Characters
Originally from Louisville.
Who is Daisy?
Myrtle's husband
Who is George Wilson?
"God knows what you've been doing... You may fool me, but you can't fool God."
Who is George Wilson?
For Gatsby, the green light is a symbol for...
What is Gatsby's hopes and dreams
Often attended without an invitation to promote social status and wealth.
Gatsby's Parties
This character has cufflinks made of human teeth.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this place.
What is the same battle in WWI?
Who is Daisy?
A desolate industrial wasteland between West Egg and NYC, symbolizing the moral decay, poverty, and social stratification hidden beneath the Roaring Twenties' glamour, representing the forgotten working class crushed by the wealthy's pursuit of the corrupted American Dream
What is "The Valley of Ashes"?
What is Nick's house
This minor character is Greek
Who is Michaelis?
Jordan Baker is a woman and...
Who is Daisy's childhood friend?
"Daisy, Daisy, Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to."
Who is Myrtle?
A symbol of time, particularly the past that Gatsby tries to reclaim, shown when he almost breaks one in his nervousness meeting Daisy again.
What is a Clock?
To destroy Gatsby as a rival for Daisy's attention.
Why does Tom investigate Gatsby's business?
This character is often dishonest
Who is Jordan Baker?
Gatsby's former criminal associate who provides key context for Gatsby's wealth and corrupt background, symbolizing the link between ambition, crime, and the distorted American Dream of the 1920s
Who is Meyer Wolfheim?
"When I saw that box of dog biscuits... I sat down and cried like a baby..."
Who is Tom?
Achieved wealth, his aspirational dream to win Daisy, and the superficial emptiness of the American Dream
What is Gatsby's mansion?
The narrator (Nick) begins the novel from here...
What is the present and goes back to the past?
Jay Gatsby also known as...
Who is James Gatz?
__________ is married to __________, who is having an affair with __________, who is married to __________, who used to date __________, when he was poor who is now neighbors with __________, who is related to __________, and had a summer fling with her childhood friend __________, who is a __________.
Who is, GEORGE is married to MYRTLE, who is having an affair with TOM, who is married to DAISY, who used to date GATSBY when he was poor, who is now neighbors with NICK, who is related to DAISY, and had a summer fling with her childhood friend JORDAN, who is a WOMAN?
Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can."
Who is Jay Gatsby?
A faded billboard with giant eyes overlooking the Valley of Ashes, symbolizing a forgotten God or moral judgment over the characters' materialistic and immoral behavior.
Who is T.J. Eckleburg?
Daisy runs over Myrtle because __________.