| What do the full length books in Gatsby’s library represent | What Gatsby wants people to believe about him. that he is a well educated Oxford man |
| The unopened books represent more about Gatsby | most facts about Gatsby are unknown |
| What does the Owl eyed man wonder about the books | if Gatsby has really read them |
| What does the unopened books tell you about Gatsby | he is a fraud |
| What does the weather match in the story | the emotional and narrative tone of the story |
| What was the weather like during Gatsby’s and Daisy’s reunion | pouring rain |
| What does the rain during the reunion of Gatsby and Daisy represent | awkwardness and melancholy- the storm begins when they are reunited |
| What is the weather like when Gatsby and Daisy’s love reawakens | the sun is just coming out; dawn; rebirth |
| What is the weather like when Gatsby has his climatic confrontation with Tom | the hottest day of summer under the scorching sun which shows conflict |
| When does Wilson kill Gatsby | first day of autumn |
| what is the symbolism of Gatsby lying dead floating in his pool | attempt to stop time and restore his relationship with Daisy |
| What does spring represent in the novel | clean slate |
| What does the Green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represent | Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future |
| What does Gatsby associate the green light with | Daisy |
| When does Gatsby reach toward the green light | in Chapter 1, when he reaches for it in the darkness as a guiding light to his goal, Daisy |
| What does Nick compare the green light to in Chapter 9 | how America must have looked to the early settlers; the American dream with so many promises |
| What is the Valley of Ashes | a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes between West Egg and New York City |
| What does the Valley of Ashes represent | destruction and death |
| What is the destruction that the Valley of Ashes represents | moral and social decay that results from the uninhabited pursuit of wealth; the rich indulging themselves |
| What does the Valley of Ashes represent about the poor | they live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality and energy |
| Who lived among the Ashes | George Wilson |
| What are the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg | a face on a billboard with really big fading eyes and really big glasses with yellow rims over the Valley of Ashes |
| What does the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg represent | Someone watcing over the valley; GOD staring down and judging American society as a moral wasteland |
| Who made the connection between the eyes and God | George Wilson made the connection in his mind |
| What do the yellow rims of the glasses represent | corruption |
| In chapter 8, the eyes represent what | meaningless of the world and mental process where people invest objects with meanings |
| What was Gatsby’s final thoughts about these eyes in Chapter 8 | a depressed consideration of emptiness |
| What does the color gray represent | dreariness; symbolizes lack of life or spirit or a place of no hope or no future; describes the Valley of Ashes |
| What does the color white represent | false purity or goodness |
| Who is always in white in the novel | Daisy and Jordon |
| When was Gatsby in white | when he went to meet Daisy again for the first time in 5 years |
| What does the color red represent | blood and death, specifically the bloody death of Myrtle |
| What does the color yellow represent | corruptness and things that go bad |
| What do the yellow leaves represent | decay |
| What does Gatsby’s yellow car represent | his corruptness and dishonesty and deception |
| What does the color gold represent | wealth or the show of wealth |
| How did Gatsby try to win Daisy back | with his parties and show of wealth |
| What does Daisy represent | fragile flower; she is fragile and cannot make up her own mind |
| What does Tom’s pushing people away and quoting things he reads represent | power and the abuse of power |
| What does Nick standing to the side represent | he has his own opinion but does not express it; innocent bystander |
| Who is the first to see Owl Eyes | Nick |
| What did Nick do which was bad | one of the main people who connected Gatsby and Daisy, which represents an innocent bystander |
| What does Gatsby’s character represent | the result of a dream deferred or left behind |
| Why was Daisy an unreachable goal for Gatsby | she could not live up to his expectations |
| What happened in Gatsby’s dreams of Daisy | the more he wished and dreamed for her, the more perfect he imagined her to be |
| Who is Owl Eyes | mysterious character; don’t know his true name |
| What was true about Owl Eyes | he was all knowing or all seeing, like God |
| Who was always there for Gatsby when no one else was there | Owl Eyes |
| What was the correlation between the 3 characters; Gatsby, Myrtle, and Wilson | only people to ever have truly loved and the only people to have died during that time of deception |
| what do cars represent | carelessness and recklessness; also status symbols (cool) |
| What does East Egg represent | old money passed down from generation to generation; proper people |
| What does West Egg represent | new money that people who live inside there have earned; rowdy people |
| What is the significance of East and West Egg | they are social opposites |
| What were Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made from | human molars (teeth) |
| What does Wolfsheim’s cufflinks represent | mixture of sophistication and barbarism; racism |
| Who was Meyer Wolfsheim | Jewish, shady associate of Gatsby, who was into illegal dealings; infamous in the criminal underworld |
| What is Nick’s priority | religion |
| what is the fact the Wolfsheim is a shady Jewish man show | racism |
| What prejudice does Tom talk about | the superiority of the Nordic race |
| What does alcoholism represent | it dulls the knowledge of harsh actions in the world |
| What particular actions of the world was alcoholism covering | World War II and the Holocaust |
| What was Gatsby’s real name | James Gatz |
| Who was Dan Cody | Gatsby worked for him when he was 17 |
| What did Gatsby do for Dan Cody | he went out to tell him about bad winds when Cody was out on his yacht one day |
| What did Cody do in appreciation to Gatsby | he became his mentor and best friend; Gatsby took care of everything for him |
| What does Cody do that Gatsby does not do very much | drink alcohol |
| What was a sign that Gatsby cared for Cody a lot | there was a picture of him in Gatsby’s bedroom |
| What did Cody do for Gatsby | left him all of his money |
| Why didn’t Gatsby get Cody’s money | Cody’s mistress stole it |
| What was Nick’s carreer | newspaper reporter |
| What was Gatsby’s carreer | no real carreer; never know how he got his money |
| How does Nick’s carreer compare to Gatsby | Nick reveals all and Gatsby reveals nothing real about himself. Nick deals in facts and Gatsby deals in dreams and lies. |
| Who is the narrator of the story | Nick |
| What does the faded timeline showing the names of Gatsby’s guests represent | lies; Gatsby really didn’t know these people well; his fraud is becoming revealed |
The Great Gatsby
April 7, 2020