Who Said it?
This character believes that "reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope."
Nick Carraway
This color is most associated with Daisy and represents her "perceived innocence."
White
After the Great War, Nick moves East to enter this lucrative financial career.
Bond Business
Fitzgerald’s overall tone toward the "American Dream" at the end of the novel.
Disillusioned
This is the ironic truth about the attendees at Gatsby’s funeral.
No one came.
This character said, "I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Daisy Buchanan?
This object represents envy and Gatsby’s desire for his life to play out exactly as he imagines.
Green Light
This "business" is how Gatsby likely made his fortune, given the confidential and "sketchy" nature of his offers to Nick.
Bootlegging
The "fake books" in Gatsby's library are included to represent this specific character trait.
Gatsby's Fakeness/Facade
Tom realizes Daisy loves Gatsby when he sees them do this in "space."
When their eyes meet/they stare at each other.
This character claims, "I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy."
Jordan Baker
Myrtle changes from a blue dress to this color, signifying she feels "subconsciously dirty" for her affair.
Brown
This character was a "chambermaid" in a hotel, proving Tom began having affairs shortly after his wedding.
The girl in the wreck with Tom.
The "broiling" heat in Chapter 7 is used as a literary signal for this.
The story's climax
This is where Nick first meets Myrtle, and it is also the location where she eventually dies.
George Wilson's garage
This character looks at a billboard and tells a neighbor, "God sees everything."
George Wilson
These blue and gigantic eyes on a billboard represent a "vigil" or God watching over the moral decay of society.
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
This character was Gatsby’s "ticket" to a glamorous life, teaching him luxury on a yacht.
Dan Cody
Nick uses this literary device when describing his 30th birthday as a "promise of a decade of loneliness.
Pessimistic tone (or repetition)
Gatsby’s father, Henry Gatz, feels this "sad" emotion regarding his son.
Pride
This character cried incredulously, "Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
Jay Gatsby
This location is described as a "fantastic farm" where gray byproducts of industry grow like wheat.
Valley of Ashes
Myrtle mistakenly runs toward Gatsby’s car because she believes this person is driving it.
Tom Buchanan
Because of the first-person narration style, this is the one thing the reader never truly knows about Daisy and Gatsby's reunion.
Daisy’s decision to stay with Tom in Chapter 9 proves she has this character flaw.
No depth of character or being easily controlled.