Characters
The main character and narrator of The Great Gatsby.
Who is Nick Carraway?
What is West Egg?
This is what Gatsby is staring at towards the end of the first chapter.
What is the green light?
This is the gift Tom buys for Myrtle in Chapter 2.
What is a puppy?
This is why Nick went to Gatsby's party.
What is Nick was invited?
Nick's mysterious next door neighbor.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This is where Tom and Daisy live.
What is East Egg?
Jordan Baker likes to gossip about this topic in Chapter 1.
What is Tom's affair?
This is what George Wilson wants Tom to sell him.
What is Tom's old car?
This is the term that Gatsby calls people.
What is "old sport"?
She's a professional golfer and can be incredibly dishonest.
Who is Jordan Baker?
Location of the party is at in Chapter 3.
What is Gatsby's mansion?
This person gave this advice: "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all of the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who is Nick's father?
This is why Tom broke Myrtle's nose.
What is Myrtle kept repeating Daisy's name?
This is where Gatsby recognizes Nick from.
What is the military/war?
She's the wife of George and is having an affair with Tom Buchanan.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
This is where Nick is from.
What is the Midwest?
This person is the "fifth guest" of the dinner party in Chapter 1.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
This is where Tom takes Myrtle and Nick.
What is Tom and Myrtle's apartment? ... the Upper West Side?
This loud event happens near the end of the party.
What is a drunken car crash?
He's a drunk that admires Gatsby's library in Chapter 3.
Who is Owl Eyes?
This is another name for the industrial district where George and Myrtle live.
What is the valley of ashes?
This is how much Nick pays for his apartment.
What is $80?
This is how many times Nick has been drunk in his life.
What is twice?
"In the main hall a bar... was set up.
"By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived..." (p. 44)
Fitzgerald chages this in order to give the audience a sense immediacy, of being AT the party in real time.
What is verb tense?