THE GREAT GATSBY

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THE GREAT GATSBY

• BY
• F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

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F. Scott Fitzgerald background

• Born St. Paul, Minnesota 1896 died 1940 at age
  44
• Attended Princeton University
• Married Zelda Sayre18 yr old Southern belle
• Ex-patriots in France where he wrote The Great
  Gatsby
• Zeldas nervous breakdown1930 institutionalized
• Zelda died in a fire in the highland Hospital
  1948
• Wrote This Side of Paradise (1920--1st novel a
  success)
• Novels The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great
  Gatsby(1925), The Last Tycoon(1940)

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Vocabulary

• Hauteur
• Denizen
• Flapper
• Grail
• Bootlegging
• Jazz Age
• Prohibition
• Nebulous

• Pandered
• Contiguous
• Peremptory
• Postern
• Euphemism
• Garrulous
• Punctilious
• Meretricious

• Vigil
• Profound
• Effeminate
• Apathetic

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SETTING

• EAST EGG
• WEST EGG
• VALLEY OF ASHES
• NEW YORK

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AMERICAN DREAM

• MONEY
• HAPPINESS
• HOUSES
• CARS
• LUXURY ITEMS
• LOVE
• SUCCESS

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THEMES

• AMERICAN DREAM
• HYPOCRISY
• RELATIONSHIPS
• CARELESSNESS
• MONEY
• OLD MONEY
• NEW MONEY
• MATERIALISM
• VIOLENCE

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SYMBOLISM

• GREEN LIGHT
• THE EYES OF DR. T. J. ECKLEBURG
• THE VALLEY OF ASHES
• EAST EGG AND WEST EGG
• GATSBYS BOYHOOD SCHEDULE
• TIMEMANTLE CLOCK
• DAISYS VOICE
• COLORSWHITE, GREEN, GREY,
• RED, SILVER GOLD

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CHAPTER 1

• NICK CARRAWAY-
• NARRATOR
• EARLY SUMMER
• 1922
• NARRATOR MOVES TO NEW YORK TO SELL BONDS
• FLASHBACK

• NICK VISITS TOM DAISY ON EAST EGGMEETS JORDAN
• TOM HAS A MISTRESS
• GATSBY STANDING ON LAWNGREEN LIGHT END OF DOCK

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CHAPTER TWO

• Nick meets Myrtle, Toms mistress
• Attend a party at apartment in New York City
• Myrtle expresses her feelings for George
• Tom Myrtle argue
• He punches her in the nose
• Mr. McKee, a photographer, displays his portfolio

"Daisy! Daisy! - Daisy!"
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CHAPTER THREE

• Describes Gatsbys opulent house
• Preparations for partylavish food and drinks
• Nick Gatsby were in the same army division
• Nick gets a formal invitation to Gatsbys party
• Rumors spread about Gatsbykilled someone a
  German spy an
• Oxford man
• Nick meets Jordan discovers she is dishonest
• Nicks quote I am one of the few honest
  people that I have ever
• known.

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CHAPTER FOUR

• Names rich and famous people who attend
  Gatsbys parties
• Gatsby tells Nick his backgroundmilitary
  Oxford
• Meet Meyer Wolfshiemgambler business
  associate
• of Gatsby who fixed 1919 World Series
• Jordan relates Daisys background to Nick
• Gatsby bought his house to be across the bay
  from
• Daisy
• Gatsby arranges to meet Daisy through Nick

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CHAPTER FIVE

• Nick calls Daisy to come over for tea without
  Tom
• Gatsby offers Nick a job Nick refuses
• The house is decorated and lawn mowed for
  Daisys visit
• Gatsby is embarrassed and shy when Daisy arrives
• Gatsby takes Daisy to his house to show it off
• Gatsby throws his shirts all over the room as
  Daisy cries saying,
• Theyre such beautiful shirts.
• Gatsby throws himself into a creative passion
  and is totally
• enamored by Daisy

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Chapter six

• Learn Gatsbys true identityreal name James
  Gatz of North Dakota
• Dan Cody, a millionaire, gave Gatsby his start
• Cody died and Gatsby was supposed to inherit
  25,000 but it went to Ella Kay
• Tom is suspicious of Gatsby(bootlegger) and of
  Daisy(unfaithful)
• Meet the Sloanes who are friends of Tom
• Gatsby indicates you can repeat the past and
  wishes to renew his affair with Daisy just like 5
  years earlier
• Gatsby Daisy had not seen each other for 5
  years. This flashback describes Gatsbys desire
  for Daisy.

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CHAPTER SEVEN

• Gatsby fired all his servants and stopped having
  parties
• Meet Daisys child PammyDaisy shows her
  feelings for her
• daughter
• Daisys voice is full of money
• Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick, and Jordan all go to
  the Plaza Hotel
• Gatsby informs Tom that Daisy loves GatsbyTom
  argues and says
• she doesnt
• Myrtle is hit by Gatsbys car driven by Daisy
• Gatsby spends the night outside Daisys house to
  watch over her

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CHAPTER EIGHT

• Gatsby tells Nick about his youth with Cody, his
  love for Daisy, and Camp Taylor
• Nick states, Theyre a rotten crowd.
• Gatsby decides to swim in his pool (irony)
• George comes over and kills him while he is
  swimming
• Then George kills himself

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CHAPTER NINE

• Gatsbys Funeralhardly anyone attends
• His father arrives from Minnesota
• Nick calls Buchanans and they are out of town
• Wolfshiem sends a letter that he cannot attend
• Henry Gatz shows Nick Gatsbys boyhood schedule
• Nick says goodbye to Jordan who inform him she is
  engaged
• He talks to Tom who reveals he told Wilson that
  Gatsby hit
• Myrtle
• Nick asserts They were careless people, Tom
  and Daisy
• Nick visits Gatsbys house thinking of Gatsbys
  failed dream
• So we beat on, boats against the current, borne
  back carelessly into
• the past. (shows the inability to make
  change without resistence)