1. Why does Nick move from Minnesota to New York? What is his vision of the American dream?
Nick Moves from Minnesota to New York to work in the bond
... [Show More] business. His vision of the American Dream is the money of the upper class and being able to support himself. He also goes into the bond business because everyone else was doing it.
4. Nick says that Gatsby was it a bad person, but "it's what preyed on Gatsby" that was to blame for the tragedy. what does he mean by this?
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2. The first time Nick sees his neighbor, he is standing on his lawn, reaching his arm out towards the light in the bank. when Nick looks out of the water all he sees is a distant green light which might marks the end of a dock. The first image of a character in the novel was difficult. what thoughts do you have about Nick's neighbor based on the scene?
Nick sees Gatsby do something rather strange. He stretches his arms out toward the water and appears to be trembling. Nick can see nothing out seaward except a single green light. it shows that he is strange yet mysterious in a sort of way.
5. which character in the novel do you most relate to, and why?
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3. what does Daisy statement, "I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool," reveal about the way she views her own life?
She views her life as being sad and hopeless, so she wants her daughter to basically live in her own little world, where she cannot be affected by the horrible things around her. She also reveals that she doesn't want her daughter to be like her at all because she views her life as if it is bad and she shouldn't deserve this kind of life.
6. in your opinion, who are what is to blame for the tragedies in this novel?
the person to blame for the tragedies of this novel is Daisy. if she stayed loyal to Gatsby none of this would have ever happened. even though she better start that he died in the war I still would have stayed loyal for him I would not go for Tom.
4. what does Daisy's and Jordan's statement about Tom reveal about him, and what do they reveal about Daisy? explain your answer.
Daisy's and Jordan's statement about Tom reveals that he's very serious and rarely has any humane qualities while Daisy is very intrigued about everything and that she's very romantic and "innocent" in a way. when she sees a bird outside she tells Tom that she find it very romantic and Tom agrees but the of attitude of his that shows that he isnt as excited as Daisy.
6. what is your opinion of Daisy Buchanan and they saw what you have read so far? explain your answer.
I think Daisy is putting up the sort of act based on how most stories have some sort of conflict if there is this relationship that seems like it's dying which is sort of hinted with Tom's and Daisy's relationship.
7. do you think Fitzgerald's portrayal of the American dream is accurate? explain your answer.
I think Fitzgerald's portrayal of the American dream is accurate considering at that time everyone did not succeed and so this story is sort of showing the truth of the 1920s.
1. explain how Fitzgerald uses the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, a billboard, as a metaphor.
it could symbolize God and or the reader looking down upon the characters not being able to do anything yet they're judging it a way.
5. what does Nick's opinion of Tom and Daisy seem to be at this point in the novel? support your answer.
In other words, Nick doesn't think much of Tom as a thinker or achiever. He sees both Tom and Daisy as wealthy drifters and states he doesn't believe Daisy when she says their move to Long Island is permanent. At his first dinner at their home, Nick experiences the discomfort of having stepped into a dysfunctional family drama. Tom is having an affair, and both Daisy and Jordan know it. Tom's getting a call from his lover casts a pall over the evening. Daisy talks about being sophisticated and unhappy, and Nick feels she's emotionally manipulating him. He leaves at the end of the evening feeling
2. The story is told from the point-of-view of Nick Carraway, who is from Minnesota, and his travel to the east (New York) to achieve his American dream. how does this point of view affect the story? how would the story be different if it were told from Daisy's point of view, or Tom's?
Nick is someone who had no idea of the past of Daisy or Tom or Gatsby yet he sort of has some bias because of where he's from and how he is raised yet his story is the most unbiased story if told from the point-of-view
3. Nick begins the story in chapter 1 by saying that Gatsby represents everything he scorns, but that he exempts Gatsby completely from his usual judgments, and says that Gatsby's personality has nothing short of "gorgeous." why would an author start a story this way? Consider the roles of judgment and storytelling in your answers.
this shows how the opinion of a character in a story can change so quickly due to the appearance, social status, or amount of money a character has in a book. this also applies to real life which can be seen in people's everyday lives.
