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This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
"You can't repeat the past"
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
What is memory and the past?
Gatsby uses this short phrase to sound wealthy and sophisticated.
What is old sport?
"he stretched out his arms toward the dark water...and distinguished nothing except a single green light"
What is symbolic of Gatsby's yearning for Daisy?
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
"I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai−." Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand."
What is violence?
"The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic?their irises are one yard high."
What are the eyes of God?
Poor boy from North Dakota. (real name)
Who is James Gatz?
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
What is prohibition, bootlegging, jazz music, party lifestyle, New York City?
How does Gatsby, supposedly, get his money?
What is bootlegging?
What does Daisy dressed in white symbolize?
What is her innocence, purity, and femininity?
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
What is North Dakota?
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
What is the American Dream?
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?"
What is symbolic of Nick being balanced (though unreliable!)
Owner of a car garage in the Valley of Ashes
Who is George Wilson?
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
What is Louisville?
"I lived at West Egg, the well, the less fashionable of the two..."
"Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water..."
What is new money vs old money?
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom.
What is that she never loved him?
What is moral decay? Because he is not being moral and is cheating on his wife.