Characters
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Jordan Baker
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
West Egg
The elusiveness of the past is a key theme in this story. Finish the quote the captures the theme: "So we beat on, ____________________________."
"...boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport.
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
"Her voice is full of money."
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Tom Buchanan
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
The Valley of Ashes
In The Great Gatsby how are the East and the MidWest different from each other?
The East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a better life.
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Dan Cody.
What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
The destruction of society and the despair of the lower classes.
A poor boy from North Dakota (real name!)
James Gatz
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
East Egg
This is how Gatsby dies.
George Wilson shoots him.
This symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the play?
The billboard of T. J. Eckleburg.
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Meyer Wolfshiem
This is the state where James Gatz was born.
North Dakota
How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
Both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life.
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
WWI.
What does the green light primarily symbolize in the play.
What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy.
This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.
Ewing Klipspringer
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
Louisville
How does social class play a role in the novel?
What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both.
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
That she never loved Tom.
"They're such, such beautiful shirts!" Daisy cries through the fine Egyptian linen of Gatsby's shirts. This symbolizes what?
Daisy realizing she could live a beautiful life with gatsby.