Chs. 6 -7 ish
This is Gatsby's real name.
Who/what is James Gatz?
This is what Mr. Wilson plans to do after learning of his wife's infidelity.
What is move away?
This is what Gatsby does when he comes back from watching Tom & Daisy's house all night.
What is he tells Nick his true life story?
ANYONE CAN ANSWER UP TO TWICE!
This is a major lesson, theme, or moral statement that the novel expresses.
What is... (answers may vary)?
This is how Nick's perception and ideal of Tom/Daisy & Money changed throughout the novel.
3 IDEAS (first he was... then he was, last he thought...) --- 100pts for each!
What is...
1st) Nick was intrigued and fascinated by their wealth, status, old money, leisure, and refinement.
2nd) Nick is uneased by... Tom's aggression, arrogance, and lack of morality; Daisy's indecisiveness and reliance on privilege for not taking accountability; the destructive power of wealth.
3rd) Nick condemns them --- thinking they are careless and scumbags, hiding behind wealth while others (Gatsby/Myrtle/George) suffer the consequences of their actions; and thinks money is corruptive, not admirable.
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This is what you would call a word that is the same forward and backward (e.g. "level" & "tacocat")
What is a palindrome?
This is where Gatsby first meets Dan Cody.
What is on a boat and/or in a lake?
This is a description of what Nick sees through the window, checking in on Tom & Daisy.
What is Tom & Daisy sitting across from each other and eating fried chicken, talking?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This is what Nick tells Gatsby the last time that they were together.
What is "you're worth the whole... bunch of them put together" ?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This is, thematically, what Dr. Eckleburg's eyes represent.
What is... judgement (of God)?
This is how Gatsby's obsession with Daisy affects how he sees reality/what he believes is real.
What is he...
1) idealizes Daisy --> actually obsessed with success, which is what Daisy represents for him
2) overlooks the fact that Daisy is different than before
3) more...
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
This is how Gatsby describes Daisy's voice.
What is "full of money"?
This is who killed Myrtle Wilson and this is whose car it was.
Who is Daisy & what is Gatsby's car?
This is why Gatsby leaves Louisville and Daisy.
What is he was shipped off to war?
This is, thematically, what the Green Light represents.
What is... the overpowering and ruinous effect of obsession?
This is a strong description of what Nick Carraway thinks of Gatsby.
What is Nick...
1) Thinks he's interesting and charming
2) Recognizes his loneliness/desperation and pities him
3) Wants the best for him and tries to help him; cares about him as a friend
4) Finds his egotistical behavior, deceptions, and money-habits despicable and wants to be far from it.
In Greek Mythology, this character flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax.
Who is Icarus?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This is where/what Gatsby truly is from.
What is a family of poor farmers in North Dakota?
By the end of Chapter 7, this is what the readers finally realize.
What is Daisy will not leave Tom for Gatsby?
This is who sits up and talks with George Wilson after the car accident.
Who is Michaelis?
This is the writing era in which Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in and this is one defining attribute/theme/feeling of it.
What is... 1) modernism
2) alienation / cultural disruption / loneliness of living in a society of rapid and even traumatic change
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This is how Wilson seeing the eyes of Eckleburg as "God" relates to the characters lack of/need for accountability in their actions?
What is...
1) he is desperate for judgement, justice, and retribution
2) the accountability is just a farce--a sign--nothing is truly being done (the 'moral vacuum' of the novel)
3) an attempt to find order, morality, etc. in a world where the rich, powerful, and privileged can be careless and get away with it.
These are the 6 states that border Colorado.
What are...
1) Kansas
2) Nebraska
3) Wyoming
4) New Mexico
5) Utah
6) Oklahoma
When she finally attends one, this is how Daisy feels about Gatsby's parties.
What is they are not classy and distasteful?
DAILY DOBULE!!
This is Gatsby's classic phrase that Tom continuously mocks.
What is calling people "old sport"?
This is who told George Wilson who owned the 'death car' and this is what that lead to.
Who is Tom Buchanan and what is Gatsby's death?
This is, thematically, what the Valley of Ashes represents.
What is... poverty continues even when some are sickeningly wealthy?
This is an explanation of the differing views Gatsby and Daisy had of their relationship.
What is...
Daisy) does not love Gatsby's single-mindedness; she loved Gatsby but he was one of many--she loves easily; according to Nick, loves herself more than she could love anyone else. Will not trade pleasure and money for love.
Gatsby) will do anything for Daisy---his one true love; a hopeless romantic, truly in love.
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
This is what Gatsby is chasing and Nick tells him to leave alone.
What is the past?
This is how Jay Gatsby became rich.
What is organized crime?
This is what George Wilson is looking at when he starts talking about God.
What are Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's eyes?
This is, thematically, what Gatsby's brand new yellow car represents
What is... entitled narcissists thoughtlessly destroy the lives of others through the decisions they make?
This is the gas plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?