gatsby background notes Flashcards
gold is a symbol of
old wealth
fitzgerald’s wife
zelda
zelda was a
flapper
roaring 20’s also called the
jazz age
fitzgerald was a ______ of ernest hemingway and was a member of the ______
contemporary
expatriates/ lost generation
fitzgerald’s style of writing
shows a big iceberg
everything there
poetic prose
while hemingway was a man’s man, fitzgerald was a
ladies man/ softer/ refined
life in the 20’s was
fast paced/ rich
setting of story
new york
nick lives in a
small bungalow
where does nick live
west egg, long island, new york
who lives next to nick
jay gatsby and his huge mansion
west egg represents
new money
east egg represents
old money
who lives in east egg
Tom Buchanan and his wife Daisy
Daisy is modeled after whom
zelda
zelda said that
rich girls do not marry poor boys
daisy’s heart is with ______ but is married to ______
nick (poor)
tom(money)
the american dream represents
new money
gatsby looks down on old money because
they did not earn it
what represents reality/ failure of american dream/ industrializing america
valley of ashes
who lives in the valley of ashes
the wilsons
george and myrtle
nick is a member of the ___ class
middle
describe nick
moral/reliable/narrator/tiny bit naive
