Characters
"I've heard it said that [this character's] murmur was only to make people lean toward her."
Who is Daisy Buchanan
Traveling between two parts of eastern New York, Nick Carraway goes to this town to visit his cousin and her husband Tom.
What is East Egg
To pretend - fictitious or not real.
What is feigned?
A person in a career that is now called optometry, Used to be called this.
What is an oculist?
Tom insists that Nick meet this person as they travel by train from East Egg to New York.
Who is "his girl" Myrtle Wilson? (His mistress)
This character was described as balancing an unseen object on her chin.
Who is Jordan Baker?
Jordan Baker refuses these because she is "absolutely in training," as Tom greedily has one of his own.
What are cocktails (alcoholic drinks) brought in from the pantry by the butler.
Something that "keeps afloat" or is "uplifted"
What is Buoyed
What is skepticism?
This character says, "And if you feel that way about it maybe I'd better sell it somewhere else after all." and is speaking to this person. (two parts)
Who is Tom Buchanan to George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, who owns the garage?
This characters father once told him, "remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who is Nick Carraway, the narrator?
Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan did this to Myrtle, for this reason. (two parts)
What is, broke her nose, for saying Daisy's name?
Being distrustful of human nature or motives.
What is cynical?
Having a trim, streamlined appearance, or to be dashingly and carelessly unconventional.
What is rakish?
Tom purchases this type of dog for "his girl" described as having "a brown washrag of a back [...] though its feet were startingly white" (32).
What is an airedale?
Who is Catherine?
Nick and Tom pass through an industrial zone, as they travel to meet Tom's girlfriend, known as the valley of this.
What is ashes?
This is something that is composed, performed, or uttered at the spur of the moment.
What is extemporizing.
To support with evidence.
What is corroborated?
Nick observes that he "was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life" (40). He is speaking about this occasion of which he is a part of.
What is the impromptu party at Tom and Myrtle Wilson's New York apartment?
The eyes of this character are "blue and gigantic--their retinas are one yard high" (27).
Who is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
This passage refers to this unsavory character whom has not been properly introduced. "Miss Baker who seemed to have mastered a certain hardy skepticism was able utterly to put this fifth guest's shrill metallic urgency out of mind" (20).
Who is Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress?
What is supercilious
Sluggish, lacking force or quickness, drooping from exhaustion or simple laziness.
What is languidly?
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"I never was any more crazy about him than I was about that man there" (39). This statement expresses this characters regret about this person, and while they say it, they are pointing at this character. (Three parts: I, him, and that man)
Who is Myrtle Wilson, about her husband George, while pointing at Nick Carraway?