Characters
This character lives in West Egg and it is a mystery who he really is.
Gatsby
Represented by the divide between "West Egg", "East Egg", and "Valley of Ashes".
Social Class
Dinner party in the "Valley of Ashes".
Chapter 2
The emptiness behind flashy wealth, hundreds attend, but no one knows him.
Gatsby's Parties
This character has recently moved in to West Egg.
Nick Carraway
The idea that if you work hard enough, you can be successful.
The American Dream
"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."
Chapter 2
Represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure.
The Valley of Ashes
This character broke someone's nose.
Buchanan
Trying to recreate the past, being unable to move on and live in the now.
Past vs Present
Nick has tea with Jordana Baker where she asks him to do Gatsby a favor.
Chapter 4
Represents hopes and dreams, yet always just out of reach.
Green Light
She is the cousin of the narrator.
Daisy Buchanan
Dishonesty, infidelity, and a general lack of ethics, especially among the wealthy elite.
Moral Decay
Nick is finally introduced and speaks with Gatsby.
Chapter 3
A “god-like” judge watching over the corruption of the 1920s.
The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg
This character lives in a garage in the Valley of Ashes and is the husband of Tom's mistress.
George Wilson
Pretending to live a different lifestyle, acting like someone else to escape your own life.
Illusion vs Reality
The chapter we hear about the "the Green Light".
Chapter 1
Fitzgerald calls it “a voice full of money,” showing how money shapes desire.
Daisy's Voice