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The Great Gatsby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Impartial narrator | Nick |
| Reserves judgment-- fears to be misunderstood by those who did not have the same advantages as him | Nick |
| Nick's cousin | Daisy |
| What color is Daisy usually seen in ? | White- "white girl hood" pure |
| Works at being shallow; has become cynical and sophisticated-- laughs at everything | Daisy |
| What does Daisy instruct her daughter to be | A pretty little fool- suggesting that she acts like she is not aware of her husbands affair and just lets it go |
| Exploits his social status | Tom |
| Racist | Tom |
| Size dominates others | Tom |
| Pro-golfer | Jordan |
| Affects an air of boredom | Jordan |
| what color is Jordan normally seen wearing | White-- white girl hood with Daisy |
| What is Gatsby reaching for at the being of the book? | The green light at the end of the dock ..from Daisy's house |
| Enormous, vulgar , and handsome | Gatsby |
| How is Gatsby's personality described | Gorgeous |
| Explain the symbolism of the eyes of eckleburg | It is a build board that features a pair of eyes look through glasses down on the valley of ashes where Tom and Myrtle have their scandalous affair |
| What is the Valley of Ashes compared to ? | The river of styx from the Bible |
| Blonde spiritless man | George Wilson |
| Symbol in the novel of the flapper of the 1920s | Myrtle Wilson |
| Tom's mistress | Myrtle Wilson |
| What color does Myrtle wear | Blue and pale cream -- never white. However, when she wears the cream she gets an arrogance about her that she is rich and is better than the others |
| Describe Jordan at Gatsby's party | She looks down at the people from above so that people know she is of old money and looks down on those of new money |
| What are the rumors of Gatsby? | Killed man German spy Graduated from Oxford |
| Which of the rumors of Gatsby cannot be true and why | That he was a German spy because he was in the US army |
| What does the use of reals books in Gatsby's army show | The extent that Gatsby goes to be an east egger- shows his wealth but also that he is of new money |
| How does the dancing of the east eggers and west eggers differ | single ladies from west egg dance alone while single ladies of east egg would never do that |
| Gatsby's smile is described as | A RARE SMILE |
| When Gatsby gets calls whom and where are they from? | calls from Phili and Chicago-- the mob |
| What does Fitzgerald try to convey to the reader with the car crash after the party | Recklessness of the time and people inexperienced with cars and driving because it is new |
| wasteland b/t west and east egg | valley of ashes |
| home of George and myrtle | valley of ashes |
| Owns the garage in the valley of ashes | George |
| takes advantage of toms money | myrtle |
| robust- reads tabloids | myrtle |
| why does tom hit myrtle at party at the wilsons | she continues to say daisy's name over and over |
| filled with repulsion and fascination | nick |
| bully and hypocrite | Tom- he breaks myrtle's nose and feels no guilt |
| what is strange about guests at Gatsby parties | none of them are invited most don't know him and he does not know them or their names |
| How does Gatsby act at parties | he does not drink-- an observer. He stands alone |
| What does Gatsby often call people | old sport |
| What does Gatsby tell Nick of his past | Far fetched account of upbringing-- proof of medal from army and picture from oxford. Wants to be part of old money so he reinvents himself |
| Describe what lunch with Wolfsheim suggest | Gatsby's accumulation of wealth suggests organized crime |
| Describe Wolfsheim | large nose, racist. Teeth as buttons on jacket--hints towards mob |
| What does Jordan reveal about past of Gatsby | a love affair with Daisy, Gatsby as a young handsome soldier off to war |
| Symbolism of green light | reaching for daisy, the object of his hopes and dreams |
| Why are Gatsby's parties thrown | in hopes that Daisy will attend |
| How does Gatsby reinvent himself and why | as an cultured millionaire- for Daisy |
| Daisy is a symbol of | The American Dream but her shallowness shows the corruption of that dream |
| What is Gatsby's American Dream | to regain his one true love daisy |
| Does Gatsby truly believe she will give up her social status to be with him | Yes he is ambitious- Gatsby will not see his limitations. Gatsby has not moved on from kiss 5 years ago but it is obvious that Daisy has because her daughter Pammy is proof of that |
| What about Gatsby does Tom insult | his social grace |
| When Gatsby meets Daisy again how is he dressed | silver suit and gold tie |
| How is Daisy's reaction to Gatsby's house important | hers is the only reaction that matters because it was all for her |
| Symbolism of clock | Gatsby knocks over mantel clock- desire to stop and revive the past.. shows he still lives in the past |
| How does Daisy act toward Gatsby's success | seems happy with it and acts more genuine |
