Affairs & Deceptions
Who gets engaged?
Jordan.
The flowers were unnecessary, for at two o'clock a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby's, with innumerable receptacles to contain it.
What literary device is being used?
Metaphor
Who killed Myrtle?
Daisy.
The heat is an example of what type of literary device?
Foreshadowing
Who calls and asks for a missing tennis shoe?
Klipspringer
Who does not attend Gatsby's funeral after claiming they are good friends?
Wolfsheim
"The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone, before any words came through"
What is her voice being compared to?
A medicinal drug
What kind of car hit Myrtle?
Yellow Rolls Royce (I'll take yellow car)
Nicks says Gatsby created a greenhouse for Daisy. What does he really mean?
He ordered an absurd amount of flowers.
What causes Nick's view to shift about West Egg?
Daisy and Tom
What does Wilson find that his wife had wrapped in tissue paper that made him suspicious?
A dog leash
"It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth with Dan Cody—told it to me because “Jay Gatsby” had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice and the long secret extravaganza was played out"
Nick implies that...
The illusion of Jay Gatsby is dead.
How does George Wilson’s death contribute to the novel’s overall theme of the American Dream?
Wilson’s death highlights the failure of the American Dream, particularly for the working class. Unlike Gatsby, who chases wealth and status, Wilson struggles in poverty and is powerless against the corruption of the upper class.
When Nick meets Tom at the end of the novel, Nick implies that Tom and Daisy stay together because of..
1.Money
2. Carelessness
Who does attend Gatsby's funeral (besides Nick)?
Owleyes
What happens to Tom and Daisy at the end of the novel?
Tom and Daisy Buchanan leave East Egg and disappear, avoiding any consequences for their actions
What is Tom crying about on pages 178-179?
Myrtle's dog biscuits
"Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale. He was talking intently across the table at her and in his earnestness his hand had fallen upon and covered her own. Once in a while she looked up at him and nodded in agreement."
What are they most likely talking about?
Planning what to do about Myrtle's death.
Based on his daily schedule, when Gatsby was young he could be described as...
Determined to improve his body, mind, and behavior toward his parents
"He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes."
What does this quote tell us about Gatsby?
Daisy’s perspective of his house is all that matters to Gatsby.
As [Tom] left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down kissing him on the mouth.
“You kiss Nick too.”
“What a low, vulgar girl!”
What does Jordan imply when she states "[w]hat a low, vulgar girl"?
Daisy's actions contradict the values of her social class.
"An hour later the front door opened nervously, and Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie, hurried in. He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes."
How does Gatsby feel?
Nervous
What is the irony behind Gatsby’s death, and how does it reflect his ultimate dream?
The irony of Gatsby’s death is that he is killed for a crime he didn’t commit—Myrtle’s death—while taking the blame to protect Daisy. This reflects his ultimate dream because, despite his wealth and efforts to recreate the past with Daisy, he dies alone, unfulfilled, and unrecognized for his sacrifices. His death symbolizes the failure of the American Dream and the illusion of his idealized love.
"Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don’t think he had ever really believed in its existence before."
Gatsby "look[s] at the child with surprise" because...
The child shows that Daisy had a real life with out Gatsby.
"...and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well"
Who is Tom being compared to?
George Wilson