Setting
The name of the time period this book takes place.
What are the Roaring Twenties/Jazz Age?
This object is a symbol of Gatsby's hope and desire.
What is the green light?
"Don't give it another thought, old sport."
Who is Gatsby?
Two traits of Nick's
What is observant, passive, reserved, inconsistent, etc.
Gatsby and Nick's neighborhood
What is West Egg?
Two new consumer products that became widespread during this time.
What are cars and telephones?
This location/object represents the inequality of the time period and poverty in general
"And I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Who is Daisy?
Two traits of Tom with evidence
What is aggressive - He strikes Myrtle in Chapter 2 and physically forces Nick to go places in Chapters 1 and 2
What is dishonest/inconsiderate - He has an affair with another woman and does little to hide it. Wasn't even at his daughter's birth
What is arrogant - Shows off his mistress to people, racist in chapter 1
The part of the US that Nick, Jordan, Daisy, and Tom are originally from.
What is the Midwest?
What is 1922?
The eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg represent this.
What is the eyes of God/society, consequences, or losing sight of your goals?
"No - Gatsby turned out alright in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men." (Speak and chapter)
Who is Nick in chapter 1?
Three traits of Jordan with evidence
What is Arrogant - Acts contemptuously towards Nick in the first chapter
What is Forward/confident - Tries to listen in on Tom and Daisy's dispute in chapter 1, doesn't care that she's reckless, tells Nick that she likes him in Chapter 3
What is dishonest - (Supposedly) lies about leaving the top down on a car and cheated at a golf tournament.
Daisy and Jordan's hometown
What is Louisville?
Name the three biggest jazz stars of this era.
Who are Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington?
Gatsby's mansion represents this. Why?
What is the superficiality of the Roaring Twenties or loneliness? When the parties end the house is sad and empty. (Or something along those lines)
"I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe." (Speaker and subject)
Who are Myrtle and Wilson?
Gatsby is _____ money because _________.
What is new money because he acts differently from "old money" (He tries too hard to be polite, he is very mysterious, nobody knows anything about him.)
The two pieces of physical evidence about Gatsby's past and what they prove. (Chapter 4)
What are the medal that proves he was in the army and the picture that proves he was at Oxford?
The time period that happens after the Roaring Twenties
What is the Great Depression?
"San Francisco"
Who is Gatsby?
Gatsby's tanned skin suggests what about his background?
What is the fact that he probably did manual labor in his early years? (Rich people in this time didn't get tans)
Gatsby's profession and at least two pieces of evidence.
What is a bootlegger/criminal because he takes phone calls at odd times, his business partner is a criminal (fixed the World Series, tells stories about people getting shot), and is "owed favors" by the commissioner.