Narrator
Characters
Fill-in-the-blank
Symbols
Misc.
100
We are introduced to him as the narrator of the novel.
Who is Nick Carraway
100
A huge, cruel man from old money, married but has a mistress.
Who is Tom?
100
Daisy wishes her daughter will be a ___________.
What is a fool or a beautiful little fool?
100
Symbolizes greed, envy, and money.
What is the green light?
100
Fitzgerald's comments on this through George's lack of success even though he did things "right" and Gatsby's immense success by doing things illegally.
What is the corruption of the American Dream?
200
The narrator is from there.
What is the mid-west.
200
The mistress of a very wealthy man. She is also married to a man who owns a garage in the Valley of Ashes. She dies.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
200
_________ Egg = __________ Money
What is East = Old/ West = New
200
Symbolizes God and the forgotten working class.
What are The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
200
Type of narration the novel is written in
What is 1st person
300
This brings the narrator to New York.
What is the bond business/a job opportunity?
300
Upper-class woman married to a very wealthy man who cheats on her but she is in love with a man who made his money illegally who she had a relationship with years ago.
Who is Daisy?
300
The billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg is in _________________.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
300
Represent the recklessness of the upper class.
What are automobiles?
300
George borrows this for his wedding, and therefore Myrtle doesn't think he is a "gentleman."
What is a coat?
400
Daisy knows Nick because she is this to him.
What is a cousin?
400
New-money man who made his money illegally and bought a house across the bay from the woman he loves.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
400
Gatsby is _______________ in his swimming pool.
What is murdered/shot?
400
Represents the frivolity and law-breaking of the 20s
What are parties and alcohol consumption?
400
At the time of his death, George thinks Myrtle is having an affair with ___________.
Who is Gatsby?
500
In the beginning of the novel, the narrator says he is one of the most honest people he knows. In the end, we are told that the narrator is not the most honest person in general, which makes him this kind of narrator.
What is an unreliable narrator?
500
He made Gatsby. He also fixed the World Series in 1919. He represents organized crime.
Who is Wolfsheim?
500
At the beginning of the novel, Nick recounts a conversation where is father tells him to remember that "all of the people in this world haven't had the ___________ you've had..."
What are advantages?
500
Represent organized crime, intimidation, and ruthlessness
What are Wolfsheim's cufflinks?
500
“Already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices.” This quote refers to this kind of woman.
What are flappers?
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