Locations
New money neighborhood
West Egg
Her voice "sounds like money"
Daisy
Nick moves to the East Coast to get into what business?
Bond business
Daisy cries over this item when she realizes what she could've had
Gatsby's shirts
this person is "the most honest person I've ever known"
Nick Carraway
Old Money neighborhood
East Egg
Couple who attend Myrtle and Tom's city get-together
Mr. and Mrs. McKee
What did Wolfshiem "fix"?
1919 World Series
This is always watching/judging the characters' actions
Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg (billboard)
The only guest of Gatsby's (besides Nick) that shows up to the funeral; also the only one who "saw" through Gatsby's façade at his parties
Owl Eyes
Industrial area between Long Island and Manhattan
Valley of Ashes
Myrtle's sister; tells the police her sister did not have a secret/second life when questioned after Gatsby's death
Catherine
Why did Daisy marry Tom and not wait for Gatsby?
"rich girls don't marry poor boys" and Gatsby went off to fight in WWI
Why does Daisy represent Gatsby's American Dream/ideal?
Epitome of the "perfect" upper-class, old money woman who would complete the rest of his dream of being successful
Jordan's two flaws, according to Nick
-Dishonest
-Bad driver
Where Gatsby is actually from
North Dakota
The "boarder" who stays at Gatsby's mansion
Klipspringer
How did Gatsby earn most of his fortune?
Bootlegging
This symbol represents Gatsby's hope that he is so close to achieving his dream
the green light at the end of Daisy's dock
Name at least two changes Gatsby makes after his affair with Daisy starts
-Turns lights off in mansion
-Fires original servants
-Stops throwing parties
-Hires Wolfshiem's associates as his new servants
Gatsby meets Dan Cody here
Lake Superior
Takes Dan Cody's money after he dies
Ella Kaye
What do we get from Nick telling the story (vs. any other character in the novel)
A less-biased view and stories from all sides (West Egg, East Egg, Valley of Ashes, etc.)
Name two examples of weather symbolism used in the novel
-heat intensifies as tempers intensify
-summer=Daisy, the dream
-summer turning into fall= the end of the dream, the affair with Daisy endingName three rumors that surround Gatsby
-German spy
-related to Kaiser Wilhelm
-killed a man
-went to Oxford-fought in war- either for US or Germany