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Chapter 4
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Lives next to Nick. Wants to get back with Daisy
Jay Gatsby
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“We slowed down. Taking a white card from his wallet he waved it before the man’s eye." Who SAID this quote?
Nick
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A literary device where something you can touch or feel (tangible) represents something you can't touch of feel (abstract)
A Symbol
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How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
Both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life.
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The chapter begins with a rumor about who?
Jay Gatsby
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Young man who moves from the Midwest to New York City to learn the bond business
Nick Carraway
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"But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for ______ he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness."
Nick is talking about Gatsby
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What does the green light symbolize in the play?
Gatsby's Dream
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How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
Prohibition, bootlegging, jazz music, party lifestyle, New York City, girls not being equal...
200
Where did Gatsby say he's from when Nick asked him which city in the Midwest?
San Fransisco
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A racist, hulking man
Tom Buchanan
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"Does she want to see Gatsby?” “ She’s not to know about it. Gatsby doesn’t want her to know. You’re supposed to invite her to tea.”
Jordan Baker
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What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the play?
The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg billboard
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What is the importance of the East and the MidWest in the book?
The East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the MidWest is a more pure place with a better life
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Who fixed the 1919 world series?
Wolfsheim
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Professional golfer, dates Nick
Jordan Baker
400
“I made the pleasure of his acquaintance just after the war. But I knew I had discovered a man of fine breeding after I talked with him an hour. I said to myself: ‘There’s the kind of man you’d like to take home and introduce to your mother and sister.’.” He paused. “I see you’re looking at my cuff buttons.” Who is speaking?
Meyer Wolfsheim
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What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
destruction, all of the bad things that happen in life
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What makes Gatsby so "great"?
Gatsby is considered 'great' by the measurement of dreams, his wealth, his larger-than-life personality, the festivities and joviality that, to others in the novel, mark him as a man of high stature and almost god-like in personal proportions.
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In what city did Gatsby first meet Daisy at?
Louisville, KY
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Gangster and gambler
Meyer Wolfsheim
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A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: 'There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired."
Nick
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How does the color yellow's meaning as a symbol change in the book?
It goes from representing wealth and money to representing death and destruction.
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How is weather a theme in The Great Gatsby?
The weather reflects the mood of the story. When something sad happens, it rains. When things get tense and heated, the day is really hot.
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What is Fitzgerald saying about the American Dream in the 1920s in the book?
People are going after the wrong dream