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West Egg
•Why does Nick return to the West Egg, instead of the East [He probably could live in either place]?
• What does West Egg represent?
•How does the West Egg reflect a story of the west?
•How does the West Egg separate Daisy and Gatsby?
•What do the people in the East Egg think of the West Eggers?
What is the symbolic importance of the location of the Valley of Ashes?
How does the Valley of Ashes work as a jail for its residents?
Where is the Valley of Ashes located compared to the Eggs and NYC?
What dies in the Valley of Ashes? (symbolic or literal)
Would George Wilson ever be able to escape the Valley of Ashes?
Nick
What was the piece of wisdom Nicks father gave him and how has he taken it to heart?
How is nicks original home reflective of his role in the story?
How does Nick’s house compare to the other character’s houses?
What is the one cardinal virtue nick suspects himself of?
Where is nick at the end of the book? Who is he with?
Myrtle
Who is driving the car that kills Myrtle?
What is different about Myrtle when she returns to the Valley of Ashes, after being in the city with Tom?
Who does Tom think Myrtle has no right to mention?
Why does Myrtle run into the road?
What happens to Myrtle's body when she gets struck by the car?
New York City(NYC)
1.Is this the Icebreaker? The Broken Barrier? The one place where acceptance isn’t valued or subjected upon Class or Wealth?
2.Could this be the dark facade of the American dream, or just the American?
3.Is this the place where the “unreality of reality” comes to life, and if so, How?
4.Is NYC where people are blinded from the realizations between right and wrong? Where actions do not see consequence?
5.Is this where all the desire, lust, power, and money see no limitation?
Wolfsheim
Why is Wolfsheim the only one who attends the funeral?
If Wolfsheim is the only one who attends the funeral, he must know Gatsby well enough to know his family, but how does he not?
Why does Wolfsheim have molars on his cufflinks?
Why did Wolfsheim leave after Gatsby and disrespecting woman was brought up in the conversation between him and Nick?
Before he leaves, he says “you sit here and discuss your sports and your young ladies and your—“(72), why didn’t he finish the sentence, and what would he have said?
I also posted this under "Friday's HW" because i needed a space... here it is again.
5 Questions about T. J. Eckleburg:
1. what is Eckleburg's most defining feature and why does it give him authority?
2. who does he share this in common with?
3. which part of New York does he look over and what does this represent?
4. what figure is he compared to/represents?
5. who does he have the most influence over, and why? who does he the least?
Tom
-Will Tom ever really understand the lifestyle of the residents of the Valley of Ashes?
-Would Tom have been able to survive in the war?
-What has caused Tom to be so harsh?
-Would he be so strong and harsh if he didn't have all of the money he does?
-Is money really able to fix every problem that Tom causes?
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