The person whom Daisy loves more than anyone else.
Who is herself?
100
This person is the protagonist of the novel.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
100
The symbol used to represent desires, hopes, and dreams for the future.
What is the green light?
100
This is another name for the 1920s.
What is the Jazz Age? What is the "party that never ended"? What is the "Roaring Twenties"?
100
These characters' experiences show that wealth and fame/status allow misbehaviors/indiscretions of all sizes.
Who are Tom/Daisy?
200
Mr. Henry Gatz describes his son with these adjectives, as shown in Gatsby's daily schedule.
What is self-motivated/disciplined?
200
Nick describes Gatsby as an "elegant young roughneck…whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd", showing that Nick believes "this" about Gatsby's persona.
What is he is fake?
200
The symbol used to represent moral/social decay and corruption.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
200
This is the color of Gatsby's suit (Tom Buchanan brings this up to point out Gatsby's lies).
What is pink?
200
This characters' experiences show that despite the desire to recreate the past, it cannot be recreated/repeated.
Who is Gatsby?
300
The only character who seems to know all the details of the car accident as well as all of the characters' various relationships.
Who is Nick Carraway?
300
This character BEST represents the changing roles of women in the 1920s.
Who is Jordan Baker?
300
The symbol used to represent guilt, conscience, and moral judgment.
What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
300
Jordan Baker does this professionally.
What is golfing?
300
This characters' experiences show that in trying to raise status/social class, consequences are unavoidable.
Who is Myrtle?
400
This is why almost none of Gatsby's party guests attends Gatsby's funeral.
What is "no one really knew him after the parties"?
400
This is represented by the violent end of Gatsby’s quest for Daisy.
What is the nightmare/illusion of the American Dream?
400
The symbol used to represent lost time, lost futures, and lost possibilities.
What are Gatsby's shirts?
400
This actor plays Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (the newest one).
Who is Tobey Maguire?
400
This characters' experiences show that responsibility can always be avoided and disregarded if we choose.
Who are Tom/Daisy?
500
This event takes place in Chapter 2 and represents Myrtle Wilson's willingness to do anything to rise in social position.
What is "Tom breaks Myrtle's nose"?
500
Nick observes Tom and Daisy doing this at the end of Chapter 8 after the car accident.
What is conspiring together? (coming together against everyone else, etc.)
500
The symbol used to represent the unavoidable lies part of any personal reinvention.
What is Gatsby's use of the phrase "Old Sport"?
500
This actor plays Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (the newest version).
Who is Carey Mulligan?
500
This characters' experiences show that if we are oblivious/ignorant (or if we pretend to be), we are happier for it.