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From where did the narrator come from

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The narrator came from the Great War and came to settle in the East so he could learn the bond business. He wanted to get rich.

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How does the narrator describe Gatsby

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The narrator describes Gatsby as a person who had something “gorgeous” about him, and goes on to have us infer that he is a unique person who changed the narrator’s life in some way.

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Describe the narrators house

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The narrator’s house is described as at the very tip of West Egg, between two huge places that rented for a lot of money, and his house was more of a cabin that didn’t take a lot to rent.

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Describe the Buchanans house

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The Buchanans’ house was red and white and it looked very much like a mansion, and it overlooked the water.

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How does Nick know Daisy and Tom

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Nick knows Daisy because he is her cousin and Tom because he is Daisy’s husband, and also he went to college with him.

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Describe Tom. What is our impression of him from chapter 1

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Tom is rather brash and he doesn’t really listen to what other people say. He’s very quick and cuts people off a lot of the time. Our first impression is that we really don’t like him because for one thing, he cheats on his wife, and for another thing, he isn’t very nice.

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What kind of person is Daisy

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Daisy is a different sort of person who you can’t help but like because everyone listens to what she has to say partially just because of the way she says it, and she seems like a very kind person.

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What did miss baker tell Nick about Tom

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She told Nick that Tom was cheating on Daisy with someone else.

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When asked about her daughter what does Daisy say

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Daisy says that she hopes her daughter will grow up to be a beautiful fool, because that’s the best thing a girl can be in the world.

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How is Gatsby introduced into the novel

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Gatsby is introduced for only a few lines of the novel, where he is standing out on his dock, almost reaching out to the green light on the dock of the Buchanans’.

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What is the “valley of ashes”

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The valley of ashes is basically a farm of ashes near the city where smoke comes up from the buildings and it certainly isn’t a very inviting place.

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What are the “eyes” of dr. T.j. Eckleburg

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The eyes are on a billboard on the way to see Tom’s mistress, to advertise an oculist, but it looks as if the eyes are watching over everything.

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Who did Tom take Nick to meet

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Tom took Nick to meet his mistress Myrtle

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Identify myrtle and Wilson

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George Wilson owns a garage for repairs and buying and selling cars. He is a very oblivious person who just seems to want to please Tom, but his wife is more obvious and sneaks out away from her husband often to see Tom.

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What did mrs. Wilson buy while she was out with Tom and Nick

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Mrs. Wilson bought a little puppy.

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Where did they go.what was 158th street

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At 158th street they went to a long strip of apartment houses, specifically one, to see the McKees and Catherine.

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Identify Catherine and mr and mrs McKee

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Catherine was a slim girl who wore a lot of makeup and had red hair. She didn’t live in the apartment but with another girl at a hotel. Mr. McKee was pale and he said he was in the “artistic game.” Mrs. McKee was described as a shrill, horrible woman who enjoyed being photographed.

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What does me mcknee tell Nick about Gatsby

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Mr. McKee tells Nick that he was a nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm, and that is where he got all his money.

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What reason did myrtle give for marrying Wilson

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Myrtle said she married George Wilson because she was a Catholic, and they didn’t believe in divorce.

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What did Tom do to Myrtle when she mentioned Daisy’s name?

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He slapped her.

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Describe Gatsby’s wealth. List some things that show his wealth.

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Gatsby’s wealth is plain because he has a very large house and is able to invite many people over to his place for parties and invite a band and have lots of drinks and an entire library, so it shows he can indulge on many things.

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What kind of people came to Gatsby’s parties.

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All kinds of people, most of the time rich, because they show up in elaborate clothes, but people come either with or without being invited.

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Why did Nick caraway go to the party

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Nick Carraway went to the party because he was one of the few who was actually invited.

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How did Nick meet Gatsby

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Nick meets Gatsby when Jordan introduces them, but at first he doesn’t know it’s Gatsby so he feels a bit foolish when he asks who he is.

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What are some of the stories of Gatsby

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They say that he killed a man, that he’s a bootlegger, and he was in the war.

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Is Gatsby a “phony”

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Gatsby can be called a phony because he lies a lot and yet Nick still reveres him.

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Describe nicks relationship with Jordan

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Nick’s relationship with Jordan was at first friends, but then it developed into something more.

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Who is klipspringer

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Klipspringer was at Gatsby’s place so often that he was dubbed a “boarder.”

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What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself

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Gatsby tells Nick that he was the son of some wealthy people and was educated at Oxford, because it was a family tradition.

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What matter did Gatsby have Jordan baker discuss with Nick

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The “matter” was the issue with Daisy, which Jordan explained to Nick.

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Who is mr. Wolfshiem

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Mr. Wolfsheim is a scam who fixed the entire World Series and is a partner of Gatsby’s.

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What does mr. Wolfshiem tell Nick about Gatsby

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Mr. Wolfshiem tells Nick that he has known Gatsby for a long time and that he was so loyal that he wouldn’t even so much as look at a friend’s wife, which is ironic because he is in love with Daisy.

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What does Jordan tell Nick about Gatsby, Daisy and Tom

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She says that Daisy and Gatsby used to be in love until Gatsby went to the war and then Daisy didn’t see him again, so she married Tom.

