Characters
The narrator whose father told him to reserve his judgments.
Nick Carraway
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes.
George Wilson
While they look identical, these places house two different breeds on people, one being more "fashionable" than the other.
East and West Egg
"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens..."
The Valley of Ashes
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.
The war.
Nick's second cousin, once removed.
Daisy Buchanan
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Myrtle Wilson
Where does Nick come from?
the Midwest, or Yale(his college)
The place where Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
George Wilson's garage
Gatsby invites Nick to the party by doing this.
Sending a handwritten invitation.
"A great big hulking physical specimen..."
Tom Buchanan
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; represents God.
Billboard of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg
Tom reads and discusses with Nick a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires'. What does that reveal about him?
He is a racist.
Myrtle travels in these to avoid being seen.
A separate train car and a taxi.
How would you describe Gatsby's parties?
lavish, fancy, etc.
A professional golfer.
Jordan Baker
Couple living in the apartment below Tom and Myrtle's apartment.
The McKees
Nick see Gatsby standing by this staring across to the East Egg?
The dock light? It represents the desire for the one thing he cannot have.
Myrtle buys a copy of Town Tattle, a moving picture book, a jar of cold cream, a flask of perfume, and a dog in the city to do this.
Play the role of 'wife' to Tom and make their apartment seem more like a home.
A mysterious man who throws lavish parties?
Jay Gatsby
Sister to Myrtle who claims Tom and Myrtle "can't stand the person they're married to."
Catherine
Daisy wants her daughter to be this.
A beautiful fool
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name.
Nick hears these things about Gatsby at the party. (Give one.)
What is he killed a man once, he was a German spy, he graduated from Oxford, he is part of an underground bootlegging operation...?