fitzgerald

Which excerpt is the best example of foreshadowing?

"he stretched out his arms toward the dark water...."

which excerpt from Good Country People is the best example of figurative language?

"if she don't get there before the dust...."

"My own house was..." What message do phrases such as "the consoling proximity of millionaires" and "white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered" convey to the reader?

financial wealth is desirable to the narrator

"The telephone rang inside..." The phone call that Tom receives during the dinner are an indicator that

he and Daisy are not a happily married couple

The location of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is important because

it emphasizes the decadence of the 1920s

The phrase "I lived at West Egg, the - well, the less fashionable of the two" reveals

the narrator's awareness of social judgments and their central role in the novel

"I have a favor to ask you..." which best summarizes the excerpt?

He asks and Andzej agrees

Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound. They were 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. To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.

a sense of artificiality in the world the narrator finds himself in

he silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my head to watch it, I saw that I was not alone—fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars. Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens.The appearance of Gatsby from the shadows suggests that

he is a. man of mystery and secrets

"that night changed everything..." the details of the passage indicate that the narrative takes place

in WWII Europe

"Mrs. Hopewell, who had divorced...." Based on Mrs. Hopewell's attitude toward the fields, it is reasonable to infer that the story takes place

on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland

"it was a matter of chance..." Based on the author's description of Long Island, the reader can infer that this novel will

relate events about unconventional individuals

"Their house was even more elaborate...." Based on this description of the Buchanans' house, what inference can be made about many East Egg residents?

they hide their unattractive qualities beneath beautiful, light, and dreamy appearances

Which excerpt from Good Country People contains an example of irony

"Joy was her daughter..."

Which excerpt from Good Country People best exemplifies who Joy/Hulga is a traditional Southern gothic character?

"Joy, whose constant outrage...."

It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America. It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York—and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. Which words from the passage are most indicative of the types of people the narrator will encounter in the novel?

"strangest" and "unusual"

"My house was at the very tip of the egg...." How does Fitzgerald use setting in the exposition of this passage?

He creates atmosphere and establishes geographic context

which excerpt best indicates that Nick is not fully content with his life?

Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe - so I decided to go East and learn the bond business

"The one on my right was a colossal..." What does this description about Gatsby's house reveal about his character?

he is newly wealthy and aspired to project a false image of himself

"My own house was an eyesore..." What does this excerpt reveal about Nick?

he is wealthy enough to live in West Egg but not wealthy enough to rent a very nice place

"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor's lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month." What does this excerpt reveal about Nick?

he is wealthy enough to live in the West Egg but not wealthy enough to rent a very nice place

"For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened—then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk." Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about Daisy?

her beauty and ease mask a darker reality

The contrast created between East Egg and West Egg suggests that

the story's conflict will be based on wealth and appearances

"lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. . . . Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans." Based on these descriptions, what inference can be made about the difference between West Egg and East Egg?

the wealthy residents of East Egg hid their unattractive qualities beneath light and dreamy appearances