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Describe th meeting between Gatsby and Daisy. Why was he so nervous

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Gatsby was so nervous because it was Daisy, who he had been missing for many years, but he still loved her; however now she had a child and was married even when he sent her a letter to ask if she would wait for him.

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How long did it take Gatsby to make the money to buy the mansion?

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It took him 3 years

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Why did Gatsby want Daisy to see his house and cloths

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Gatsby wanted Daisy to see the house probably to impress her.

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What had the green light at the dock meant to Gatsby

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The green light on the dock meant that Daisy was always just within reach but he could never get to her, like “so close but so far away.”

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What had Gatsby turned Daisy into in his own mind

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Gatsby had always been in love with Daisy and he just thought that getting their love back could be something easy, because he was so obsessed with the idea of living in the past.

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What Is Gatsby’s real history? Where is he from what is his real name

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Gatsby’s real history is that he is not from a rich family and instead is a bootlegger, and he also got some of his money from a man named Dan Cody. He was also called James Gatz, originally.

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What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby

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Dan Cody was part of the reason why Gatsby had so much money.

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What is Daisys opinion on Gatsby’s parties? How does this affect him

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Daisy doesn’t really like Gatsby’s parties, because of the people there, even though she got to meet so many successful people, but she didn’t really like the atmosphere and this rather hurt Gatsby’s feelings because he thought she would have loved it.

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What does Gatsby want from Daisy

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Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him.

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What was Gatsby’s reaction to Daisys child

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Gatsby’s reaction to Daisy’s child was that he was pretty surprised, like he had forgotten that Daisy even had a child.

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What did Wilson do to myrtle? Why

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Wilson chose to move west with Myrtle, but I believe that he kept her locked in a room upstairs because he didn’t want her to go anywhere.

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Why do the five drive into the city on a hot afternoon ?

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Tensions were high and Daisy was getting nervous, so she wanted everyone to go out into the city and have fun.

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What does Gatsby think about Daisys relationship with Tom

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Gatsby disapproves of Daisy’s relationship with Tom because he thinks that Tom doesn’t treat her well and that she would be better off with him. He also thinks she should leave Tom and tell him that she never loved him.

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What is Daisys reaction to both men

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Daisy is very scared and nervous because Gatsby is pushing her too hard and she loves both of them, because she can’t lie and say she never loved Tom.

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What happens on the way home from New York

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On the way home from New York, Daisy accidentally kills Myrtle in a car accident when Myrtle ran out into the road thinking it was Tom, but Daisy was so distracted that she didn’t even slow down the car.

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How do these people react to myrtles death: Wilson, Tom, Gatsby, and Nick

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Wilson: Wilson definitely does not take it very well, he just sits over in the corner with one of his friends and eventually he goes out to look for who killed his wife.

b. Tom: Tom does not take it very well either, he becomes angry and very distressed.
c. Nick: Nick isn’t quite sure what to think of Myrtle’s death, and he wants to find out how it happened, so when he asks Gatsby he figures out it was really Daisy.
d. Gatsby: Gatsby doesn’t really think about what happened; he is more concerned that Daisy and Tom are going to have a fight and that Daisy should call him so that they can run away together, but Nick knows this isn’t going to happen.

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What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom

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The true relationship between Daisy and Tom is that Daisy actually loves Tom even though she said she didn’t at first, and the two of them are going to move away together.

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What does Gatsby tell Nick about his past? Is it true

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Gatsby said that he fell in love with Daisy, but he had to go to war. After that, he went to Oxford. Daisy liked money and she wouldn’t wait for him. Gatsby does everything to get rich. He sells alcohol(bootlegging)

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What does Michaelis believe caused myrtle to run away

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Michaelis thinks that she was running away from Wilson

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Why did myrtle run

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She ran because she thought Tom was in the yellow car that he came in so she was running out to meet Tom but instead Gatsby and Daisy were there.

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Why does Wilson believe Gatsby killed myerle

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Tom told Wilson that the yellow car was Gatsby’s and that maybe Gatsby was the guy myrtle was cheating on with Wilson.

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What does Wilson do

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Wilson goes to Gatsby’s house and shoots Gatsby in his pool

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Why couldn’t Nick get anyone to go to Gatsby’s funeral

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Gatsby had no close friends, the party people were too shallow to ever meet him and even go. Tom and Daisy weren’t in town, Wolfshiem was too shady to go to somone who was murdered’s funeral and klipspringer is more concerned on getting his gym shoes back

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Who is Henry C. Gatz?

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Gatsby’s father

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What is the book Henry Gatz shows Nick? Why is it so important to the novel

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It’s a copy of Hopalongs Cassidy with one of Gatsby’s personal schedules on it. It shows Gatsby’s planning, his desire to work ahead and his spirit for romantic adventure. All of these characteristics are classically american characteristics which on a symbolic level lift Gatsby from being a just another character to representing the old fashioned american spirit.

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What happens between Nick and Jordan baker

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Nick breaks off the relationship. He just can’t stand the ease of which she ( and Tom and Daisy ) let things slip by. They are too irresponsible for his moral sensibilities .

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What does Nick say about people like Tom and Daisy

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He says they were careless - they smashed up things and creatures only to retreat back to whatever kept them together. They let other people clean up the mess they made.

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