Valley of Ashes
The eyes of this oculist watch the valley like the eyes of God.
Who is Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
Nick is attempting to break into this business.
What are bonds?
(Also acceptable... What is Wall Street?)
“‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the ___________ you’ve had.’”
What are advantages?
Daisy Fay shares this hometown with Jennifer Lawrence and Muhammad Ali.
What is Louisville?
This is the point-of-view in which the story is told. Through Nick's eyes.
What is first person?
Myrtle ran out to the street thinking the driver of the oncoming car was this man---her lover.
Who is Tom?
On a trip into the city, Nick meets Meyer Wolfshiem, who Gatsby says fixed this sports contest.
What is the 1919 World Series?
“…what foul dust floated in the wake of his ________ that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.”
What are dreams?
Daisy's best friend and Nick's love interest.
Who is Jordan Baker?
What are allusions?
This mechanic is the only character that ever talks about God.
Who is George Wilson?
This is the egg that Gatsby inhabited.
What is West Egg?
“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single _________.”
What is a window?
Daisy weeps at the sight of these garments.
What are shirts?
The crash that kills Myrtle serves as this part of the story---it's all downhill from here.
What is the climax?
This Valley lies between these two locations.
What are West Egg and New York City?
Since Prohibition was in full effect, it's possible Gatsby was doing this to make his money.
What is bootlegging?
“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite _____.”
What is hope?
This is what Daisy hopes her daughter to be. (3 words)
What is a beautiful little fool?
In their love-nest apartment, Mrytle screams Daisy's name and Tom breaks her nose. This shows his connection to Daisy and may be a clue to Mrytle's fate. This clue could be considered this literary term.
What is foreshadowing?
Who is Michaelis?
This bridge connects Long Island City to Manhattan and according to Nick, seeing the city from this bridge is "always the city seen for the first time."
What is the Queensboro Bridge?
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the ______.”
This euphemism was also a T.V. show where the main character could bring the dead back to life.
What is Pushing Daisies?
Nick used this device to describe Gatsby's car "...terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory..."
What are metaphors?