Chapters Flashcards
What is the epigraph about?
What a man will do to win over a woman he desires.
Chapter 1
Nick is introduced as moving from Minnesota to New York.
Nick goes to the bunchanans.
Nick sees Gatsby gazing across Long Island.
Chapter 2
Tom and Nick ride to long island to meet Myrtle.
A party at tom’s second party.
Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose.
Chapter 3
Nick is invited to Gatsby party.
Gatsby and Jordan talk.
A car crash with owl eyes.
Chapter 4
Nick begins by listing all the people he knows.
Nick and Gatsby meet a jewish man for lunch.
Jordan explains Gatsby’s intentions with Daisy.
Chapter 5
Nick invites Gatsby and Daisy to his house.
The pair begin awkwardly.
Gatsby shows off and Daisy is infatuated with his riches.
Chapter 6
Tom and Daisy go to a party at Gatsby’s house.
Gatsby is distraught that Daisy has not had a good time.
Gatsby reminisces on the first time him and Daisy kissed.
Chapter 7
Gatsby stops throwing parties.
Gatsby and Tom argue about who Daisy truly loves.
Myrtle is hit by Daisy and dies.
Chapter 8
Gatsby reminisces about his romance with Daisy.
Wilson goes to Tom’s house to ask him questions.
Wilson shoots and kills Gatsby and then himself.
Chapter 9
Nick writes two years after Gatsby’s death.
Only a few people attend Gatsby’s funeral.
Nick sees Tom who confesses he told Wilson it was Gatsby driving.
What is the focus at the end of the novel?
Ends on focus as America as a dream like Daisy was a dream to Gatsby.
