Critics Gatsby

Question 1

How does Connell describe Gatsby

Answer 1

Voyeristic

Question 2

Connel

Answer 2

‘Fitzgerald made something beautiful out of the messes of life’

Question 3

Parr

Answer 3

‘Recover the vibrancy and promise of their youth’

Question 4

Corrigan

Answer 4

‘Everyone is trying hard to have a good time’

Question 5

Redford

Answer 5

The book is concerned with socialism and the disparity between the classes

Question 6

Sutherland (Daisy)

Answer 6

Daisy represents his passport into a different world, his escape from the struggling poor

Question 7

Sutherland alcoholic

Answer 7

If Gatsby had have lived, he would have become a life long alcoholic, like his author

Question 8

William rose, the book in general

Answer 8

A drama of a young and reckless world

Question 9

Thomas Flanagan, jay Gatsby

Answer 9

Gatsby lives in a world of romantic energies and colours

Question 10

William Fahey, dreams

Answer 10

A dream based on the assumption that material possessions are synonymous with happiness, harmony and beauty