Nick Carraway
This is the perspective from which Nick Carraway tells us the story about Jay Gatsby.
What is that Nick tells us the story from a point in the future - and that he is looking back on past events?
"He's a bootlegger."
Who are some young ladies at Gatsby's house at the opening of the chapter?
According to Nick Carraway at the opening of the chapter, Jay Gatsby has a lot to say.
What is false?
This is what Jordan Baker does professionally.
What is being a golfer?
Grunden til, at der er en apostrof i ordene "Gatsby's house" (s. 67) og "I'm" i sætningen "I'm going to make a big request of you to-day" (s. 73).
Hvad er genitiv og sammentrækning?
This is what Nick does at the opening of the chapter - and the reason he does so.
What is that Nick lists the names of many of the people from East Egg and West Egg who came to Gatsby's house in the summer of 1922 to show that Gatsby's world may have been glamorous and crowded but also superficial and lonely? Besides, the list of people signals a new phase in the novel in which we are to learn more about Gatsby.
"Good morning, old sport. You're having lunch with me to-day and I thought we'd ride up together."
What is Jay Gatsby?
Jay Gatsby is the son of wealthy people in the Middle West.
What is true?
This is the woman that Nick Carraway catches a glimpse of as he and Gatsby drive through the valley of ashes.
Who is Mrs Wilson?
Den type ordstilling, vi har i sætningen "Then came the war, old sport" (s. 72).
Hvad er omvendt ordstilling, hvor verballeddet kommer før subjektet?
This is the feeling that Nick Carraway has when he finds out that he will listen to something Jay Gatsby has to say while having tea with Jordan Baker.
What is annoyance?
"He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand."
Who is Nick Carraway?
In a restaurant in New York, we meet Gatsby's friend Mr Wolfshiem.
What is true?
The name of the man who got shot in "The Old Metropole", both first name and last name beginning with the letter 'R'. By the way, he appears in this category because his first name could also be that of a woman.
Who is Rosy Rosenthal?
Forskellen på ordklasserne af ordene "innocently" og "succulent" i sætningerne "Did he go? I asked innocently" og "A succulent hash arrived".
Hvad er adverbium ("innocently") og adjektiv ("succulent")?
This is what Nick Carraway does with his arm towards the end of the chapter while walking under a little bridge in New York.
What is putting his arm around the shoulder of Jordan Baker, drawing her towards him and asking her to dinner?
"I can't forget so long as I live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal there."
Who is Mr Wolfsheim?
Jay Gatsby studied at Cambridge University.
What is that this is false?
This is the name of the woman who recounts the love story about Jay Gatsby and Daisy Fay from 1917.
Who is Jordan Baker?
De tre pronomentyper i sætningen "'What place is that?' I asked."
Hvad er 1) interrogativt (spørgende) pronomen, 2) demonstrativt (påpegende) pronomen og 3) personligt pronomen?
This is the answer that Nick Carraway receives when he asks Jordan Baker if Daisy wants to see Gatsby.
What is that Jordan Baker replies that Daisy is not to know about Jay Gatsby becuase Gatsby doesn't want her to know?
"It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people."
Who is Jordan Baker?
When Gatsby shakes hands with Tom Buchanan in the restaurant, an unfamiliar look of embarrassment comes over Gatsby's face.
What is that this is true?
This is the woman who - on the day before her wedding - is lying on the floor with a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a letter in the other, crying.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
Dette er den tid (tempus), der er brugt i verballeddet i sætningen "I've heard of it" (s. 78) - og hvordan verballeddet er blevet dannet.
Hvad er perfektum, som består af et hjælpeverbum 'have' i præsens og et hovedverbum 'heard' i perfektum participium?