This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
How does the progression of women's rights play a role in the novel?
Women in the novel are using money as a way to get ahead in life because they have limited options.
What does the Valley of the Ashes symbolize?
The poor/working classes and the destruction of society due to the selfishness and materialism of the wealthy.
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
Describe what East Egg symbolizes versus what the MidWest symbolizes in the book.
The East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a more honest life.
What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the play?
The Billboard of T. J. Eckleburg overlooking the Valley of the Ashes.
Poor boy from North Dakota. (real name).
Who is James Gatz?
How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
This is the person who kills Gatsby.
Who is George Wilson?
What does the green light symbolize in the play?
Gatsby's unattainable American Dream aka his hope to be with Daisy.
How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
Both Nick and Gatsby are trying to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life.
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
"Her voice is full of money".
How do social class play a role in the novel?
"Old" money versus "New" money; there is a stigma attached to both, and due to the stigma, they don't really mix.
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
That she never loved Tom.