Vocabulary
Talk or exchange of remarks in a good-humored teasing way
Bantering
Person related to the narrator of the book and married to Tom.
Daisy Buchanan
Location where Nick lives.
West Egg
an incident that happened on the way back home where Gatsby and Daisy were in one car and Nick, Jordan, and Tom in another car.
Myrtle's death
Color of car that belonged to Tom but Gatsby and Daisy drove.
Yellow
to be sad and depressed or have low spirits
Dejection
Baseball player and has a relationship with Nick
Jordan Baker
Wealthier side of the city, where Tom and Daisy live.
East Egg
Character who has an American Dream, who came from a poor family and became wealthy.
Jay Gatsby
What does Nick see on his way to meet Myrtle?
T.J. Eckleburg Billboard
More than sufficient; excessive
Superfluous
Person who is married to Daisy but also had a relationship with Myrtle.
Tom Buchanan
Location where Myrtle was first introduced.
Wilson’s Garage
"gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly that I could still hear the music and the laughter, faint and incessant, from his garden, and the cars going up and down the drive"
Gatsby's parties
How did Gatsby die?
He was shot by George Wilson
A state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.
Reverie
Narrator of the book, has a relationship with Jordan and
Nick Carraway
Where we fist learn about Myrtle's double side characteristics.
Tom & Myrtle’s apartment
Gatsby being nervous knocking down an old clock in Nick's house, when did this occur?
Gatsby seeing Daisy again for the first time in a while.
What did George Wilson do after Gatsby died?
George Wilson shot himself after shooting Gatsby.
Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
Tactless
Neighbor to Nick and Daisy's old boyfriend.
Jay Gatsby
Lake that separates West Egg from East Egg.
Long Island Sound
What occurs more during the story with the relationships between characters?
Dishonesty and partners cheating on the other.
Relatives that myrtle had that nick meet in New York.
Myrtle's sister Catherine and brother in law McKee.