Great Gatsby
He is the narrator of the story.
Who is Nick?
This character is labeled a Harami and excluded from larger society.
Who is Mariam
They are the Batiste siblings.
Who are Randell, Skeetah, Esch, and Junior
These literary elements describe the author's selection of words.
What are diction and word choice?
These two novels focus on the struggles of women in difficult circumstances.
What are Salvage the Bones and A Thousand Splendid Suns?
She receives a letter from her past lover on her wedding day.
Who is Daisy?
This war sets the stage for much of the novel's first half.
What is the Soviet-Afghan War?
This character is beloved by Skeetah and has a litter of children.
Who is China?
These literary elements are for when the author compares one thing to something else.
What are simile and metaphor?
This is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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What is Kinshasa?
He is known for his lavish parties and his mysterious past.
Who is Jay Gatsby
The story focuses heavily on the oppression of this group under Afghan society and Taliban rule.
Who are women?
This person is responsible for Esch's pregnancy, but refuses to take responsibility for it.
Who is Manny?
These literary elements describe the author's use of descriptive language.
What are imagery and figurative language?
These two novels highlight the tension between personal dreams and social realities.
What are the Great Gatsby and Salvage the Bones?
This man owns a garage in the valley of Ashes.
Who is George Wilson?
Laila marries Rasheed for this reason.
What is to protect her unborn child, Aziza?
Despite his emotional distance and alcoholism, this character tries to protect the family.
Who is Daddy?
This describes how the text is set up/organized/etc.
What is structure?
In all three novels, the main characters experience this in at least one of their personal relationships.
What is the impact of unattainable love?
He fixed the 1919 World Series and is one of Gatsby's business associates.
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Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Laila and Mariam's relationship develops this theme in the novel.
What is female solidarity or sisterhood?
This Greek sorceress, who killed her husband Jason and their children, is a role model of sorts for Esch.
Who is Medea?
This summarizes what the subject of the text is about.
What is theme?
In both Salvage the Bones and A Thousand Splendid Suns, family plays this important role.
What is a source of both conflict and strength?