5. how does Nick's attitude towards Gatsby begin to change in chapter 4 question mark support your answer using the text.
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6. The first time we saw Jay Gatsby in chapter one, when Nick simply knew him as his neighbor. in this scene, Cassie was looking out over the water with his arm stretched out towards a green light. where was this late coming from? how is the green light symbolic of the American dream?
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1. what does Nick say when Gatsby offers him a side job that wouldn't require much work but would be very profitable?
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4. how is the character Myrtle Wilson used as a metaphor for those who are pursuing the American dream in the east?
Myrtle Wilson is used as a metaphor for those who pursue their Mike and dreams who have failed in the east. everyone believes that if they go out to the east they will succeed in life yet Myrtle is the representation a failure for the American dream.
2. based on Nick's response, what is he feeling and or thinking about the job offer?
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5. during the scene at the Morningside heights apartment, how does Nick initially react to the behavior of the other characters? how does he end up behaving differently from the way he acted back home, why is this significant?
Nick initially reacted to the behavior of the other characters differently because he's uncomfortable at first and then he got drunk it's so that makes him open up a bit more but he's still a uncomfortable. this is different for the way he acted back home because he felt more comfortable and he had very different opinions of them. he thought that Tom was more sophisticated in a way and he did not expect him to be this sort of drunken and chaotic person.
3. what type of work do you think Gatsby has in mind for Nick?
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6. a motif is a reoccurring theme, subject, character type, or image that becomes a unifying element in a text. examine the characters of the Morningside heights apartment, and also the characters of Daisy Buchanan. what are they have in common? how are they examples of the motif of pursuit of the American Dream?
all the characters including Daisy and the characters of the Morningside heights apartment they all have some sort of problem that they push off to the side and hope that a solution will come out of it. this shows that when people pursue the American dream, they push off all their problems assuming that it would be solved if they just ignore it yet it just keeps on growing and growing. the idea of the American dream being perfect is not true which can be shown through this novel.
4. how does Klipspringer respond when Gatsby asks him to play the piano for them?
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7. briefly describe each character at this point in the novel. include a few facts and your opinion of each character:
a. Nick Carraway
b. Tom Buchanan
c. Daisy Buchanan
d. Myrtle Wilson
e. George Wilson
f. Jordan Baker
Nick Carraway - The novel's narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan's cousin, he facilitates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick's eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story.
Daisy Buchanan - Nick's cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband's constant infidelity.
Tom Buchanan - Daisy's immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.
Jordan Baker - Daisy's friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the "new women" of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.
Myrtle Wilson - Tom's lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.
George Wilson - Myrtle's husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. George is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. George is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.
5. what does Klipspringer's response reveal about his apparent arrangement with Gatsby?
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8. how are the characters George and Tom opposite of one another?
George is poor and Tom is rich. George also is it love with Myrtle yet Tom is not in love with Myrtle it only has affair with her and George is devastated.
1. what is Gatsby's response when Nick warns him that "you cannot repeat the past?"
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9. give an example of how 2 characters in the story have different points of view on the same topic. which character does author seem to want you to agree with? explain your answer.
two characters of the stories that have different points of view about the same topic would be Daisy and Jordan. their opinions of Tom is different because Jordan fuse table as a cheater and unloyal and a bad person in general yet Daisy knows that she cheated on her did she still with him because she believes that he loves her and also because of his money.
2. what does Gatsby's response reveal about his character?
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10. write an original metaphor that you would use to describe your own life or a situation that you are in right now. avoid clichés.
life is exercise. sometimes you just got to give up
3. how is Nick's warning to Gatsby symbolized by the green light?
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4. in your opinion, is there a reunions between Gatsby and Daisy a good thing or bad thing? explain your answer.
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1. what do you think Nick means when he describes Jay Gatsby in this way: "he had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, you may come across four or five times in life."?
Nick means that Gatsby is a type of person who would be loyal to you in life that you would really come across because most people during the time that Nick saw was that loyal to other people yet what he sees Gatsby he sees that he is pure in a sort of way.
2. describe the relationship between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby that occurs years before the events of the story.
the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby was that they were young lovers in the past before Gatsby had to go into the war. [Show Less]