Plot
Historical Connections
Characters
Symbols
Themes
100

Nick meets him and learns that he fixed the World Series in 1919

Meyer Wolfsheim

100
time period of the novel
When are the 1920s?
100

Myrtle's sister

Who is Catherine? 

100

Gatsby looks at it and it represents his dream

What is the green light?

100
What symbols bring up the theme of the American Dream and that is unattainable? 

What is the green light? What are the words hopes, dreams, etc. used throughout the novel? What is Gatsby's dream for Daisy? 

200

Nick's chosen profession when he goes East

What is the bond business?

200
famous dance of the 1920s
What is the Charleston?
200

Buys a puppy and receives a punch in the nose by her boyfriend

Who is Myrtle Wilson? 

200
Represents old wealth

What is East Egg? 

200
A character who introduces the theme of reality vs. illusion in the library

Who is the Owl-eyed man? 

300

Puts flowers in Nick's small bungalow and mows Nick's long only to almost leave his reunion in the pouring rain

Who is Gatsby? 

300
The illegal sale and manufacturing of alcohol
What is Prohibition?
300

The NY painter who Nick meets in the apartment

Mr. McKee

300
social/moral wasteland
What is the Valley of Ashes?
300
How Gatsby tries to get Daisy back
What is wealth/money?
400

Where Nick is from 

The Midwest

400

The year WWI ended and what happened 10 years later

what is the 1919? what is the stock market crash (1929)? 

400

the dishonest golfer

Who is Jordan Baker?

400
The all-seeing being
What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
400
West Egg vs. East Egg
What is the division of social class?
500
Reveals that Gatsby is a bootlegger in the NY apartment

Who is Tom? 

500

The author of the book 

F. Scott Fitzgerald

500

Meets Tom's mistress and is Daisy's second cousin

Who is Nick Carraway? 

500
Daisy's voice is full of this
What is money?
500

Nick and Gatsby bring up the debate over whether or not this can be repeated

What is the past?

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