The Great Gatsby Flashcards
How did Fitzgerald die and when?
He died of a heart attack in 1940
Name three themes from The Great Gatsby
- The American Dream
- Honesty
- Class
The American Dream
The American Dream and its obtainability is the overwhelming theme of the Great Gatsby
Honesty
Within the world of Gatsby what is honest, dishonest, right, and wrong is all related to class
Class
Class and the separation of classes is a prominent part of The Great Gatsby
Old Money is superior to New Money and can not be compared by status
Nick Caraway is presented to the reader as an ___________________
impartial narrator
Nick despises all that __________ represents but is in _________of him all at the same time
1- Gatsby
2- Admiration
The road to _____ _______ is a ________ land. This is an important _______.
- New York
- Waste
- symbol
The _____ of Dr. T.J _______ are repressive of the eyes of ______
- Eyes
- Eckleburg
- God
______ and _______ are foils for one another
- Myrtle
2. Daisy
what is a foil character?
Characters that are opposite of each other
What Describes and parodies the Jazz age
the party
What do the cars represent?
They are a luxury item & a sense of danger in luxury.
Owl eyes wrecks because he is drunk
Nick seems to think _________ is one of the last honest people in the world
Gatsby
The emphasis on Gatsby
They say….
The Others Say.. ○ he's a bootlegger ○ he's killed a man ○ He is the nephew of van Hindenburg He is the second cousin of the Devil
The emphasis on Gatsby
He says…
Gatsby Says ○ He is from "San Francisco" ○ He studied at Oxford ○ Lived in all the capitals of Europe He enlisted in the army
What is the green light a symbol of ?
- Gatsby’s dauntless romantic optimism
- Daisy
- The American Dream
Gatsby is extremely insecure over his friendship with ______.
Nick
Gatsby can’t believe anyone would be his friend if he didn’t have _____.
money
_____ is the only one who doesn’t look at class as a basis for friendship
nick
He wants to live in the past or at least freeze time
Gatsby
Nick calls _______ an “over-wound clock”
Gatsby
Gatsby and his issues with time are symbolized by ____________________.
The knocking over of the clock
Who’s desired to stop time and are the attempts successful?
Gatsby and no
What is “Ain’t We Fun” ? what does it imply, and what is it a contrast of?
Song , Implies a carefree life , & A contrast with the oppressiveness of society
What makes “ain’t we got fun” ironic
“no money, oh but honey “Ain’t We Got Fun” , Daisy rejected Gatsby originally because of his lack of wealth
• Gatsby and the American Dream
○ Gatsby “sprang from his _______ conception of himself”
○ He is trying to ______himself
○ Changing his _____ but keeping it similar shows he is reinventing himself on his own terms
○ His __________ adds to the concept of the poor child becoming a self-made man
○ The janitorial job shows his ________ to class (sophistication and elegance)
- Playtonic
- perfect
- name
- childhood
- sensitivity
Dan Cody
○ Self-made billionaire ○ From humble beginnings ○ Generous with money ○ Unable to find his place in society downfall brought on by his love
Daisy
○ She represents everything Gatsby wants to be (an aristocrat) (sophistication)
○ Because she is all Gatsby wants to be she can never be anything to him
________ becomes discrete and concerned about pubic appearance
_______ flaunts the _____
- Gatsby
- Daisy
- affair
Who Is more concerned with the level of class of the man whom Daisy is cheating with than the fact that she is cheating on him
Tom
Who is “worth the whole damn bunch put together
Gatsby
______ admires his optimism but he has complete disapproval for his “activities”
______ is a dreamer- a visionary
Nick is a shining ____ of a true person during an age of _______
- Nick
- Nick
- star
- cynicism
________ mistake was in loving _______
- Gatsby’s
2. Daisy
Gatsby and Wilson are doubles, how?
The both die for who they love
Gatsby, along with _______focus his attention on a meaningless _______ (symbolism)
- Wilson
2. object
Who is the eyes in the billboard
Wilson is the eyes
how is Gatsby’s death sooooo Gatsby ?
○ We find him swimming on the first day of fall
○ It is too cold to swim and he cannot accept the fact that summer is fading
○ He fights the passage of time again
“So we beat on boats against the _______ , borne back ceaselessly into the ________.”
- current
2. Past
America as an entire entity was Founded on
ideals of progress and equality
West Egg vs. East Egg
○ West- manifest destiny
○ East- corrupt with greed
The green light - Gatsby is looking ______ to the light like the green of America’s land once symbolized ______
- East
2. hope
• Gatsby’s death represents the ruin of _________.
America
“I hope when she grows up she’ll be a pretty little fool because that’s all girl should be” -
Who said this? Who was that person speaking about?
Daisy and about her daughter, Pammy
Who did Fitzgerald marry?
Zelda Sayre
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