"The cannonading has got the wind up in young Raleigh, sir," said the sergeant. ... "With the others. ... For he had gone away and he could never go back any more. The gates were closed, the sun was gone down, and there was no beauty but the gray beauty of steel that withstands all time. ... This turn of events leads to Dexter's loss of identity and futile inclination to return to the past, "for he had gone away and he could never go back any more". ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"He saw me looking with admiration at his car."" ... It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. ... This quote correlates the color green with money. ... Gatsby needs money to live the life that he does, and to get back together with Daisy. ... This is a very important interpretation of green, since it deals with the success that Gatsby had, which came with him being able to achieve his goals and do things that h...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

When Daisy is first introduced, she is laid out on a couch with the wind blowing around her. ... Her helplessness explained her lack of confrontation with her husband and her lack of self-control and reliability in her situation with Gatsby, Although she was apparently very aware that Tom was having an affair, she continued to stay with him, and didn't even seem to treat him differently or discourage him from his affair. ... Nick says that "whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had were definitely gone" (135). ... Her carelessness is one of the only qualities she shares with her h...

• Word Count: 1869
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School