Vocab 1
having the disbelief in human sincerity or goodness
What is cynical
Sport Jordan played
golf
The symbol representing the unattainable dream of recapturing the past and wanting the American Dream
the green light
When Gatsby meets Daisy --the setting is
What is raining
attended Gatsby's funeral
Gatsby's father, serants, Nick, and owl eyes
when "imploring" you are ...
begging
Bootlegger that Gatsby got into business with
Meyer Wolfsheim
Unique because he was actually "invited" to Gatsby's party unlike others who actually just showed up
Nick
Location where "old wealth" lived
East Egg
name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife
Zelda
inept means
clumsy or lacking skill
Gave Nick key advice about "the snobbish" ways of life and how it is unequally handed out at birth
his father
Name of person who was going to give Gatsby $25,000
Dan Cody
a desolate, industrial wasteland located on the way to New York city showing moral decay
The Valley of the Ashes
time period name the book was written during
The Roaring Twenties
Menagerie
a collection of animals and tokens for study or display
Location where Tom and Nick attended college
Yale, New Haven Connecticut
Driver of the car that hits Myrtle
Daisy
where Nick from originally in the novel
Minnesota/the Midwest
a time period when alcohol was prohibited from being sold
Prohibition
Juxtaposition
two close objects that show a contrast
Tom breaks this of Myrtle's
her nose
Person committing suicide at the end of the novel
George B. Wilson
The Name of the Bridge that must be crossed into Manhattan
Queensboro
the year The Great Gatsby took place during
1922