What shape does the east and west town that the story takes place in resemble?
The two towns both take a egg/oval form. That is why they are called west egg and east egg.
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What was Jay Gatsby's real name?
Jay Gatsby's real name was Jay Gatz.
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What is the the exposition of the story?
When Nick tells how he met Daisy and Tom and how he came to live right next door to the one and only Jay Gatsby.
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What POV is the Great Gatsby written in?
The story is written in both first and third person.
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When was the Great Gatsby published
The novel was published in 1925
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How does nick describe the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg ?
He says they are blue and gigantic. His retinas are one yard high and peer through enormous yellow spectacles that hang over a non-existent nose.
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How did Nick come to meet Tom ?
Nick met Tom while going to College in New Haven.
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What is the rising action of the story?
When Gatsby arranges to meet Daisy in Nicks house.
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Is the novel written in past or present tense?
The novel was written in past tense since Nick is retelling the story through his eyes.
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What is the genre of the story?
Modernist and Jazz age
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How was Jay Gatsby's mansion described?
It was portrayed as a Hotel de Vile in Normandy, with a tower, a thin beard of raw ivory, a marble swimming pool and forty acres of lawn and garden.
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Is Daisy related to Nick? If so in what way?
Yes, Daisy is Nicks cousin twice removed.
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What is the climax of the story?
When Tom and Gatsby have a confrontation in the Plaza Hotel.
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What is the time and place setting for the story?
The story takes place during the summer 1922 in Long Island and New York City.
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Who is the author of the Great Gatsby?
F.Scot Fitzgerald was the man who wrote the Great Gatsby.
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How did Nick express Gatsby's smile?
Nick said that the smile was one of those rare smiles that you may only experience about 5 time in your lifetime. That it seemed to understand you as much as you wanted to be understood and believe you as much as you wanted to be believed.
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What is the name of the man who Gatsby works under?
His name is Meyer Wolfsheim.
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What is the falling action?
Daisy rejecting Gatsby. Which leads to the death of Myrtle and Gatsby.
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What is the tone of Nick Carraway?
Nick seems to talk in a very nostalgic yet ambivalent tone.
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What was the theme of the novel?
The difference between social class, the roaring spirit of the 1920's and the quest for wealth.
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How did the author use imagery to describe the Valley of ashes?
The author used imagery to show the readers how dull and lifeless the Valley of ashes was. And how the people who lived there seem to be crumbling away with the ashes themselves.
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How and why did Gatsby become rich?
Gatsby gained his fortune by being apart of a bootlegging business. Gatsby was penniless when he met Daisy so she left him for Tom. Therefore Jay tried to use money to win her back.
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What is the resolution?
Nick cutting his ties with Daisy, Jordan and Tom
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What characters are the protagonist of the story?
Nick and/or Gatsby
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What did Nick see Gatsby doing on the dock?
Nick saw Gatsby reaching out towards the green light coming from Daisy's dock.