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The narrator is
unreliable
Geography - New York City
Choas
Most people in the novel
Live for money, with no morals
Symbol - Books in the library
Making the facade real
Gatsby didn't care about his
Materials, he only wanted Daisy
Geography- Midwest
Birthplace of the characters, purity
Gatsby's parties are
Extravagant
Myrtle
Materialistic
Tom is a
Realist
Why is it called bootlegging?
Because they hide alcohol in their bootlegs
Money
Can corrupt
Motif
A recurring theme, subject or idea
Coney Island
An amusement park
Daisy and Jordan are
Apathetic
Tom, Daisy, and Jordan are
Cynical
Nick is
Cynical, says he reserves judgments but judges
"Oh you want too much"
Daisy
Tom tells Myrtle he can't marry her because
Daisy is a Catholic
George
Doesn't know how to handle infidelity
Daisy married Tom because Gatsby rejected her
False
jordan baker is trying to work her way into the upper class
False
Gold hatted lover quotation refers to
Gatsby
Where do Gatsby and Nick make their money?
Gatsby from bootlegging, and Nick from bonds, which is the more moral occupation
Henry Gatz
Gatsby's father
Symbol: TJ Eckleburg's eyes
Gods moral judgment on society
Daisy is the
Golden girl, lack of moral responsibility
Michaelis
Greek Coffee shop owner, helped Wilson
Klipspringer
Guest that plays piano, lives in Gatsby's house
Nick moved to the Midwest because
He become disillusioned and didn't belong in the East
Wilson realizes Myrtle was cheating when
He found the expensive dog collar Myrtle got
Solemn old man
Henry Gatz
Dan Cody
Hires Gatsby as an assistant, his best friend
Gatsby wears a pink suit, showing
His lack of social finesse and awkwardness, and nobody else wears a pink suit
Symbol - green light
Hope
Tom and daisy
Horrible lovers, both committing adultery, no morals
Gatsby is _ when he says _
Idealistic and sentimental when he says he can repeat the past
What are morals
Knowing the difference between right and wrong
Gatsby is
Naive, overly sentimental
Who claims they have morals
Nick
Jordan has
No honesty
Gatsby calls Nick
Old Sport, which is weird
West and East egg are
On Long Island
Who is the only who investigates Gatsby's authenticity
Owl Eyes
What foreshadowed Daisys car wreck?
Owl Eyes got in a car wreck, but said there was someone else driving
The Great Gatsby is a
Perversion of the American Dream
Symbol - Valley of Ashes
Poor people
Symbols
Represent abstract ideas and concepts
Symbol: Daisy
Represents an ideal
Symbol: Tom
Represents materialism, which he enjoys Gatsby calls him the polo man, which is associated with wealth
Symbol - Cream car
Riches, American dream
Meyer Wolfshiem
Shady businessman, friend of gatsby
What does Daisy mean when she says she is sophisticated?
She has become wise to the world, she is cynical
Idiosyncrasy
Something that doesn't make sense Gatsby says he is from the Midwest AND San Francisco
Jordan tells Nick of Gatsby's love for Daisy
True
tom insists that daisy and gatsby drive home togehter
True
Myrtle is
Vulgar and sensual
This story takes place immediately after
WWI
Motif of Geography
West egg and East egg Valley of Ashes - Moral and social decay of America
Motif: Weather
What Gatsby and Daisy reunite, it's pouring rain (melancholic), but it's sunny when they go to their house Wilson kills Gatsby on the first day of autumn
Symbol - Owl
Wisdom, all seeing