Character Connections
The narrator of the story
Who is Nick Carraway?
Nick and Gatsby live in this "less fashionable" area.
What is West Egg?
How Nick actually got into Gatsby’s party.
What is a personalized invitiation from Gatsby?
What is an invitation?
One common rumor heard about Gatsby’s past in Chapter 2.
What is "the cousin or nephew of Kaizer Wilhelm?"
What is "he killed a man?"
What Nick sees Gatsby reaching for at the end of Chapter 1
What is the green light?
"I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be."
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
Daisy’s husband and a former football star.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Tom and Daisy live in this "old money" area.
What is East Egg?
The color of Gatsby’s flashy car
What is yellow? (or cream)
The prestigious university Gatsby claims to have attended.
What is Oxford University?
The billboard looking over the Valley of Ashes.
What is The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
Who is Nick Carraway?
The professional golfer who is "incurably dishonest."
Who is Jordan Baker?
The bleak, grey area between West Egg and New York.
What is The Valley of Ashes?
The man in the library who is shocked the books are real.
Who is Owl Eyes?
What is Owl Eyes?
The European country Gatsby says gave him a war medal.
What is Montenegro?
The color associated with Daisy’s innocence/purity.
What is white?
"Civilization’s going to pieces... It’s up to us... to watch out."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Tom’s mistress who lives above a garage.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
This is where Nick was sort of forced to spend the afternoon and evening in the company of Tom, his mistress, the mistress's sister, and the mistress's downstairs neighbors.
What is the apartment in New York?
What is Myrtle & Tom's apartment?
What happens to a car at the end of the Ch 3 party?
What is a wheel falls off?
The object Gatsby carries to "prove" he is a war hero
What is a medal?
What the Valley of Ashes represents in the novel.
What is moral decay?
What is the working class?
What social inequality?
"It takes two to make an accident."
Who is Jordan Baker?
The male downstairs neighbor of Mrs. Wilson, who is a photographer
(First & Last name)
Who is ChesterMc Kee?
This is the place where Nick meets Gatsby's business partner.
What is the restaurant in New York?
What is a speakeasy?
This provided the musical entertainment for Gatsby's weekend parties.
What is an orchestra?
The business associate of Gatsby with human molar cufflinks.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
What the Green Light represents to Gatsby
What is Daisy?
What is the American Dream?
"He's the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919."
Who is Jay Gatsby?
Gatsby's business associate.
Who is Meyer Wolsheim?
The city where Gatsby met Daisy for the first time.
What is Louisville?
What Gatsby did to the woman who tore/ripped her dress at one of his parties.
What is "send a new dress"?
Gatsby showed this to the cop who pulled them over as they drove through Queens.
What is the white card?
This represents Tom's love for Daisy and its value.
What is the $350,000 pearl necklace?
"I told that boy about the ice. These people! You have to keep after them all the time!"
Who is Myrtle Wilson?