Symbolism
This symbol represents a reality check for Gatsby
Who is Daisy's/Tom's daughter?
"They smashed up things and creatures ... and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
"They" are __________________________
Who are Tom and Daisy?
Daisy tells Gatsby that she loved him_____________
What is too?
He realizes the dream is dead
Who is Nick?
Gatsby uses his pool for the first time on this day
What is the first day of autumn/fall?
A bad driver
Who is Jordan?
Gatsby's tragic flaw
What is idealism/idealistic?
According to Nick, "this" is impossible to transcend
What is the past?
The reader 'sees' this reoccurring symbol in chapter 8
What is the T.J Eckleburg billboard?
The only party guest who attends Gatsby's funeral
Who is Owl Eyes?
The external force affecting the Tragic Hero Gatsby
What is Social Class/Tom and Daisy?
Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to illustrate that the American Dream is a ____________________________
What is paradox/contradiction?
This represents where Gatsby's Platonic conception of self begins
What is Hopalong Cassidy (Gatsby's journal)?
Both men are destroyed by the love of women who love Tom Buchanan
Hint: be sure to include the word that means "similar" in your answer
How do George and Gatsby parallel one another?
The climax of the novel
What is Daisy cannot admit that she has never loved Tom and that she loves Gatsby too?
America was founded on ideals of progress and equality but it still developed ___________________
What is social classes/distinctions of wealth?
In chapter 9, Fitzgerald makes another connection for the green light
What is the green continent? (America)
Nick's words about Tom at the hotel in New York which show him to be an immoral hypocrite
What is "From libertine to Prig"? (Tom's comment about the downfall of humanity because Daisy is involved with a West Egger, yet he was involved with Myrtle)
Like Nick, Fitzgerald wants the reader to do feel this for Gatsby
What is pity and admire Gatsby, the tragic hero?
Fitzgerald makes this commentary about Gatsby and immigrants to America
What is being marginalized/separated by the rest of society?
What is Gatsby can't overcome his past just like
immigrants can't overcome being newcomers?