Characters
This character claims to be “one of the few honest people” he has ever known.
Who is Nick Carraway?
Nick travels to this fashionable New York neighborhood to have dinner with Tom and Daisy early in the novel.
What is East Egg?
The green light Gatsby reaches toward most strongly represents this concept tied to America’s national mythology.
What is the American Dream? or, What is Gatsby's American Dream?
Jay Gatsby claims that he spent time studying at this prestigious university.
What is Oxford?
This wealthy former football player from Yale lives in East Egg.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Before reinventing himself as Gatsby, this was Jay Gatsby’s original name.
What is James Gatz?
Gatsby claims to have made his money by owning these businesses.
What are drugstores?
The billboard or Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolizes this idea or concept.
What is moral judgement? What is those left behind by the upper and middle class?
What is "old sport"?
This character reveals that Gatsby bought his mansion specifically because it was directly across the bay from Daisy’s house.
Who is Jordan Baker?
This shady business associate of Gatsby is revealed to have fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Nick Carraway seems proud of the fact that he differs from all of Gatsby's other party guests because he received one of these.
What is an invitation?
Daisy Buchanan can be viewed as a symbol of this for Jay Gatsby?
What is a longing to recreate the past? What is old money and status?
This is the name of the city in which Gatsby first met Daisy.
What is Louisville, Kentucky?
This character says, “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
This is the man from whom the title character learned the ways of the wealthy and powerful.
Who is Dan Cody?
Myrtle asks Tom to buy her one of these during their trip to New York City.
What is a dog?
What is greed or envy?
Gatsby gives Nick Carraway a medal from the war that he claims to have received from this European country.
What is Montenegro?
This character is the first to reveal that Gatsby bought his mansion specifically because it was directly across the bay from Daisy’s house.
Who is Jordan Baker?
This coffee shop owner in the Valley of Ashes is a key witness to the death of Myrtle.
Who is Michaelis?
This man is one of only three people to attend Gatsby's funeral in the novel. The other two attendees were Nick Carraway and Owl Eyes.
Who is Henry Gatz? (Gatsby's father)
The color gold symbolizes this rising group during the 1920s in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
What is new money?
While Jay Gatsby tells the truth about the fact that he comes from the Midwest, which Midwest state does he actually come from?
What is North Dakota?
This character discovers Gatsby’s impressive library and remarks about how the books are actually real.
Who is Owl Eyes?