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Chapter 1

1. At the beginning of the novel Nick describes himself as the one truly honest person that he has ever known, because his father taught him to before he judges anyone, realize that they have not had the same advantages.

2. Nick describes Tom Buchanan as a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. He also said that he had arrogant eyes and always appeared to be aggressively leaning forward, with a gruff husky tenor like voice.

3. Jordan Baker was a very talented golfer that had been caught cheating in a golf tournament. Nick found her very attractive(her gray eyes).

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9. Chapter 2 1. Nick found out about Tom’s m mistress when the train that rode through the Valley of Ashes stopped and Tom told him to come with him to meet his girl.

3. George Wilson was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic and faintly handsome. When Tom and Nick showed up at his garage a damp gleam of hope sprang into his eyes.

4. As the party goes on, Myrtle became more arrogant and snobbish, and acted like she was better than everyone else.

5. Nick described the Valley of Ashes to be a wasteland with a small block of yellow bricks sitting on the edge. It had only three shops, one of which was for rent, another was an all-night restaurant approached by a trail of ashes, and finally George Wilson’s auto garage.

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Chapter 3

1. Two ways in which Nick differs from the other guests at Gatsby’s party is that he didn’t get drunk, and that he was actually invited to attend the party.

2. Nick finds Gatsby to be a polite person that would actually stop and listen to what you have to say.

5. After Nick has spent some time with Jordan he finds out that she has a wild side, and this peeks his interest because he is usually a more conservative type of person.

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8. Nick found Gatsby very ambiguous because he is never even seen at his own parties and because he got a suspicious phone call.

Chapter 4

1.Gatsby tells Nick that he is from the Midwest, and that he comes from a lot of money.

3. According to Jordan, Daisy cried before her wedding and was going to run away because Gatsby had sent her a letter.


 * 4. Gatsby wanted to have tea with Daisy at Nick’s house so that he could be reunited with her, and also so that she would have seen his beautiful house.

7. Gatsby’s friendship with Meyer Wolfsheim suggests that Gatsby had done something illegal in the past or is currently doing something illegal to earn all of his money.

9. After Jordan tells Nick about the history between Daisy and Gatsby, Nick finally realizes why Gatsby does everything that he does. Such as when he would gaze across the water, he was looking over at the green light at Daisy’s dock, and longing to be with her once again.

10. Nick states the phrase: “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.” This phrase reflects the book so far by how Gatsby has been pursuing Daisy (the pursued), however, Daisy has been too busy to come to his parties, and Gatsby is tired of trying to find her by throwing parties.

Chapter 5

1. Because Nick is willing to invite Daisy to his house for tea, Gatsby offers Nick a job that will allow him to make a lot of money, but Nick declines because he assumes it is illegal.

4. Gatsby feel like a new man by the end of the chapter, because he had been reunited with Daisy.

5. When Nick asked Gatsby how he made all of his money Gatsby told him to mind his own business, but then quickly apologizes and tells him that he used to be involved in drug stores and another business, but is not involved with either anymore. Nick found his response a little suspicious/shady.

9. At first it seems like Gatsby’s dream will be fullfilled, but then he finds out that she is married with a child and that it is impossible for Daisy to completely erase that part of her life.

Chapter 6

1. James Gatz changed his name at the age of 17, when he saw Dan Cody’s yacht drop anchor on lake superior. He changed his name so that he could have a new beginning, and prosper as Jay Gatsby.

3. Gatsby tells Nick that he wants Daisy to tell tom that he never loved him.

7. Gatsby’s view of the past is that it can be erased and somebody can change their life. When Nick said that Gatsby “wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy,” he meant that Gatsby wanted to go back to the way that they used to be, like back when they were together.

Chapter 7

1. Gatsby stopped giving parties because he had already been reunited with Daisy, so there was no reason to continue throwing parties.

2. Tom realizes that Daisy loves Gatsby when...

3. Myrtle Wilson was upset when she saw Tom and Jordan together because she thought that Jordan was Toms wife.

4. George Wilson locks Myrtle in the bedroom because...

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7. Tom insisted that Daisy should go home with Gatsby because Tom thought that he had won her back, and that she would break it off with Gatsby. This shows that Tom is a very confident, maybe even arrogant person, and that he believes he has a very strong bond with Daisy that could not be broken by Gatsby.

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Chapter 8

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7. The eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg symbolize God looking over everybody. George Wilson refers to this symbol when he tells Tom that the billboard/God watches over us and can see all that we do, and that some day we will have to recognize what we have done.

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Chapter 9

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4. Gatsby’s father is proud of him because Gatsby had made himself into a successful prosperous man.

7. Nick characterizes Tom and Daisy as being together for the wrong reasons. They are together for the material things, not because they are in love. During the course of the novel they have “smashed” each other by how they cheated on and rebelled against each other.

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The Novel as a Whole

1. Nick Carraway was a very reliable narrator. He helped the other characters progress through the story and only facilitated the novel. Nick being a very honest and candid person made him an excellent narrator.

3. Gatsby is “great” because he was just a child that maneuvered his way to success by all means possible. He made himself into an extremely wealthy person with all of the material things anybody could ever want.

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