"And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that once flowered for Dutch sailors' eyes- a fresh, green breast of the New World. ... Tom and Daisy ARE money: " and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. ( p.12) "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed things up and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made...

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• Grade Level: High School