Questions 1-3 and then 4-6 build on each answer in increasing difficulty How does Nick meet Tom’s mistress and how does she react to Tom’s arrival? Describe George Wilson. How does the tone of Nick’s description of Tom reveal Nick’s feelings about Tom? How would you describe Daisy’s state of mind during dinner? What do hear words and actions reveal about her”ģ The Great Gatsby Ch. Questions 1-3 and then 4-6 build on each answer in increasing difficulty How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel? Who is Jordan Baker What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him? Describe the ambiguity (look it up) in Nick’s initial descriptions of Gatsby. Eckleburg the Valley of Ashes Gatsby’s library Gatsby’s house Gatsby’s shirts colors: white, gold, green places: East Egg, West Egg, the Midwest, New York Wolfsheim’s cufflinksĢ The Great Gatsby Ch. Nick tells Gatsby, "You can't repeat the past," to which Gatsby replies, "Of course you can.As you read, track the following symbols and gather evidence (quotes/page numbers) that reveal their meanings. Nick waits to visit with Gatsby when the party ends, and Gatsby confesses he feels very far away from Daisy. When Tom returns he questions Nick about Gatsby, and suggests he is a bootlegger.
She seems simultaneously impressed by a famous actress and director, and disgusted by the number of people who were obviously not invited. Nick relates watching the celebrities at the party through Daisy's eyes. Daisy sarcastically offers Tom a pencil, in case he needs to take down her address. When it is time for dinner, Tom excuses himself to sit with another woman. Gatsby tries to impress them by pointing out celebrities and insists on introducing Tom as "The Polo Player," which annoys Tom. The following Saturday night, Tom and Daisy arrive at one of Gatsby's parties. The three visitors end up leaving before Gatsby returns.
When Gatsby excuses himself to get his car to follow them, the man is amazed that Gatsby really thinks he's been invited. The other man in the party announces that they must be leaving, but the woman invites Gatsby again. Gatsby accepts, not realizing that she has had too much to drink and that the invitation is not in earnest. The woman in the riding party drinks two alcoholic drinks and tells Gatsby she'd like to come to one of his parties and then invites Gatsby to supper.
The visitors settle down for drinks and Gatsby tells Tom that he knows his wife, Daisy. Gatsby betrays the fact that he is "new rich" by greeting them overly enthusiastically. While he was there, three people arrived on horseback, including Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband. One day, however, Nick did go to see Gatsby for tea. Nick explains that during this time, while he was away from Gatsby, he was spending time with Jordan, and trying to charm her aunt, with whom she lived. When he met Cody, James Gatz changed his name to Jay Gatsby. When Cody died he left Gatsby $25,000, but Cody's family cheated him out of it. Ĝody was Gatsby's mentor and showed him how the wealthy class lived. He took Gatsby under his wing and hired him as "steward, mate, skipper, secretary" to protect Cody from his drunken self. Ĝody was about 50 years old, and "new rich" from his silver mines. In a borrowed rowboat, he went out to the boat and helped its drunken owner, Dan Cody. One day he was "loafing" along the shore of Lake Superior when he spotted a yacht in some trouble. He left home when he was young and moved around the west. He was born in North Dakota to "shiftless, unsuccessful farm people" Nick provides the following details about Gatsby's "real" background: In the chronology of the novel, Nick did not know these details yet, but in looking back on the incidents as the narrator of something that occurred in the past, he did. This opening reminds the reader that Gatsby is the subject of speculation and gossip throughout New York.Īfter describing the incident, Nick notes that he spent some away from Gatsby, and then goes on to recount the true facts of Gatsby's biography. Nick begins the chapter by describing an incident in which a reporter showed up at Gatsby's door, asking for a comment - he didn't suggest that there was an issue that Gatsby should comment on the reported only wanted to get some, or any, information.
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