Essay Questions For The Great Gatsby
1. What is the advice Nick’s father gives him at the beginning of the story? At the beginning of the story, Nick’s father gives him an advice, “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had,” (pg.5).
2. Does Nick follow his father’s advice? What is the result? Yes, Nick does follow his father’s advice by reserving his judgements which results in him being a confidante of the intimate revelation of many men.
3. Who are Daisy and Jordan? Daisy, a woman with sad lonely face with a bright passionate mouth, is Nick’s cousin. While Jordan, a tall slender woman with gray eyes with an amiable face, is a friend of Daisy’s.
4. Who is telling the story? The narrator of the story is …show more content…
Where is West Egg? The eggs are too unusual formations of land on Long Island which extends due east of New York City. East Egg reputation’s to be more fashionable while the West Egg is made from old money.
7. Who is Nick’s neighbor? Nick’s neighbor is Jay Gatsby, the most affluent man in West Egg.
8. Who calls Tom Buchanan during the dinner party? Tom’s mistress Myrtle calls him during the dinner party which surprises Nick since he thought everything was alright.
9. What does the narrator mean by “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book was exempt from my reaction-- Gatsby who represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn” (p. 6)? The narrator tries to convey that although Gatsby is a man that may represents all the wealthy that Nick loathe, he is also one of a few genuinely honest man who does not tries to hide.
Chapter 2
Study Questions
1. What is the Valley of Ashes literally?
The Valley of Ashes is a “fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air,”
2. Does Nick follow his father’s advice? What is the result? Yes, Nick does follow his father’s advice by reserving his judgements which results in him being a confidante of the intimate revelation of many men.
3. Who are Daisy and Jordan? Daisy, a woman with sad lonely face with a bright passionate mouth, is Nick’s cousin. While Jordan, a tall slender woman with gray eyes with an amiable face, is a friend of Daisy’s.
4. Who is telling the story? The narrator of the story is …show more content…
Where is West Egg? The eggs are too unusual formations of land on Long Island which extends due east of New York City. East Egg reputation’s to be more fashionable while the West Egg is made from old money.
7. Who is Nick’s neighbor? Nick’s neighbor is Jay Gatsby, the most affluent man in West Egg.
8. Who calls Tom Buchanan during the dinner party? Tom’s mistress Myrtle calls him during the dinner party which surprises Nick since he thought everything was alright.
9. What does the narrator mean by “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book was exempt from my reaction-- Gatsby who represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn” (p. 6)? The narrator tries to convey that although Gatsby is a man that may represents all the wealthy that Nick loathe, he is also one of a few genuinely honest man who does not tries to hide.
Chapter 2
Study Questions
1. What is the Valley of Ashes literally?
The Valley of Ashes is a “fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air,”