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Review 2017

Review 2017. The Great Gatsby takes place during…. 1920s. What was the purpose of Gatsby’s huge parties?. He hoped that Daisy would attend one of his parties…. What was Gatsby’s “very sad” event in his life?. Daisy’s marriage to another man…. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?.

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Review 2017

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  1. Review 2017

  2. The Great Gatsby takes place during… 1920s

  3. What was the purpose of Gatsby’s huge parties? He hoped that Daisy would attend one of his parties…

  4. What was Gatsby’s “very sad” event in his life? Daisy’s marriage to another man…

  5. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail? She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines her to be…

  6. Why did Gatsby buy the house in West Egg? He could be near Daisy… #stalker!!!

  7. How are Daisy and Myrtle alike? They are both motivated by wealth.

  8. Gatsby’s portrait changes from that of a exhibitionist of wealth to… A shattered idealist…

  9. What is the main theme of Gatsby that applies to English 3? Corruption of the American Dream

  10. Myrtle states that, “You can’t live forever”, she is rationalizing her… Affair with Tom…

  11. What does Daisy represent to Gatsby? A life he wants…

  12. After the party that Daisy attends, Nick tries to tell Gatsby that he cannot…. Relive the past.

  13. After the final scene between Gatsby and Tom, and Daisy, Nick reveals that it is his…. 30th Birthday.

  14. How did George Wilson find out who owned the yellow car? Tom Buchanan

  15. George shot Gatsby because he thought… Gatsby was Myrtle’s lover…

  16. Why does Nick return West after Gatsby’s death? He is disgusted with everyone in the East.

  17. Gatsby has few people in attendance at his funeral because… He has so many fair-weather friends who only enjoy his money.

  18. The “List of Resolves” in Gatsby’s diary indicates… Gatsby’s determination to change his life.

  19. At the end of the novel, Nick condemns Daisy Buchanan of 3 things…. • Escaping into her money • Retreating into carelessness • Allowing others to clean up her mess.

  20. The Eyes of T.J. Eckelburg symbolize…. Judgment

  21. The Green Light symbolizes… HOPE

  22. West Egg Symbolizes… New Money

  23. East Egg Symbolizes… Old Money

  24. Valley of Ashes symbolizes… Social and Moral decay

  25. “No he’s a gambler. He’s the man that fixed the World Series in 1919.” Wolfsheim

  26. “With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change. The intense vitality that had been so remarkable…was converted into impressive hauter.” Myrtle

  27. “It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across 4 or 5 times in life…” Gatsby

  28. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” Jordan

  29. “Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” Nick

  30. “He was a blond, spiritless man, anemic, and faintly handsome. When he saw us, a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes.” George Wilson

  31. What is the literary term… “This is the valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens.” This is an example of… Simile

  32. “The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door…jumping over sun-dials and brick walls and burning gardens – finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.” Is an example of… personification

  33. “look…I hurt it’…the knuckle was black and blue. ‘You did it Tom…” foreshadows… Tom’s breaking Myrtle’s nose…

  34. The fact that Myrtle sees Tom as a gentleman over her husband when he break’s her nose is an example … IRONY

  35. What to study… Look over the close reading answers. ;) Your notes, know your characters If you missed a chapter, look up the summaries online… Good Luck, you get 5 bonus points for showing up today!!

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