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Gatsby
Flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nick Carraway | 1st person narrator- the story's events are interpreted through his eyes, middle class, the only person who knows all circumstances |
| Jay Gatsby | No one really knows what goes on inside his head or who he is, wealthy - new money |
| Daisy Buchanan | Louisville, Kentucky socialite, born into tremendous wealth, empty handed, fake,she is lovely, but very careless, lacks and substance |
| Tom Buchanan | Daisy's husband, from a wealthy family in Chicago, supercilious , brash, racist, and an adulterer, abusive |
| Jordan Baker | Golfer, young, somewhat of a love interest to Nick, lacks, substance, liar |
| Myrtle Wilson | Lives in the valley of ashes, mistress of tom, desperate to escape her fate |
| George Wilson | Sad owner of gas station in valley of ashes, product of economic hardship, myrtles husband |
| Doctor T.J Eckleburg | Doctor whose billboard looks down upon the valley of ashes, billboard has a gigantic blue eyes behind enormous yellow glasses George calls those the eyes of god |
| West Egg | New money, Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway |
| East Egg | Old money, snobby, greedy, Tom and Daisy Buchanan |
| Valley of Ashes | George and Myrtle Wilson |