so incredibly sus
this is the character who was actually driving the car that killed myrtle.
daisy
The extreme hot weather in Ch 7 represents....
the tension between all the characters in the hotel scene
Where do Tom and Daisy go at the end of the novel?
No clue - they leave town and don't leave any kind of forwarding address
T/F: Nick believes that he is "the only honest person [he's] ever known."
True. Everyone else around Nick is a liar, cheater, criminal, etc.
this is the person who told Wilson that the yellow car belonged to Gatsby.
Tom
Daisy's marriage to Tom and inability to "wait" for Gatsby represents....
her shallowness; she cares more about security and wealth than love
T/F: Daisy cannot tell Tom that she's never loved him.
True - she loved him too, once.
T/F - Nick indicates in his narration that he disapproved of Gatsby from beginning to end.
True
He says this exact thing. He disapproved of Gatsby's lifestyle and dream.
this is what Gatsby does after he returns home after the car accident
stays up all night watching Daisy outside her house to make sure she's safe from Tom
Gatsby's refusal to leave Daisy after the accident represents...
the fact that he cannot let go of his dream/vision of her
Who attends Gatsby's funeral aside from Nick and the funeral officiant?
Owl Eyes, and Gatsby's father (no one else)
Nick says this about Tom and Daisy: "They were careless people...they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness."
What does he mean by this?
They don't care about being responsible for Myrtle's death; they will not face consequences
This is who Myrtle thought was driving the yellow car when she ran into the road.
Tom
The expensive dog collar in this section represents...
Myrtle's affair (this is how Wilson finds out she's cheating)
How is George Wilson misled in the last chapters of the book?
Tom tells him Gatsby killed Myrtle; he believes Gatsby & Myrtle were lovers; he thinks Gatsby killed Myrtle because of the affair
According to Gatsby, Daisy's voice is full of...
Money
This is why Wolfsheim refuses to attend Gatsby's funeral
he doesn't want to get involved in whatever killed Gatsby
Gatsby knocks over a clock in Nick's house earlier in the novel. What does that clock represent later in the novel?
Gatsby cannot actually repeat the past like he wants to
Why does Nick decide to return home to the Midwest at the end of the novel?
He has become absolutely disgusted by the East and everyone in it, and everything it stands for.
What does the final line of the novel mean?
"Gatsby believed in the green light,the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning...So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Everyone fights for their own American Dream even if they can't actually reach it