| Why is Nick disgusted by Tom's affair but helps Gatsby with his affair with Daisy | he justifies Gatsby's affair because their is genuine love that Daisy and Gatsby feel for one another |
| What is the irony in the song lyrics Got no money but oh honey aint we got fun | daisy rejected Gatsby because of his poverty |
| Describe James Gatz | humiliated at having to work as a janitor in college so he doesn't go to college and rechristens himself and goes to great lengths to achieve wealth |
| Represents the attainment of everything Gatsby wants | Dan Cody |
| How does Myrtle die | Daisy hits myrtle with Gatsby's car because she thinks it is Tom and with jealous rage she runs out before the car to confront tom |
| What does Gatsby seeing Pammy help him realize | that Daisy has moved on |
| Gatsby says Daisy's voice is full of money but what should have he really said | Daisy's voice is full of old money because Daisy will never leave tom for Gatsby (old for new money) |
| How does daisy express her love | I love you too saying that daisy has a dual love that Gatsby does not like because he thinks she has not ever loved tom |
| How can we see that Gatsby begins to show concern for his reputation | ceases to throw parties, fires old servants |
| Confronatation b/t Tom and Gatsby | tom uses fact of Gatsby criminal activity to humiliate him infront of Daisy |
| How does Tom Control Daisy's past | reminds her of their personal history- Pammy |
| how does Gatsby want Daisy to express love | That Daisy has always loved him and remained faithful all these years-- that she has never loved tom --- Daisy will not admit this |
| How does Gatsby react in car accident killing Myrtle | Not concerned that Myrtle has died only concerned for daisy and he takes blame saying that he was driving the car to protect Daisy's nerves |
| What do tom and daisy do after the death of myrtle | They pick up and leave |
| Who came to gatsby's funeral | Gatsby's dad, a few servants , and nick. Owl eyes stopped by |
| Why did wolfsheim not attend the funeral | People in the mob should not associate with one another |
| What does the schedule made my gatsby show about him | How ambitious he was -- the determination he has to make a name of himself even at a young age |
| What does the fact that no one came to he funeral show about their feelings on gatsby | That he has no real friends -- he was only used by them |
| How does Jordan act when nick chooses to stop seeing her | She says she has someone else - nick never really loved Jordan in the first place |
| What does nick go at the end of the book ? Why ? | Her trunks home to the west because he says that those in the big cities are hurried and rushed while people of the west are simple and it is peaceful -- those of the west have higher moral standards and after gatsby death the east was distorted to him |
| At the end of the book how does nick try to invision Long Island | Trying to imagine what it looked like without all the houses .. What it looked like to the first sailors |
| What does nick say about people who work hard and the American dream | They cannot achieve it and the social status that immigrants desired to escape in Europe is brought out through daisy and tom |
| What does gatsby connect daisy to ? | Wealth |
| What does Fitzgerald say the American dream is | The pursuit of money that turns into greed |
| Why is gatsby murdered ? | Not for criminal connections but rather for his undying devotion to daisy |
| Who says "he pays a high price for living too long with a single dream ?" | Nick |
| What is Gatsby unable to accept | That his dream is over - he insists daisy will call |
| Why is the death of Gatsby inevitable ? | The dreamer cannot exist without his dream |
| Connection of weather ? | Tom and gatsby confrontation on hottest day of the year and when daisy remains with tom weather cools as autumn approaches |
| Why does Gatsby refuse to let gardener clean his pool | He is unwilling to accept the passage of time . Summer is his time with daisy meaning that end of summer is end of romance |
| Who says "worth the whole damn bunch of them" | Nick |
| What is daisy the symbol of | Everything gatsby values |
| What do the eyes of eckleburg mean for hero George | They are the all seeing eyes of god |
| The eyes of eckleburg looked down on a world that is | Devoid of meaning and beauty and a world where dreams are exposed as allusions |
| What are gatsby and George both destroyed by | Their love if woman who both love tom |
| What are both George and gatsby consumed by | Something greater than themselves |
| Where do myrtle and George wanna move ? | To the west |
| What does gatsby's funeral symbolize | His failure to achieve his dream |
| What did tom and daisy being privileged make them ? | Incapable of accepting responsibility |
| What does gatsby grasping for the green light now symbolize at the end of the book | The more he tried to obtain the less he ended up with |
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