What does this symbol represent in the book? (West eggs,East egg, Valley of Ashes, & NYC)
East egg- Old money
West egg- New money
Valley of Ashes- poor/ bad opportunities
NYC- dream, land of opportunity
Social Classes
Obsessive, Dreamer, Faithful, Romantic, hope, readiness
Gatsby
Who says this quote?
"Can't repeat the past?' He cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!"
What does this song/lyric represent?
Kill and Run
"Kill and run, kill and run
I'm one of the dirty guns"
This is about the end of the movie when Gatsby get brutally murdered and his death is on the hands of many people.
What character does this represent?
Daisy
What does this symbol represent in the book? (Green light)
Gatsby's Dream, American Dream, Opportuniuty
Mysterious, wise, listener, observer, honest
Nick
Who says this quote?
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Nick
What does this song/lyric represent?
"Love is blindness
I don't want to see"
Love truly made Gatsby blind, possibly Daisy too for a moment when she was caught up in all of Gatsbys glamorous things
What character does this represent?
Myrtle
What does this symbol represent? (Daisy's pearls from Tom before wedding)
Daisy chooses wealth and material goods over raw & authentic emotion
Wealth, shallow, materialistic
powerful, strong, arrogant, prideful, wealthy, stale
Tom
Who says this quote?
"She never loved you. She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!"
Gatsby
What does this song/ lyric represent?
"Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?"
Gatsbys wonder of life
Gatsbys yearning for Daisy
What character does this image represent?
Tom Buchanan
What does this symbol represent? (Gatsby's car)
materialistic success, Gatsby's arrogance, flawed American dream
shallow, charming, careless, greedy, beautiful, superficial, girlhood, white
Daisy
Who says this quote?
"I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back of door."
Tom
What does this song/ lyric represent?
"Got me looking so crazy right now
Your love's got me looking so crazy right now"
Gatsby truly is Crazy in Love over Daisy, although he doesn't see it
What character does this represent?
Gatsby (Gatsbys Dream)
What does this symbol represent? (T.J Eckleburg eyes)
The eyes symbolize God presence always overseeing life
or
Nick overseeing the story as it unfolds
Dishonest, manipulative, shallow, cynical, independence, self-centered
Jordan Baker
Who says this quote?
"Reserving judgement is a matter of infinite hope."
Nick
What does this song/ lyric represent?
"Write like Mark Twain, Jay Gatsby, I park things
Yellow cars, yellow gold like Slick Rick...
Her voice is full of money He's a crook, George"
The wealth and greed of Daisy and Tom and Gatsby's want to be accepted
What character does this image represent?
Nick, or God