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Read the quotations below from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Match each one with the theme or...

Read the quotations below from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests.
Don't judge people without first imagining yourself in their position.
When you care about someone, they influence how you see the world.
Wealth and privilege protect some people from the results of their actions.
Quotation
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money . . . and let other people clean up the mess.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.

Answer

  1. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money . . . and let other people clean up the mess.

    Theme: Wealth and privilege protect some people from the results of their actions.

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

    Theme: Don't judge people without first imagining yourself in their position.

  3. He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.

    Theme: When you care about someone, they influence how you see the world.

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