Historical
Decade the novel takes place in
1920s
Nick links Gatsby with this dream.
American Dream
"It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me."
Gatsby
Her Voice is "Full of Money"
Daisy
The Color of Gatsby's car? Why is it that color?
Yellow/beige/cream. Fake gold
This term was originally coined to refer to the rise & power of extremely rich businessmen, who displayed their wealth in ostentatious houses & extravagant behavior.
New Money
At the end of the book, all the people who are dead are from what social class?
Middle-class or new money.
"Tom's got some woman in New York."
Jordan
A rich man Gatsby Worked for and learns from
Dan Cody
This location represents the moral decay of society
Valley of Ashes
The 18th amendment that stopped the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
What is the relationship between Wolfshiem & Gatsby
shady business partners
“Tom’s getting very profound...he reads deep books with long words in them.”
Daisy
What is Daisy doing after the accident when Nick checks in on them?
Eating chicken, conspiring with Tom
This color is representative of purity
White
This War had just ended
World War 1
Why does Catherine say Tom can't leave Daisy
Because she's catholic
"He had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes of him..."
Myrtle
After Gatsby is killed, how do Tom and Daisy react?
They leave town to avoid any connection to Gatsby.
An object that is almost broken during the tea party that represents the passing and/or stopping of time. It can also symbolize the idea of wanting the something from the past.
Clock
The Author's Name is
F. Scott Fitzgerald
At the end of the novel, Nick says that Tom and Daisy are what type of people?
They are careless people. They are a rotten crowd.
"By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me."
Tom
Why doesn't Wolfsheim attend Gatsby's funeral?
It would be suspicious for him to show up at the funeral of a murdered man. They were involved in illegal dealing
Gatsby's books
See!" he cried triumphantly. "It's a bona-fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella's a regular Belasco. It's a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop, too - didn't cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?"
books used to come with their pages uncut, meaning that the sheets that are folded to make the books aren't sliced open on the top. You'd have to cut them open before reading. If you didn't, everyone would know that you hadn't actually read the book.