The Great Gatsby Flashcards
Who refuses to leave her husband for Gatsby
Daisy
Thinks the books at Gatsby’s are fake
Owl Eyes
Moves to west egg
Nick
Runs over Myrtle with a car
Daisy
Claims to have run over Myrtle
Gatsby
Dies in a pool
Gatsby
Has lavish parties
Gatsby
Cries over a collection of shirts
Daisy
Has an affair with Myrtle
Tom
Invites Gatsby to dinner to embarrass him
The Sloanes
Who flaunts their affair
Daisy
Arranges Gatsby’s funeral
Nick
Angers Tom by repeating Daisy’s name
Myrtle
Narrates the novel
Nick
Believes Gatsby killed Myrtle
Wilson
Two examples of things that the green light is symbolic for
The American Dream and Daisy
How is it possible for Daisy to be everything to Gatsby and nothing at the same time?
She is everything because that’s what he wants to obtain but she is nothing because she will never leave Tom.
How is Gatsby a man of the past?
He wants to live in the past or at least freeze time and Nick calls him an “over-wound clock”.
What does Fitzgerald believe is no longer obtainable in America?
The American Dream
How is “Ain’t we got Fun” in this story ironic?
Daisy rejects Gatsby originally because of his lack of wealth
What is significant about Dan Cody’s story?
He is another Gatsby.
Gatsby’s death happens on the first day of Autumn and it is getting cold; how is swimming typical Gatsby behavior?
He is trying to control time.
Paradies the Jazz Age
The Party
Ruin of America
Gatsby’s death
Danger in luxury
The Cars
The end of the dream
End of Summer
Foreshadows Gatsby’s life
Dan Cody
Post War vision of America
The Valley of Ashes
A heartless uninvolved god.
The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
Inability to control time
Breaks the clock
Gatsby’s lonely funeral
Cross the Bridge
An unattainable goal
Green Light
Explain Gatsby as the “American Dream”
Gatsby is seen as the “American Dream” in the The Great Gatsby. Gatsby “sprang from his Platonic conception of himself and he is trying to perfect himself to fit others. By changing his name but keeping it similar he shows that he is reinventing himself in his own terms. His childhood all adds to the concept because if the poor child becoming a self made man. Lastly his janitorial job shows his sensitivity to class.
Who Fitzgerald married?
Zelda Sayre
What does Nick call Gatsby that reflect Gatsby’s reflection to time?
“over-wound clock”
