Setting
Characters
Fun Facts
Quotes
Plot
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Where is the story taking place?
Long Island, New York
What is the time period in which the
Great Gatsby takes place?
1920s (Jazz Age)
What place represents the moral and
social decay?
The Valley of Ashes
Where does Gatsby and Nick live?
West egg
What kind of place is East Egg?
East Egg is the place where all the
mansions are and where the rich
live, while West Egg is where the
poor people live.
Describe Nick Carraway
The novel’s narrator, from
Minnesota, educated at Yale, fought
in World War I, came to New York
to work in the Bond Business,
usually reserves judgment, and
Daisy Buchanan’s cousin.
Daisy Buchanan
Nick’s cousin who is married to
Tom Buchanan and living together
in West Egg. She is high class and
rich, 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. Tom is an
arrogant, hypocritical bully. His
social attitudes are laced with
racism and sexism.
Jordan Baker
Daisy’s friend, a woman that Nick
met for the first time at the dinner
he was invited to by Daisy in
chapter one. She is boyish, selfcentered, beautiful, but also
dishonest
Jay Gatsby
Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy
young man living in a Gothic
mansion in West Egg. He is famous
for the lavish parties he throws
every Saturday night but no one
knows where he comes from, what
he does, or how he made his
fortune.
What kind of business was Nick in
when he got to New York?
Bond
Buisness
Where did Nick graduate from?
Yale
What does the book in the Great
Gatsby, The rise of the Colored
Empire, support?
Racism and white-supremacy
How many times has Nick gotten
drunk in his life?
Twice
What does Tom give Myrtle as a
gift?
A puppy!
“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the
best thing a girl can be in this world,
a beautiful little fool.”
What does this quote tell us about
Daisy?
This quote offers a revealing
glimpse into Daisy’s character. She
describes her own boredom with life
and seems to imply that a girl can
have more fun if she is beautiful and
simplistic. Daisy is smart but while
she refers to the social values of her
era, she does not seem to challenge
them
“When I came back from the East
last autumn I felt that I wanted the
world to be in uniform and at a sort
of moral attention forever;”
What does this tell us about the
narrator?
Shows the narrator’s want of a
morally-just world where there is
order and restraint.
“Get some chairs, why don’t you, so
somebody can sit down.”
“Oh, sure,”
This quote was from Myrtle
speaking to her husband and his
response. What does this tell us
about Wilson?
We see that George Wilson is a
lifeless, exhausted husband who
idolizes and loves Myrtle, to even
respond sincerely to rude requests.
“I have been drunk just twice in my
life, and the second time was that
afternoon;”
This quote tells us what about the
narrator?
This quote shows us how honest,
tolerant, and moral the narrator is by
showing us how he wouldn’t
become addictive to one of the most
addictive substances in the world.
This also shows how bad of an
influence Tom is by showing how
he can influence someone who
doesn’t drink alcohol, to drink.
“Making a short deft movement,
Tom Buchanan broke her nose with
his open hand.”
What is the context of this quote
from? And what could it mean?
This quote is from Tom breaking
Myrtle’s nose because she kept
talking about Daisy after being told
not to. This shows that Tom may
still have some feelings for Daisy,
feeling bad about what he is doing.
It could also mean that Tom is a
person who likes to feel dominant
and wont tolerate any resistance.
Describe Tom Buchanans attitude
toward African americans and
minorities.
He feels that if they are not kept in
line pretty soon the whites will be
the minority - white supremacist
Describe the relationship of Tom
Buchanan and his wife.
Very shallow, falling apart but
neither of them wants to talk about
it. She knows he is having an affair
with another woman but does
nothing
What is Mr. Gatsby looking at, at
the end of Ch. 1?
A green light out at sea
Explain the feelings of nick during
the party in New York City.
He is utterly repulsed by the
behavior of Tom and his friends, but
at the same time is fascinated by
them.
Why did Tom Buchanan break
Myrtle's nose?
She talked about his wife and
repeated he name over again after
he told her not to speak of her