Characters
The narrator (full name) of The Great Gatsby
Who is Nick Carraway
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes
Who is George Wilson?
While they look identical, these places house two different breeds on people, one being more "fashionable" than the other.
What is East and West Egg?
"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens..."
What is the Valley of Ashes?
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past
What is the war?
Nick's second cousin (full name)
Who is Daisy Buchanan
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
Nick comes from this place
What is the Midwest?
The place where Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
What is George Wilson's garage?
Gatsby invites Nick to the party by doing this.
What is sending a chauffeur to his house with an invitation?
"A great big hulking physical specimen..."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; represents God.
Who is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
Tom reads and discusses with Nick a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about this topic.
What is white supremacy?
She is loud and makes herself the center of attention. She is very ambitious and seeks to climb the social ladder. She is materialistic and greedy, constantly wanting more than she has.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
Nick meets Gatsby after this.
What is he speaks to him about fighting in the war (unknown to him, it's Gatsby)?
According to Nick, "a dishonest person."
Who is Jordan Baker?
Couple living in the apartment below Tom and Myrtle's apartment.
Who are the McKees?
This also symbolizes the American Dream
What is the green light?
Myrtle travels in this to avoid being seen.
What is a separate train car?
"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?
"Only one man was exempt from my disgust..."
Who is Gatsby?
Sister to Myrtle who claims Tom and Myrtle "can't stand the person they're married to."
Who is Catherine?
Daisy wants her daughter to be this
What is "a beautiful fool"?
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
What is Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name?
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...?