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Great Gatsby SG
study guide for the great gatsby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Nick Carraway come to the East? | To learn and hopefully make his fortune working in the bond market |
| Why do Daisy and Tom Buchanan invite Nick to dinner? | Because aside from Tom and Nick going to college together, Daisy is Nick's cousin twice removed |
| How does Daisy respond to the phone calls from Tom’s “woman in New York”? | She apparently had some suspicion that Tom was being unfaithful |
| Why doesn’t Nick call to Gatsby when Nick first spots him on the lawn? | Nick thinks Gatsby wants to be alone by himself |
| Why does “white ashen dust” veil Mr. Wilson’s “dark suit and his pale hair”? | Fitzgerald uses color and light and dark as symbolically as possible |
| Why, according to Catherine, has Tom not left Daisy to marry Myrtle Wilson? | According to Catherine Tom has not left Daisy for Myrtle because she says that Daisy is a Catholic who doesn't believe in divorce |
| Why does Nick, observing the events in the apartment, identify with “the casual watcher in the darkening street”? | Because he sees that person as being an objective reporter of the scene |
| What does Tom’s breaking of Myrtle’s nose indicate about his respect for her and for Daisy? | He shows no respect for her & wants her to respect Daisy. |
| Why does Gatsby throw huge, expensive parties for people he does not know? | He wants everyone to have a good impression of him |
| What do Jordan Baker’s leaving “a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down” and her golf tournament “scandal” reveal about her? | Untrustworthy |
| What does Nick see as his “cardinal virtue”? | Himself |
| When Nick asks Gatsby what part of the Middle West he is from, Gatsby replies, “San Francisco.” What does Nick surmise from Gatsby’s answer? | Those from West Egg are people who earn money through things like the entertainment industry |
| Why does Gatsby show Nick the medal from “Little Montenegro down on the Adriatic Sea”? | So Nick will believe the stories that he is telling |
| What is the importance of Gatsby’s implied business connection with Meyer Wolfsheim? | Nick perceives that if Gatsby has connections with shady character as Wolfshiem, he might be involved in organized crime |
| As revealed by Jordan, what was Gatsby’s original relationship with Daisy? (1/2) | Gatsby and Daisy meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. |
| As revealed by Jordan, what was Gatsby’s original relationship with Daisy? (2/2) | After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means and to the pursuit of Daisy. |
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