How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Viewed thus, as through the wrong end of a telescope, it looked disconcertingly small and distant; but then from Samarkand it would. (9.53)
This quote could also be read alongside the theme of "Dreams, Hopes, and Plans." Ellen's comments make Archer look at American society through the lens of a European.
Quote #5
"Is New York such a labyrinth? I thought it so straight up and down— like Fifth Avenue. And with all the cross streets numbered! […] If you know how I like it for just that— the straight-up-and-downness, and the big honest labels on everything!" (9.57)
Ellen is confused by the catty, class-conscious New York Archer reveals to her, since she associates Americans with goodness and honesty.
Quote #6
"You know what these English grandees are. They're all alike. Louisa and I are very fond of our cousin— but it's hopeless to expect people who are accustomed to the European courts to trouble themselves about our little republican distinctions. The Duke goes where he's amused." (10.85)
Mr. van der Luyden seems oblivious to the fact that "our little republican distinctions" goes against the whole America-is-equality thing. Ironically, it is the Americans who criticize an English nobleman about his inability to respect class differences. Aren't all English noblemen supposed to wear cravats and complain about how Jeeves messed up his silver-polishing duties once again?