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The Great Gatsby
Viewing Guide
Character Chart
Character:
Jay Gatsby
Daisy
Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
Nick Caraway
Tom
Nick
Characteristics:
What is he/she
like as a
person?
What does
he/she do?
Whom does
he/she love?
Relationship Chart
Relates to:
Gatsby
Gatsby
Daisy
x
Daisy
x
Tom
x
Nick
x
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Symbols
Symbol
Meaning
Eyes of billboard
Green light on
Daisy’s pier
Diamond dog leash
Quotations
Quotation
“The best thing a girl can be
in this world is a beautiful
little fool?” - Daisy
“Rich girls don’t marry poor
boys.” - Daisy
“You’re worth the whole lot
of them.” - Nick
“You can’t repeat the past”
– Nick
“Of course you can.”
- Gatsby
“She has an indiscreet
voice…Her voice is full of
money.” ” - Nick
“Tom and Daisy are careless
people. They smash things
up and then retreat into their
money” - Nick
Explanation
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1. What is going on “on the surface” in the first several scenes?
2. What is going on “under the surface” in the first several scenes?
3. When Nick is taken to meet Gatsby at the party, what is going on at that meeting?
4. What is the difference between Gatsby’s own version of his past and Meyer
Wolfshier’s version?
5. Who or what do you think Meyer is? Consider the comment about the 1919 World
Series.
6. How does Gatsby arrange the meeting with Daisy? What preparations does he make?
7. What key events happened in Gatsby and Daisy’s past?
8. Why did Daisy marry Tom? Why didn’t she marry Gatsby?
9. What’s going on at the next party on the surface and under the surface?
10. Why does Mr. Wilson come to see Tom and Daisy? What does Tom tell him?
11. What are Daisy’s hopes for her daughter at the end of the film?
12. In regard to love, what is Gatsby hoping for from Daisy throughout the entire film?
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The Writing Assignment
Options:
Symbolism in The Great Gatsby.
Setting in The Great Gatsby.
Daisy as the Queen of Denial.
The Roar of the 1920’s.
Gatsby as a man living in the past.
Tom Buchanan as the stereotypical rich villain.
Choose one of the topics and write a three paragraphs about your topic.