Symbolism
The hot weather in chapter 7 represents this.
What is rising tensions and emotional pressures
George finds this out about Myrtle.
What is, she is having an affair (he does not know it's Tom).
This aspect of Gatsby's death exposes the materialism and illusion of friendship in the East (East Coast, not egg)
What is no one shows up to his funeral?
This character turns 30 the day Myrtle dies
Who is Nick?
The fall weather in Chapter 8 symbolizes this
Gatsby does this after the events of the car crash.
What is, hides outside Daisy's house to protect her from Tom.
This character best represents the theme of illusions and false realities.
Who is Gatsby?
Daisy admits to loving these two characters at some point in her life.
Who is Gatsby and Tom
The Billboard of TJ Eckleburg is called ___________ by George and represents ________________.
What is God and the judgement of careless actions and a corrupt world.
Myrtle runs out to Gatsby's car for this reason
What is, Myrtle thinks Tom and Daisy are in the car and she wants to confront them.
"I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all-- Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life" (176) suggests this message about the Midwest vs. East of America
What is the Midwest represents American values and honesty and the East is materialistic, corrupt, and careless.
These are the only characters who go to Gatsby's funeral
Who are Nick, Mr. Gatz (Gatsby's father), and Owl Eyes
The rose comes back in chapter 8 with Nick saying, "[Gatsby] must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is" and symbolizes this.
What is the collapse and disillusionment of his dream.
This is George's fate.
what is killed himself.
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (180) helps Fitzgerald communicate this overall message/theme.
What is the past is inescapable or the American Dream is unattainable?
The fate of Daisy
What is she stays married to Tom and leaves East Egg
By the end of the novel, the green lights symbolizes this.
What is, the original dream of what America promises and the corruption of the dream due to the materialistic world.
Gatsby's dad comes for the funeral and shows his pride in Gatsby by showing Nick this item.
What is Gatsby's schedule and goals.
This theme is represented by Nick's efforts to get people to attend Gatsby's funeral in which only Owl Eyes, Gatsby's father, and Nick attend.
What is the American Dream?
After the events of the novel, Nick thinks this about life.
Part one: Life in East vs. Midwest
Part Two: Life in general
What is, life in the East is careless and corrupt?
What is, the past, who we are and where we come from are inescapable (the past shapes and limits us).