Chapter 2

Question 1

“grey land and the spasms of ….

Answer 1

bleak dust … the eyes of Doctor T.J. Ecklburg”
Eyes are morale eyes of God watching over OR they are eyes of emptiness so there is no God with no morals - twisting a simple advertisement to fit their actions.

Question 2

“But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless day under …..

Answer 2

sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground”

Describing the eyes of Doctor T.J. Ecklburg

Question 3

“Under Doctor …..

Answer 3

Ecklburg’s persistent stare”

sense of judgement from the eyes - Nick relating it to god

Question 4

“A blond, spiritless man …..

Answer 4

anemic and faintly handsome”
Desperate description of Wilson as well as him living in a desperate setting, setting up for the reader to feel sympathy for him right from the start of the novel.

Question 5

“She looked at me and ….

Answer 5

laughed pointlessly”
Myrtles personality changes as she is in the company of new people, becomes over the top and creates a fake persona to pretend to be higher in society.

Question 6

Catherine “At a man named …

Answer 6

Gatsby’s. Do you know him?”

Question 7

“I was within and without, simultaneously

Answer 7

enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Sums up Nick’s observation throughout the novel

Question 8

“Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan…..

Answer 8

broke her nose with his open hand”

Aggressive, brutal man relates to earlier on when Daisy had a bruise on her hand.

Question 9

“Bleeding fluently and trying to spread a copy of …..

Answer 9

Town Tattle over the tapestry scenes of Versailles”

Ironic use of the Town Tattle as it is covering Tom’s brutality