Character Motivation
What Gatsby wants
Who is Daisy?
The point of view from which the story is told
What is First-Person?
What the green light symbolizes
What is Gatsby's dream of Daisy?
Can also be extrapolated to represent the elusive nature of the American Dream as a whole
This theme is mostly conveyed via the Green light and Gatsby's dream of Daisy.
What is the decline of the American Dream?
He wants to learn the bond buisness
Why does Nick move to the East?
What Tom wants
Who is Daisy?
What is weather?
What the eyes of Dr T.J. Eckleberg symbolises
What are the eyes of God?
This theme is obvious throughout the novel, as almost every character experiences it at some point.
What is love and marriage?
Jay Gatsby's real name
Who is Jimmy Gatz?
What Myrtle wants
What is status and attention?
This event subtly implies Gatsby's inability to turn back time with Daisy.
What is Gatsby accidentally breaking Nick's clock?
What the Valley of Ashes symbolises
What is the sad and cruel existence of the working man?
This theme is portrayed via the contrast between The Valley of Ashes and East/West Egg
What is class divide?
Gatsby's car hits her
Who is Myrtle?
What Daisy wants
What is status and wealth?
This is used to separate different classes and morals in 1920's American society.
What is geography? ex: East Egg, West Egg, Valley of Ashes, New York.
Gatsby's car
What symbolizes Gatsby's immense wealth and his attempt to use it to impress Daisy?
This theme is conveyed via the behavior of many occupants of East Egg and Nick's view of them
What is the hollowness of the upper class?
What is bootlegging?
What Nick wants
What is being neutral?
Also what is valuing honesty?
An event that foreshadows Myrtle's death by car accident
What was Nick seeing a car in a ditch as he leaves one of Gatsby's parties?
What Gatsby was wearing when he reunited with Daisy and what it symbolizes
What is a white flannel suit with a gold/silver tie that represents Gatsby's character being corrupted by his wealth?
This minor theme can is apparent at Gatsby's lavish parties. Most characters also highly value this.
What is money and hedonism?
Nick feels disgust toward these people
Who are Tom and Daisy?