HEAT & RISING TENSION
What condtion affects the cahercters emotion in chapter 7?
What is the heat?
What does “disharmony” describe in Tom and Daisy’s marriage?
What is emotional imbalance or hidden tension?
Who represents reality conflicting with Gatsby’s dream?
Who is Daisy’s daughter, Pam?
Who dies in the accident?
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
What kind of wealth does Gatsby have?
What is new money?
What does the heat in New York symbolize?
What is rising conflict or emotional pressure?
Why does their marriage continue?
What is for appearance, power, or social status rather than love?
What belief of Gatsby’s is challenged?
What is the idea that the past can be relived?
Who was driving the car?
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
Why isn’t Gatsby respected by old money society?
What is his lack of traditional or inherited wealth?
How does the heat influence the characters’ judgment?
What is it confuses emotions and their thinking and leads to bad descions?
How does the Buchanans’ home contradict its meaning?
What is a place that looks stable but hides emotional conflict?
How do Gatsby and Nick react to Pam’s reveal?
What is shock or disbelief?
Who accepts the blame?
Who is Jay Gatsby?
Who is Trimalchio?
Who is a wealthy Roman figure with new money and no respect?
How does the hot weather affect the characters’ emotions?
What is increased emotional intensity or tension?
Why do Tom and Daisy keep a perfect public image?
What is to hide their problems or protect their status?
Why does Nick think Gatsby didn’t believe Pam existed?
What is Gatsby ignoring reality to protect his dream?
Why doesn’t Daisy face consequences?
What is her wealth and privilege protecting her?
Why does Fitzgerald compare Gatsby to Trimalchio?
What is to show that money does not equal acceptance or respect?
Why is the heat important during arguments and confrontations?
What is it pushes emotions to a breaking point?
What does their marriage show about wealth and responsibility?
What is the use of wealth to avoid moral or emotional unstableness?
How does Pam symbolize the failure of Gatsby’s dream?
What is proof that Daisy moved on and the past cannot return?
What does Myrtle’s death show about social class?
What is the rich avoiding punishment while others suffer?
What does this allusion suggest about the American Dream?
What is money alone not bringing happiness or meaning?