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CHARACTERS

MISS JORDAN BAKER

Daisy and 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 415967158

Symbols: Trimalchio, green ball and dreams, colours, green light, old money, new money

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Interesting facts

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Vocabulary:

Introduction: trymalchio, transcience (temporary), 'the more he gets the less he has', whimsical,

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Chapter 1 focus:

  1. The narrator of the story: Nick Carraway
  1. 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.
  1. Nick’s origin: The Midwest
  1. Where had Nick known Tom Buchanan before? They had been in school together at Yale.
  1. 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.
  1. Jordan Baker’s relationship to Daisy Buchanan: The two had been friends in Louisville, Kentucky. Daisy is two years older than Jordan.
  1. What does Nick learn from Jordan when Tom is called to the phone? Tom has “a woman” in New York.
  1. 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