Characters
The narrator of the book.
Who is Nick Carraway
The state the story is based
Where is New York
The perspective the book is written
What is first person
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven‘t had the advantages that you‘ve had."
Who is Nick's father
Describe Nick's house
What is a cardboard bungalow
He is aggressive, overbearing, and tempermental
The Egg the Buchanans reside
Where is East Egg
The genre of The Great Gatsby
What is fiction
"All right...I‘m glad it‘s a girl. And I hope she‘ll be a fool – that‘s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Who is Daisy Buchanan
Gatsby's location at the end of his party
Where is the top/middle of the stairs alone
She lives in the Valley of Ashes
Who is Myrtle Wilson
The egg where Nick and Gatsby live
Where is West Egg?
Author uses this to lure the reader into the scene
What is figurative language, metaphors, similes, etc.
"It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a Catholic..."
Who is Catherine
The university where Nick and Tom met
What is Yale University
Who is Daisy Buchanan
The season and time that Nick moved to New York
What is Summer of 1922
The author uses this to show importance to certain objects in the story line
What is personification
"Your face is familiar."
Who is Jay Gatsby
Jordan Baker's occupation
What is a professional golfer
Fought in the ninth battalion in the war
Who is Jay Gatsby
The year the book is set in
What is 1922
The tone of Nick in the novel
What is skeptical, questioning, educated, etc.
"It was on the two little seats facing each other that are always the last ones on the train."
Who is Myrtle Wilson
The full name of the author
What is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald