Class in Gatsby

11 quotes, in the order they happen.

The quotes

Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Nick's father · Chapter 1 · class · honesty

Nick's father tells him not to judge. Nick repeats it. He still judges.

that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool

Daisy hopes her daughter is a fool. She thinks that is the safest thing a girl can be.

the valley of ashes

The dump between West Egg and the city. The people who serve the rich live in the dust.

I hate careless people. That's why I like you.

Jordan likes Nick because she thinks he is careful. She is not.

Want to go with me, old sport?

Gatsby's favourite tag. It is how he tries to sound like he always had money.

Her voice is full of money

Nick could not name what was in Daisy's voice. Gatsby could. Money.

The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop

Daisy is driving. Myrtle runs into the road. The car does not stop.

They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.

The only compliment Nick ever gives Gatsby. He says it across the lawn. Gatsby dies anyway.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money

They break Myrtle. They break Gatsby. They leave. Money is the door they close behind them.

the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water

East Egg is old money. West Egg is new. Nick lives in West Egg, next to Gatsby. Daisy lives across the bay.

He just used to stand there like a statue and say, "Don't let that deal go through."

Gatsby, about Wolfsheim · Chapter 4 · class · honesty

Gatsby says Wolfsheim fixed the 1919 World Series. This is the company Gatsby keeps.