Name: ________________________
Character
Name
Nick
Carraway
Jay Gatsby
Location
West/ East/ City
Background
Relationship to
other characters
Physical Description
Personality
(with attention to opinion on work and money)
Name: ________________________
Tom
Buchanan
Daisy
Buchanan
Name: ________________________
Jordan
Baker
Myrtle
Wilson
George
Wilson
Name: ________________________
Assignment #1: 10 questions. Read chapter 1 through and write at least 10 Questions .
The first chapter of a book is usually the most confusing- you do not know the characters, the
setting, and are constantly wondering what’s going on. A mature, active reader embraces those
questions, and hopes to find answers to them. (This is what authors, hope, at least! And what should
keep us reading.)
Your task: Hand-write 10 questions about the first chapter and record the page number that
sparked your questioning. These can be about anything you read- but record them as they come up.
Don’t worry if they are answered later…surface questions are permitted since you are just getting to
know the novel. BUT make sure you answer your own questions as you go if they are the easy ones.
Remember, the goal is to learn about the characters and plot. Deeper questions are welcome, too!
Chapter 1: Due________ in class. No credit will be given to those
questions without page numbers.
Assignment #2: Characterization Chart
RESPOND ON SEPARATE PAPER. THERE IS NOT ROOM TO WRITE HERE.
Chapters 1 and 2 introduce six important characters of the novel: Nick Carraway, Daisy and Tom
Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and George and Myrtle Wilson. Complete the chart with data about
each one. Please try to be as thorough as possible with the characters…this is the important stuff in
understanding the overall plot!
Direct characterization = __________________________________________________
Indirect characterization = _________________________________________________
Character
Nick
Direct characterization (direct quotation including
physical and personality traits; use page #s please!)
Privy to the secret griefs of men (p. 5)
Indirect characterization (aka what you
infer about the character based on the
previous column’s info)
He is a good listener and trustworthy
Chapter 1: due __________
Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan.
Chapter 2: due __________
George and Myrtle Wilson