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Close Reading: The Great Gatsby (Characters (Jay "The Great"…
Close Reading: The Great Gatsby
Characters
Jay "The Great" Gatsby : :tada:
Working Class to Upper Class; Protagonist and Tragic Hero
Daisy Buchanan :<3:
Upper Class, Love interest
Nick Carraway :pen:
Narrator, observer of events
Tom Buchanan :red_flag:
Upper Class, Villian
Myrtle Wilson :champagne:
Working Class, desire to be wealthy
Setting
New York, 1922
West Egg
"New Money" Upper Class
East Egg
"Old Money" Upper Class
"The Valley of Ashes"
Working Class
Themes
"The American Dream"
How do we achieve our dreams?
What is the American Dream?
Class
Hollowness of Wealth
Work and Wealth
Love and Marriage
Tom and Daisy's Marriage
Myrtle and Tom's relationship
Daisy and Jay's relationship
Symbols
The Green Light
Gatsby's unattainable Dream
The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
The Judging Eyes of God overlooking the characters