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