Characters
Lesser Kown characters
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
100
The narrator whose father told him to reserve his judgments and who claims he is a very moral person
Nick Carraway
100
Who is the tragically clueless (or powerless) George Wilson?
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes and husbad to Myrtle.
100
While they look identical, these places house two different breeds on people, one being more "fashionable" than the other. Their names are something you eat for breakfast.
East and West Egg
100
How is the Valley of Ashes described?
A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens..."
depressing, colorless...
100
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.
the war
100
What is one rumor told about Gatsby?
bootlegger, Oxford man, murderer
200
Nick's second cousin, once removed. Also - she is married to Tom.
Daisy Buchanan
200
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Myrtle Wilson
200
Nick comes from this place.
What is the Midwest?
200
Where doTom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
George Wilson's garage
200
How does Gatsby invite Nick to the party
sends chauffeur to his house with an invitation
200
Why do you think Nick included so much detail about everyone at Gatsby's party (2 pages...)
- trying to show how important Gatsby is (must be important to have such important people at his party)
- show that Nick is a judgemental gossip???
300
Who is described as "A great big hulking physical specimen..."
Tom Buchanan
300
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; some say the eyes represent a failed God and that is pretty deep.
Dr. T. J. Eckleburg
300
Tom reads and discusses with Nick a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about this topic.
What is white supremacy?
300
Myrtle travels in these to avoid being seen. What is one of the two things she does:
- seperate train car and
- lavender taxi?
300
Nick meets Gatsby after this.
What is he speaks to him about fighting in the war (unknown to him, it's Gatsby)?
300
What is the symbolic importance of Meyer Wolfsheim's nose?
Feeds into the stereotype about Jewish noses/prejudice
400
Nick describes her as "a dishonest person," but then kind of goes out with her.
Who is Jordan Baker?
400
What does Myrtle buy right off the street -- adding to the chaos of the chapter?
a puppy
400
What is the green light at the end of the dock symbolize.
Specific to the book:This represents Gatsby's desire for the one thing he cannot have.
It represents hope, desire/longing, etc.
400
Myrtle buys a copy of Town Tattle, a moving picturei book, a jar of cold cream, a flask of perfume, and a dog in the city to do the city in a very short period of time.
Why might she do all this?
lots of responses accepted-
feel like she is a wife, feel sophisticated spend Tom's money represents materialism...
400
"Owl-eyes," as Nick calls him, thinks this of Gatsby's books at first, but learns they're not.
What is he thinks the books were fake and made of cardboard?
400
How does Daisy know Gatsby?
They dated when she was 18
500
Nick's neighbor, who stares out at the green light at the end of the dock...
Gatsby
500
Who is Catherine?
Sister to Myrtle who tells Nick that Tom and Myrtle "can't stand the person they're married to."
500
What DO YOU THINK Daisy meant when she said she hoped her daughter was "a beautiful fool?"
(your interpretation is very welcome - no right answer)
- muliple answers accepted:
*to foolish to realize how awful her life really is (my opinion)
500
Tom (who is not just a hulk but a cruel hulk) breaks Myrtle's nose because of this.
Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name
500
Nick hears these things about Gatsby at the party. (List at least 3 things.)
What is he killed a man once, he was a German spy, he graduated from Oxford, he is part of an underground bootlegging operation...?
500
How does Gatsby get Daisy over to his house?
He has Nick invite her there for tea.