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Themes
Setting
Characters
100
You can start as someone who has nothing and become someone who has everything.
What is the meaning of the American dream?
100
Poverty
What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
100
Nick Carraway
Who is telling this story?
200
-There are a lot of party's. -The women are very modern and emancipated.
Write down two things that show this book was set in the roaring twenties?
200
East Egg: old money --> rich family and inheritanies. West Egg: new money --> self-made.
What is the difference between the people of West Egg and East Egg?
200
He wants to have a relationship with Daisy.
Why does Gatsby want to prove himself?
300
Gatsby does everything to make Daisy loves him.
What is the role of love in this book?
300
The prohibition and welth.
What are the two most characteristic features about the time the novel is set in?
300
Mr. Wolfsheim
Who is the lunchpartner of Gatsby and Nick in chapter 4?
400
It was a sad moment.
Why was it raining when Daisy came to Nicks house?
400
He can see Daisy's house from his own house.
What is the most important about the location of Gatsby's house?
400
The captain was a good friend and Gatsby inherited most of his money and because his friend died because of alcohol, Gatsby doesn't drink alcohol.
What is the relation between Gatsby and the captain of the boat?
500
Gatsby wants to turn back time.
What is the reason that the dock falls instead of another object? (when Daisy came to Nick)
500
The location was ideal for smuggling (border USA-Canada).
Of what importance is Lake Superior to Gatsby's future occupations?
500
Nick often judges people, even though he says he doesn't. That is why he's not the perfect factual narrator and above all he is an important character in the story itself and that makes it more difficult to be an ideal narrator.
Is Nick the ideal narrator of this story?