Vocabulary
hard work
Toiled
The narrator of story, a friend of gatsby
Nick Carraway
where the wealthy people lived
East egg
Is a symbol of hope for Gatsby
Green light
What is Nicks's attitude toward Buchanan and Jordyn at the beginning of the novel?
impressed by their welath
Happening at irregular intervals
Sporadic
Tom Buchanan's mistress
Myrtle
a place less fashionable and bizarre
West egg
illustrate different viewpoints and attitudes toward life during the Roaring Twenties.
society and class
Why doesn't Tom leave daisy for Myrtle?
Social standing
To give or represent evidence of the truth of something; to confirm or substantiate
Corroborate
Went to college with Nick
Tom Buchanan
Right on the water, between two mansions
Nicks House
moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure.
The valley of ashes
What had Tom accused Gatsby of(money)?
Bootlegging
Driven insane
derranged
Gatsby's Business Associate
Meyer Wolfsheim
A house where extravagant parties were thrown every weekend
Gatsby's Mansion
Everyone in the novel is obsessed with it, whether they were born with or without it
Money
Who all came to Gatsby's funeral?
Nick, Henry C. Gatz, postman, a few servants and owl eyes
Something justly deserved; Taking revenge or correcting a wrong
Retribution
Daisy enjoyed a “Beautiful White girlhood” with her
Jordyn
an area literally and symbolically impoverished
Valley of ashes
They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland,
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
What is Nicks quote about himself?