Setting
This is the state that Nick is from.
Minnesota
What is Mrs. Baker's first name?
Jordan
How does the role of women versus men begun to appear so far?
discuss
"'I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"
Daisy
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
West Egg
This character reveals the Buchanan's odd relationship to Nick
Jordan Baker
What does the recurring distinction between the East and Midwest tell you about how people view each respective region?
The east is supposedly where people are more successful, but from what Fitzgerald has written so far, it has fostered toxic relationships in the pursuit of wealth.
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations.
Nick
This is the location of the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
Who is Catherine?
Myrtle Wilson's sister.
What is the role of the American dream so far in the novel?
Nick is looking for a better more "successful" life by moving to New York
"This idea is that we’re Nordics. I am, and you are, and you are, and we’ve produced all the things that go to make civilization — oh, science and art, and all that"
Tom
What is the section of Long Island associated with Old Money
East Egg
What is the name of Myrtle's husband?
George B. Wilson
How has social class been presented so far.
The stigma of old vs. new money.
Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.
Nick
At the end of chapter 2 where did Nick find himself asleep?
The lower level of Pennsylvania Station
Who did the man selling the puppies bear a strong resemblance to?
John D. Rockefeller
What is the theme most affiliated with talk about Gatsby?
New money. He is wealthy because his relative is Kaiser Wilhelm
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Nick's father