The Car Ride & Gatsby’s Story
Gatsby repeatedly uses this phrase to sound sophisticated
What is “old sport”?
A large motivation for Gatsby flaunting his wealth
What is Daisy?
Weather at the start of Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion
What is rain?
Why Daisy ultimately marries Tom
What is his wealth and stability?
Gatsby’s real background before wealth
What is poor/farm life?
One contradiction in Gatsby’s story that makes Nick doubt him
What is calling San Francisco the “Middle West”?
What Gatsby believes he can control
What is the past?
How the mood changes by the end of Daisy and Gatsby's reunion
What is it becomes happy/hopeful?
Why Gatsby has been watching Daisy for years
What is he is still in love with her and waiting for a chance?
Why Tom dislikes Gatsby after meeting him
What is he suspects Gatsby’s background and status?
The physical evidence Gatsby shows Nick to build credibility for his story
What is the Montenegrin medal and Oxford photo?
What Nick begins to realize about Gatsby’s dream at the end of Chapter 6
What is it is unrealistic/idealistic?
What Gatsby wants Daisy to see near Tom's house
What is Gatsby's mansion?
What Daisy nearly did before her wedding
What is try to call off the wedding/run away?
Daisy’s reaction to Gatsby’s party
What is she is uncomfortable/unimpressed?
What Gatsby is really trying to accomplish by gaining Nick’s trust
What is getting closer to Daisy?
What Tom and Gatsby represent socially
What is old money vs. new money?
How long it has been since Daisy and Gatsby last met
What is 5 years?
Why Daisy did not end up with Gatsby originally
What is he was poor and went to war
This is the mysterious gambler connected to Gatsby
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Gatsby’s fabricated story is meant to create this impression
What is that he is wealthy and respectable / from old money?
The central mistake Gatsby makes about Daisy
What is believing she is exactly as he imagined?
What Daisy’s emotional reaction to Gatsby’s shirts reveals
What is she is overwhelmed by wealth and lost time?
Where Daisy and Gatsby originally met
What is Louisville?
Who helped shape Gatsby’s vision of wealth
Who is Dan Cody?