy's corruption is shown