Characters
Places
Themes
Gatsby
Symbols
100
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
100

This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.

What is West Egg?

100

These aspects and characteristics of the 1920s directly play into The Great Gatsby.

What is prohibition, bootlegging, jazz, party lifestyle, and New York?

100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
100
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
What is "her voice is full of money"?
200
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
200
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
200

This is Fitzgerald's opinion of the Old Money upper class.

What is careless, spoiled, and inconsiderate?

200
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Who is Dan Cody?
200

This is something the Valley of Ashes could symbolize.

What is the destruction of society and the poorer class?

300

Poor boy from North Dakota. (real name)

Who is James Gatz?

300
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
300

This is the main social conflict in the novel.

What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both?

300

This is who kills Gatsby.

Who is George Wilson?

300

This symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the novel.

What is the billboard of T. J. Eckleburg and the owl-eyed man?

400
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400
This is the state where James Gatz was born.
What is North Dakota?
400

This is the importance of the East and the Midwest in the book.

What is the East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a better life?

400

This is how Gatsby stands out from his party guests.

What is not drinking/dancing/singing?

400

The green light symbolizes this in the novel.

What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?

500
This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.
Who is Ewing Klipspringer?
500

This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.

What is Louisville?

500

The American Dream plays this part in the story.

What is both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life?

500
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
What is that she never loved Tom?
500

Nick's clock, the one that Gatsby saves from falling, is described as "defunct" for this reason.

What is the time that Gatsby believed he was saving with Daisy was already long gone?
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