The Great Gatsby
CHARACTERS
MISS JORDAN BAKER
DAISY
TOM BUCHANAN
NICK CARRAWAY: submissive, narrator, reliable?¿, bond business. Observant, Curious, Nonjudgmental (or tries to be), Reflective, Honest, Cautious
PLACES
The East Egg and the West Egg (http://blog.paperblanks.com/2017/01/literary-landmarks-the-real-life-locations-of-the-great-gatsby/)
The valley of ashes
Symbols: Trimalchio, green ball and dreams, colours, green light, old money, new money
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Interesting facts
Vocabulary:
Introduction: trymalchio, transcience (temporary), 'the more he gets the less he has', whimsical,
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Chapter 1 focus:
- The narrator of the story: Nick Carraway
- The significance of the white space between paragraphs 4 and 5: The white space indicates where the flashback to Nick’s experience in New York begins.
- Nick’s origin: The Midwest
- Where had Nick known Tom Buchanan before? They had been in school together at Yale.
- Why has Nick moved to New York? What is his job? After the war, he is looking for a better job than the Midwest provides. He is in the bond business now.
- Jordan Baker’s relationship to Daisy Buchanan: The two had been friends in Louisville, Kentucky. Daisy is two years older than Jordan.
- What does Nick learn from Jordan when Tom is called to the phone? Tom has “a woman” in New York.
- What does Nick see Gatsby doing at the end of the chapter? Gatsby is stretching out his arms toward a green light at the end of a dock across the water in a worshipful