What is the reporter doing there?
This "ambitious young reporter" went to Gatsby's house on his day off to get "any statement" Gatsby is willing to give.
The reporter's ambition evokes the theme of the American Dream in that his own initiative is what's driving him to come to Gatsby's hou
Where really was James Gatz from?
North Dakota
Why did Gatz help Cody?
Hoping to get help from him too
How did Gatsby plan to achieve the dream?
By turning to exact opposite of farm people
Where is Father's Businesss referenced to and in the book?
Dr. Eckleberg and Jesus
What does it mean that "he knew women early"?
It meant he had sexual relations with women early.
What does Gatsby fear?
Inferiority
Why can't Gatsby fit with old money?
Gatsby is pretending to be someone he is not.
Symbolism of yacht
wealth and power
Why do people like Gatsby?
Bc of his smile
Why did Gatsby change his name?
Symbolizing his change of poor to wealthy
Why did Gatsby abstain from drinking?
He focused on Daisy and elevate to a higher standard.
What happenned to Cody's money to Gatsby?
Ella Kaye took the inheritance from Cody; this led Gatsby to only sell liquor to make him rich.
Why is the old money class insincere to Gatsby?
Tom doesn't care at all about Gatsby's warm welcome. Gatsby will never achieve something like this.
What is Gatsby still doing with the guests?
He is trying to impress Tom.
How does Gatsby respond to lady with two highballs?
Gatsby mistakenly gave it with genuine politeness. He doesn't master interactions of "old money
What do the equestrian sports represent?
Old money
Why doesn't Gatsby know how to play the social game?
It shows the inability for him to read social cues of the old money class
How does Gatsby call Tom for his polo and what consequences does it have?
Polo player... robs Tom of his power.
Why did Gatsby finally come alive in one party?
Gatsby cuts loose through the party because Daisy was finally there
What's up with the gold pencil?
It brings up Tom's history of cheating to make him uncomfortable
Why does Tom go to another table?
For another woman
Symbolism of moonlight?
Daisy's innocence and purity and Gatsby to reach and chase his dreams
Nothing to nothing meant
lower class can't go up to making name for himself
Old money can sexually represent
immorality and lack of warmth
Tom uses his language to...
degrade the things that other people admire about Gatsby.
Five years for Gatsby and Daisy felt...
eons away for them
Gatsby moving from one goal to another is
not satisfying, showing that the American Dream is elusive.
Gatsby's ultimate goal in the novel is not just gaining the love of Daisy, but rather
going back to the past when Daisy was truly pure without her associations with Tom.
Gatsby is struggling to accept
that things and people can change in 5 years.
During the five years together, Cody and Gatsby went around the continent
three time
The three riders abruptly leave without him,
somewhat taken aback that he accepted what they deem to be a purely rhetorical invitation
By holding the actual story until Chapter 6, Fitzgerald accomplishes two things:
First, he builds suspense and piques the reader's curiosity.
Second, able to undercut the image of Gatsby.
Gatsby's wealth may allow him to enter certain social circles otherwise forbidden, but he is
unprepared to function fully in them
Although money is a large part of the American dream, through Gatsby
one sees that just having money isn't enough
In one sense, Gatsby's determination is commendable, but there comes a oint where living in a fictive world
is detrimental to one's self