Themes
This character is a failure of achieving the American Dream.
Who is George Wilson?
George and Myrtle Wilson's relationship could be best described as
What is strained?
A literary device that's a repeated idea, image, or object in a work.
What is a motif?
"She was dressed to play golf...her hair the color of an autumn leaf, her face the same brown tint as the fingerless glove on her knee.” This passage from the novel describes
Who is Jordan Baker?
“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife... Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.” These are the words of
Who is Tom Buchanan?
East Egg and West Egg are more then places to live. They represent this kind of wealth.
What is East Egg represents generational wealth and West Egg recent wealth?
This is the first time we hear about Gatsby.
What is he was mentioned in a conversation between Nick and Jordan.
“The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea.” The line exhibits this motif.
What is the weather?
“[They] lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fan.” This passage from the novel describes
Who is Daisy and Jordan?
“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” These are the words of
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This character fixed the World Series in 1919. He saw it as an opportunity of the American Dream.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Tom does this after George tries to blame him for killing Myrtle.
What is he protects himself and reassures George that it wasn't him driving the car?
“It’s an old clock”... “I think we all believed for a moment that it has smashed to pieces on the floor”... “We haven’t met for many years”... “Five years next November” These lines exhibit this motif.
What is time?
“He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic and faintly handsome. When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes." This passage from the novel describes
Who is George Wilson?
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” These are the words of
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy the privilege of not having to face the consequences. These two characters have this privilege.
Who is Tom and Daisy Buchanan?
These people attend Gatsby's parties.
Who is the newly rich, the famous, and their friends?
Weather appears in the text holding significance. The motif draws parallels between weather and this using the rain and the heat.
What is emotion?
“[Her] face tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat... A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops." This passage from the novel describes
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
“I hope she’ll be a fool--that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” These are the words of
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
The Valley of Ashes represent this.
Answers May Vary
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way.” Nick’s insight suggests
What is Gatsby built up Daisy in his mind so much that she could not live up to those expectations?
Gatsby's obsession of recreating this serves as a constant reminder that time never stops.
What is the past?
“... there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor.” “her thick, dark blood [mingled] with the dust... her left breast was swinging loose like a flap and there was no need to listen for her heart beneath. The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners...” This color is implied each time with this character.
What is red? Who is Myrtle?
“They’ll keep out of my way. It takes two to make an accident...I hate careless people. That’s why I like you.” These are the words of
Who is Jordan Baker?