Other characters
This character technically kills two people.
George Wilson
cause of Mrs. Wilson's death
getting hit by the yellow car
Nick says I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body of who?
Jordan
Like Richard Cory, Gatsby learns all his wealth can't buy...
happiness (love, contentment, etc)
They call it the Great War, we call it...
World War I
gets nose broken in chapter 2
Myrtle
He discovers a dog leash that gets him to figure out his wife is unfaithful.
George Wilson
"Her voice was full of money"
Daisy
Nick shows judgment to Tom for the first time when this happens.
Nick refuses to come inside Tom's house to wait for his cab.
This was illegal, but used a lot in the 1920s
alcohol
Seen only in flashbacks. Gatsby's best friend in the past - gave him the name Jay Gatsby
Dan Cody
Perhaps the biggest tragically occurred before the book when Gatsby COULD NOT do this after the war (at least not in time)
get home (back to Daisy)
Nick describes....a small flat-nosed Jewish man, raised his large head and regarded me with two fine growths of hair which luxuriated in either nostril. After a moment I discovered his tiny eyes in the half darkness”
Meyer Wolfshiem
Tom is like this symbol - rich, beautiful, but destructive. Maybe that's why he takes it to New York in Chapter 7
The yellow car
The Great Gatsby published in 1925 was a moderate success. But after this event in 1929 it was regarded as a prophesy
The Stock Market Crash
Fixed the 1919 World Series
Wolfshiem
Gatsby is here when he dies (specifically)
his pool
His body is a “cruel body” with “enormous power” that, as Nick explains, he developed as a college athlete
Tom
The people in this area don't seem to have any hope.
Valley of Ashes
Although it was not done by a man named Meyer Wolfsheim, this was actually historically done in 1919.
The World Series was "fixed"
Known as "The Boarder"
Klipspringer
Gatsby doesn't drink because of this mentor's alcoholism.
Dan Cody
"You look so cool. You always look so cool"
Gatsby
As Nick tries to warn Gatsby, "You can't..."
"Repeat the past"
The director of the film used this to indicate that the themes and messages of The Great Gatsby is seen in any time period in America and across all ethnic demographics.
Contemporary Music