Gatsby's Past
The Party
Themes
Observations
100

Gatsby's real name

What is James Gatz

100

Gatsby hopes to impress this person

Who is Daisy Buchanan?

100

Gatsby represents this American idea

What is the American dream

100

The narrator of the novel

Who is Nick Carraway?

200
The man who mentored Gatsby

Who is Dan Cody

200

Daisy's husband who attends the party

Who is Tom Buchanan

200

Gatsby’s life is built on this concept of creating a new identity

What is self-invention?

200

Nick describes Gatsby’s dream as being centered on this person

Who is Daisy Buchanan?

300

The occupation of Gatsby's father

What is a farmer

300

Tom suspects this is how Gatsby made his money

What is bootlegging or illegal business?

300

The contrast between Tom and Gatsby reflects this social divide

What is old money vs. new money?

300

Nick begins to understand that Gatsby’s dream may be...

What is unrealistic?

400

The age where Gatsby decided to change his life

What is 17

400

The nickname by which Gatsby refers to Tom during the party

What is Polo player?

400

Daisy’s reaction shows the limits of this ideal

What is the American Dream?

400

Nick notes that Gatsby wishes that Daisy does this in regards to her husband

What is say she never loved Tom

500

Where Gatsby is actually from

What is North Dakota

500

The main reason Daisy disapproves of the party

What is that it was unsophisticated?

500

Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy reflects this theme

What is the illusion of the past (or idealized love)?

500

Nick’s tone toward Gatsby in this chapter can best be described as this

What is sympathetic (or understanding)?

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