Plot
The advice Nick's father gives him & Nick's feelings about it now.
Nick generally agrees with his father’s advice, but has learned there is a limit to his tolerance for other people’s behavior.
Who is best described as Supercilious & what is the definition?
Tom; Snobbish & Superior
Gatsby is in love with this person?
Why do they not marry?
Who is daisy?
Gatsby goes off to war and then later reveals he is penniless and wants Daisy to wait for him to make something of himself.
Gatsby's "incorruptible" dream?
Loses enchantment once Daisy is beside him in chapter 5.
Nick lives where?
Daisy & Tom live where?
Attitudes of these two places?
Nick- West Egg-New Money
Daisy & Tom-East Egg-Old Money
East Eggers look down on West Eggers-thinking they are better than them. Division of Social Class
Parallel discovery?
Both Tom and Wilson find out their wives are having affairs.
The way Gatsby makes money
What is Bootlegging?
James Gatz to Jay Gatsby
He wanted a new name to match the more affluent person he aspired to become.
Where does Nick meet Meyer Wolfsheim? What do you think the purpose of this meeting is?
Gatsby takes Nick to lunch in Manhattan. Here we learn more of where/how Gatsby possibly earns his (shady) wealth
The illegal sale and manufacturing of alcohol
What is Prohibition?
Daisy after she discovers Gatsby's "true" identity/wealth?
Withdrawn and repulsed. No longer going to leave Tom for Gatsby.
social/moral wasteland
What is the Valley of Ashes?
The place where Daisy and Gatsby reunite
What is Nick's house?
Careless people? What does Nick mean by this?
Tom and Daisy Buchanan. They are selfish in their actions and cause emotional damage that they fell indifferent about.
the dishonest golfer
Who is Jordan?
The all-seeing being
What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
The actual person who kills Myrtle & how?
Who is Daisy? Runs her over while driving Gatsby's car.
"Her voice is full of....."
Gatsby; Money
Gatsby killer
Who is George Wilson?
Daisy's voice is full of this
What is money?