Characters
The Americans who became disillusioned by WWI
Who is the Lost Generation
"Her voice is full of money"
Who is Gatsby describing Daisy
Time period the novel is set in?
What are the 1920's
Symbolizes the all seeing being
What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
Daisy stays with Tom and turns Gatsby down
What is Gatsby wants too much and to go back to how things were 5 years prior. Tom's money is new and Gatsby's is new
Myrtle Wilson's lover
Who is Tom Buchanan
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
Illegal use and manufacturing of alcohol
What is prohibition
Symbolizes moral/social destruction such as poverty and hopelessness
What is the Valley of Ashes
George Wilson kills Gatsby
Reveals the history of Gatsby and Daisy
Who is Jordan Baker
"Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "I love you now – isn't that enough? I can't help what's past."
Who is Daisy crying to Gatsby
Gatsby's extravagant parties/lifestyle and they way he tries to win daisy back
What is money and wealth
What is the yellow car's symbolism in the beginning and the end
What is wealth and money in beginning to death and destruction in the end
Myrtle's death
What is Myrtle was trying to escape from her husband and saw Gatsby's car and tried to get it to stop because she thought it was her lover Tom. Sadly it was Daisy and she struck and killed her.
Gatsby's killer
Who is George Wilson
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Who is Nick being attracted to the lavish lifestyle with unlimited money and being repelled by the superficiality at the same time
Nick and Gatsby moving to New York to create a better life
What is the American Dream
Symbolism of the green light
What is Gatsby's desire to be with Daisy again someday
Daisy staying with Tom
What is security. Tom is of old money and it is easy and less complicated to stay with him
Lives in Gatsby's house and plays the piano
Ewing Klipspringer
“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.”
Who is Gatsby explaining his lavish parties and what he's trying to forget to Nick, while secretly yearning to have it back
New money and old money
What is West Egg and East Egg
East and West egg
What is the division of social class
Myrtle's affair with Tom
What is she is unhappy with her marriage because she married George thinking he was a gentleman and hoping he had money when he had none