Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is the example below:
"...while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all the trains" (39)
He uses "like" to compare the car to a yellow bug- Simile
What is the main reason Gatsby throws extravagant parties?
He wants to attract Daisy to it and get a chance to see her again
How do the actions of Wilson locking Myrtle up until they move propel Myrtle to react?
She runs into the road and gets run over by Daisy/Gatsby. She thinks the yellow car they are driving is Tom, because she saw him in the car when he was getting gas earlier.
What does Daisy say the day her daughter is born? What does it reveal about how she is feeling about her life in that moment?
"All right,...I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (17)
She is being cheated on- she is feeling helpless and hopes her daughter won't know any better when she is treated badly
What does Nick have in common with Tom?
Nick had known Tom in college at New Haven
What type of figurative language is the following example:
"Once there, they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park"
Comparing the guests behavior to that of rules at an amusement park
Metaphor
What does Gatsby do that demonstrates he would do anything for Daisy?
He worked his way up for five years to the extravagant life he leads with the mansion and all of the things he now owns. It was all to prove his worth to Daisy
He is willing to take the fall for Daisy when she is driving the car and hits Myrtle.
What does the following quote reveal about why she didn't love her husband, Wilson:
"The only crazy I was, was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in, and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out.... then I cried to beat the band all afternoon" (35)
She is embarrassed he doesn't have the money to buy his own suit- she is more concerned about his money than if he loves her
"But it's so hot," insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears, "and everything's so confused. Let's all go to town!"
The weather is reflecting the conflict of her decision Daisy has to make over which man to choose, her husband, Tom or Gatsby.
What does the following quote reveal about Nick's observations of Jordan? What kind of person was she?
"When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick, she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it.... at her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers- a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round" (57).
Nick calls her incurably dishonest
What type of figurative language is the following quote:
"There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the sound..." (43)
Simile and imagery
What does the following quote, that was found in a book from when he was a child, demonstrate about the type of man Gatsby had been?
"Rise from bed... 6am, Dumbbell exercise and wall-scale..6:15, study electricity...7:15,... work... 8:30-4:30, Baseball and sports... 4:30-5:00,....
read one improving book or magazine per week, save $5.00 per week, be better to parents"
He was a very determined man who wanted to improve himself and get ahead in life.
His dad says "He was bound to get ahead in life"
Why does Tom hit Myrtle at their party in NY?
She kept saying Daisy's name and Tom told her not to
When did Daisy meet Gatsby and why doesn't she see him before he left to go overseas in the war?
She met him at 18 when he was an officer. She was packing a bag to go to NY to say goodbye, but her parents prevented her from going and she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks.
Why does Nick take responsibility for Gatsby's funeral?
Because no one else was interested in helping him and he realizes he is the only one that cared about others rather than themselves or money.
What type of figurative language is the quote below:
"Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive" (26)
hyperbole- he really isn't that stupid
What proof does Gatsby give Nick when they are riding in the car that he is the person he says he is.... Give two examples and what it says about him.
He shows him the picture of Oxford days, proving he went to college.
His war medal showing he was a war hero
What do the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg represent when Wilson forces Myrtle to look at the billboard?
Judgement from an all-seeing God that knows what his wife has been doing
What does Daisy do the night before her wedding to Tom?
She is drunk and crying. She wants them to give back the expensive necklace Tom gave her.
She says, "Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her [mind]" and she won't let go of a letter
How does Nick view the West (his hometown) compared to the East (Where Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby lived) based on the following quotes;
"That's my Middle West- ...the thrilling returning trains of my youth, and the street lamps and sleigh bells in the frosty dark and the shadows of holly wreaths thrown by lighted windows on the snow"
compared to "East...a hundred houses, at once conventional and grotesque, crouching under a sullen, overhanging sky and a lusterless moon.... men in dress suits are walking along a sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress...but no one knows the woman's name, and no one cares"
He thinks back fondly to his home in the west of traditional Christmas holidays when friends were happy to come home and see one another.
His memory of the East is one of money and impersonal interactions where no one cares about one another
What type of figurative language is the following quote an example of?
"They are not perfect ovals- like the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact end- but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead" (5).
Allusion
How do the books that Owl-Eyes sees in Gatsby's library represent Gatsby's facade (front, false story about his life)?
"The books? Absolutely real!.... He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse" (46)
Because the books are real, new, and expensive, but they haven't actually been read. Gatsby has new money, so on the outside it looks like he belongs with the people at his parties. But he is not from old money; he is not well bred or has had the education or opportunities that others who have been raised with money have been given. If he messes up and lets people know who he really is, his whole story will break down- people will learn who he really is.
What does Catherine say is the reason Myrtle and Tom can't be married even though they don't like who they are currently married to?
Because Daisy is Catholic and doesn't believe in divorce
The hopes and dreams for Gatsby. The lure of money and things that will win him a future with Daisy.
What is ironic about the following statement by Nick: "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (59)
He had a fiancé back west and didn't end it before he started seeing Jordan