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Authors Style & Rhetorical Techniques
Quotes
Characterizations/Characterter Development
Symbols
Themes
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One of her names means "fairy"
Who is Daisy Fay?
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"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" ( what is significant about it?)
What is foreshadowing.
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Gatsby still wants this character throughout this story.
Who is daisy.
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The color that symbolizes Gatsby's dreams and his wealth hopelessly tangled together.
What is green!
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Explain how the theme of social class is used in chapter 6.
What is (open ended)
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Nick is a good narrator
Why is he is tolerant and slow to judge, someone with whom people feel comfortable sharing their secrets. His willingness to describe himself and the contours of his thoughts even when they are inconsistent or incomplete—his conflicted feelings about Gatsby, for instance, or the long musing at the end of the novel—makes him seem trustworthy and thoughtful.
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it is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expanded your own powers of adjustment.
What is Narrator.
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Gatsby becomes rich. How?
(open ended)
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This symbolizes the inner conflict of Nicks life.
What is his romantic life with Jordan Baker.
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An example of the theme truth.
How does the truth about Gatsby's past get revealed.
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The reason the author never shows a scene of Gatsby's affair with Daisy.
What is (open ended)
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The person that said "The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself."
Who is Nick. (Why) Nick finally describes Gatsby’s early history, he uses this striking comparison between Gatsby and Jesus Christ to illuminate Gatsby’s creation of his own identity.
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Chapter 5 showed Gatsby achieving his dream, what did chapter six do?
Chapter six demonstrates just how deep his dream runs. Much of the mystery surrounding Gatsby is cleared away.
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Blue is an important symbol. Why?
Because it represents hope for the future.
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Gatsby's constant parties reveal which theme.
What is Materialism.
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Fitzgerald creates an expose that Gatsby is not at all the man he claims to be. (What is Fitzgerald doing)
How is Fitzgerald undercutting Gatsby. Creating suspense and makes the reader have more curiosity.
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"And it was from Cody that he inherited money-a legacy of twenty thousand dollars. He didn't get it." (what is significant about it?)
What is he achieved wealth with hard work and dedication.
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How does Nick and Gatsby's relationship change within this chapter?
Nick becomes closer to Gatsby and begins to get to know him more.
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Gatsby's act of rechristening himself symbolize.
What does Gatsby's desire to recast himself as a wealthy man.
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Gatsby develops this theme in chapter 6.
What is wealth and status?