Characters #1
This character is nameless, often associated with the color of red, and meets a tragic end.
Curley's Wife
This companion of Nick Carraway is "incurably dishonest".
Jordan Baker
East Egg is home to ____ money, while West Egg is home to ____ money.
old; new
A letter
Symbolizes the titanic power of dreams; the elusive pull of the American Dream.
The Green Light
The genre of Of Mice and Men
play-novelette
This character wishes her daughter to be "a beautiful little fool"
Daisy Buchanan
The narrator of Passing.
Irene Redfield
Why are George and Lennie looking for work at the beginning of Of Mice and Men?
They are migrant workers who move place to place
AND/OR
The incident in Weed; they had to flee because Lennie touched a girl's dressWhat does Gatsby do for work?
He is a bootlegger.
Acceptance and preference for European features
Featurism
Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
Decadence
This gentle giant is often described using animalistic imagery. His name is an oxymoron.
Lennie Small
Lennie's best friend and caretaker.
George Milton
1. Dinner w/ Tom, Daisy, Nick & Jordan
2. Apartment w/ Tom, Myrtle, Nick, & The McKees
3. Party at Gatsby's Mansion
In Of Mice and Men, there is a chapter that focuses on these three characters to emphasize loneliness, racism, power, and the predatory nature of human existence.
Lennie, Crooks, & Curley's Wife
Both The Great Gatsby and Passing feature this; another word for an untrustworthy storyteller
unreliable narrator
The individual, cultural, and institutional beliefs and discrimination that systematically oppress people of color
Racism
Described as "stepping always on the edge of danger".
Clare Kendry
"Carries her surplus flesh voluptuously"; meets a tragic end.
Myrtle Wilson
What does Irene suspect that causes her to drop the teacup?
She thinks that Brian and Clare are having an affair.
Explain the history between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.
An advertisement on a billboard near Wilson’s garage; these eyes seem to watch over everyone with a Godlike presence.
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
In both The Great Gatsby & Passing; this aspect of setting is used to emphasize oppressive force and add a sense of foreboding
Weather (specifically heat/threat of thunderstorm)
This character is heartbroken at the death of his beloved old dog.
Candy
This suspicious character wears human molars as cufflinks.
Meyer Wolfshiem
This dream of George and Lennie is symbolic of the American Dream at large.
They dream of owning their own farm where Lennie can tend rabbits and they can live off "the fatta the land".
Describe what happens to these three characters:
1. Lennie's puppy
2. Curley's Wife
3. Lennie
1. Lennie accidentally kills his puppy by petting it too hard. :-(
2. Lennie accidentally kills Curley's Wife when he won't let go of her hair.
3. George kills Lennie as an act of mercy to spare him from a painful death at the hands of Curley and Carlson.
A practice of discrimination by which those with lighter skin are treated more favorably than those with darker skin; a product of racism in the United States; it upholds the white standards of beauty and benefits white people in the institutions of oppression.
Colorism
Acceptance and preference for hair with smooth, loose texture
Texturism
Possesses a calculating and pugnacious stare; wears high-heeled boots; nepo baby
Curley
Has "a rare smile with the quality of eternal reassurance"
Jay Gatsby
What happens to Jay Gatsby?
She pretends not to know him and that he's a pervert.
Why is it ironic that Clare Kendry is first described as "stepping on the edge of danger"?
This foreshadows Clare's death at the end; she literally falls from an open window.
While The Great Gatsby is told from first person limited, Passing is told from
third person limited
The "prince of the ranch"; has "Godlike" eyes
Slim
A racist white supremacist who uses a slur as a nickname for his wife.
Jack Bellew
Explain Irene Redfield's complex feelings towards Clare Kendry.
Irene is both disgusted and fascinated by Clare's choices to pass as a white woman. There are also questionable sexual undertones; Clare's beauty is described at length as well as her seductive nature.
Why is Irene initially uncomfortable at Clare's staring at the Drayton Hotel?
Clare is staring at her intently; Irene doesn't recognize her and is worried the woman knows she's passing as a white woman.
Describe how animals are utilized throughout Of Mice and Men.
Animals are used to show the predatory nature of human existence and cruel circle of life. Often Lennie is described using animalistic imagery, and the death of Candy's dog foreshadows Lennie's death.
The barren area in between East and West Egg; emphasizes the moral decay and poverty that result from the decadence, excess, and capitalism of the 1920s.
Valley of Ashes