Guess Who?
The narrator who sees everything, and thus allows us to see as well.
Who is Nick Carraway?
The idea that, through hard work, you can achieve happiness and stability.
What is The American Dream?
The Green Light
A goal that Gatsby is searching to achieve
The American Dream
Happiness and Stability
Where Gatsby's parties take place.
What is Gatsby's Mansion?
The author's choice of words.
Diction
A cruel king that forces submission through violence and wealth.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
A literary and artistic movement that questioned and doubted the promises of American stability, institutions, and the American Dream.
What is Modernism?
The valley of Ashes
Extreme poverty
Hostile working/living conditions of the poor
The death of the American Dream
An industrial, desolate land.
What is the valley of Ashes?
Facts that we learn about characters, events, and/or the setting.
A ghost among the ashes of the dead and dying, haunting a garage for a chance to live again.
Who is Wilson?
The period of time that the book takes place in which saw massive economic development, and many people became wealthy due to it.
What is the roaring twenties?
T.J. Eckleberg Poster
The dominance of the rich over the poor
The rich causing/worsening the conditions of poverty
How Wilson is under Tom's thumb/supervision
What is West Egg?
parts of the story relating to the 5 senses, Touch, Taste, Sight, Smell, and sound, that help us envision the story.
What is imagery
A beautiful flower in the shadow of a tyrant.
Who is Daisy Buchanan
The event that occurred shortly before the 1920's, which lead to the rise of modernism.
What is WW1?
Gatsby
The false promise of the American Dream
Wealth doesn't guarantee happiness
The place where people of old money live.
What is East Egg?
Trends in the ways that characters speak to each other, or narrate events.
What is Language
A pearl in the jaws of a gilded clam surrounded by ash and dust.
Who is Myrtle?
Our perspective through which we view the novel that is concerned with ownership and how it affects people.
What is the property lens?
Daisy Buchanan
The role of women in society
How women are forced to rely on corrupt men to survive
The city where the story takes place
New York City
Trends in writing that signify how characters are feeling or acting.
Syntax/Sentence Structure