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Gatsby tells Nick about his and Daisy's romance 5 years prior and how they would've ended up together but "she wanted her life shaped immediately." p. 151

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Daisy hit and killed Myrtle Wilson while driving Gatsby's car. Gatsby was talking to Nick about it and Nick intentionally left out the fact that Tom knows it was Gatsby's car. Gatsby then says that he will lie and take the blame if anyone finds out.

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Gatsby fires all of his staff and replaces them with people "who wouldn't gossip" because him and Daisy are having an affair. "Daisy comes over quite often - in the afternoons." p. 114

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Daisy and Gatsby see each other again for the first time in almost 5 years and despite being very tense at the beginning end up very comfortable with each other.

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This book is written in past tense, through Nick's memories of the events. "Looking back at what I have written so far," p. 55

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Women were viewed a lot differently in the 1920's than they are today. This is evident in the book as it tells stories of women constantly being told what to do, and even if they don't want to, they "obey". "the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night." p. 52

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False rumors about Gatsby spread around his party. "Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once." p. 44

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Myrtle recalls the day when she first met Tom, "It was on the two little seats facing each other that are always the last ones left on the train." p. 36

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Myrtle, Tom, Nick, and Catherine are all together in New York. Myrtle is talking about why she married George in the first place and says she "thought he was a gentleman" and "knew something about breeding" p. 34

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"About halfway between West Egg and New York.. a desolate area of land." p. 23

Doctor T.J. Eckleburg's eyes appear on a billboard

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First generation wealth, typically flashier and more careless
"Representing the staid nobility of the countryside," p. 44

Characters:
Gatsby

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Wealth has been passed down through multiple generations

Characters:
Daisy
Tom

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Tom lied to Myrtle about Daisy's religion as an excuse for why he wont leave her. Catherine tells Nick that Daisy's "a Catholic and they don't believe in divorce." Nick says that "Daisy was not Catholic and [he] was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie." p. 33

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The book begins with a memory Nick has about his father. He remembers advice that his father gave him which foreshadows the plot of the book. " "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had" p. 1

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The 1920's were a bad time for African Americans, and rich white people weren't very sympathetic. "Civilization's going to pieces... It's up to us, who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things." "We have to beat them down." p. 11-12

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You learn that Nick lives in a "small eyesore" p. 5 while he describes his neighbors house as a "colossal affair" p. 5

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You don't know it at the time, but Daisy lied about not knowing who Gatsby is. " "Gatsby?" demanded Daisy. "What Gatsby" "

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You find out Tom is cheating on his wife, Daisy. "Tom's got some woman in New York." p. 15

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1. Hostile and ill tempered. Tom and Myrtle were arguing over whether or not Myrtle has any right to mention Daisy's name and when she doesn't listen to him, he "broke her nose with his open hand" p. 37

2. Jealous. Although he is cheating on Daisy, he can't stand her even talking to another man. "Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone, for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsby's party." p. 103 - 104

3. Possessive. He is married but when he finds out his, also married, mistress has a life of her own and is thinking about moving he becomes physically ill, p. 124.

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Residents:
- Myrtles apartment that Tom rents for her

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Residents:
- Daisy & Tom's mansion

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Residents:
- Gatsby's mansion
- Nick's house

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1. Zelda Fitzgerald is widely known as "the first American flapper"
2. She was in and out of mental hospitals for the better part of her adult life because of her schizophrenia diagnosis. While in those hospitals she wrote her second novel and completed many paintings. She died in one of these hospitals due to a fire when she was just 48 years old.

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(1900 - 1948) Zelda Fitzgerald was an American social icon during the 1920's as well as a painter and author.

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While the Fitzgeralds lived through some of the best parts of their lives while married, the marriage itself was extremely volatile. It was filled with alcoholism, mutual infidelity, and jealousy, and while they never divorced, the couple was separated when F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940.

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Fitzgerald is best known for his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby.

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Fitzgerald was consumed by the need to "fit in" so he wrote stories about who he wished he was.

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(1896 - 1940) F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American fiction writer whose work illustrates the extravagance of the jazz age.

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By Charles Alston, 1970

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By Charles Alston, 1949

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Harlem became the core of American culture during the late 1910's. The neighborhood flourished and support for African American art and respect of African American culture skyrocketed. The racist culture of the south was questioned for the first time on a large scale and African Americans across the country had a new sense of pride and determination, which would later lead to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's ans 60's

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The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most significant era's of cultural expression in history. African Americans finally felt free to express themselves and their culture through poetry, paintings, music dance, etc.

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(1907 - 1977)
Alston was a sculptor, painter, artist, muralist, and teacher who spent almost all of his life in Harlem. Alston was a successful artist but is better known for his role as a community figure. He founded a youth program called Utopia House, where he mentored young artists, including another successful Harlem Renaissance artist - Jacob Lawrence. He also established the Harlem Art Workshop for aspiring artists and became the director for the Harlem Hospital's murals.

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By the turn of the 20th century, the Great Migration was underway and hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to northern cities to escape the oppression they were still facing in the south. The Harlem section of Manhattan became the most heavily populated African American neighborhood in the world.

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1. Gambler and cheater. "He's the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919." p. 72

2. Selfish, he didn't attend Gatsby's funeral, despite Nicks multiple tries, because he "can't get mixed up in it." p. 171

3. Nick never finds out exactly what Gatsby does to make money but you know that Wolfsheim makes money illegally so Gatsby's continued friendship/ business with him makes you infer that whatever Gatsby was doing was illegal too.

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1. Two-faced. She never told Tom that Daisy had changed her mind and didn't want to marry him anymore. She then acts like she doesn't know who Gatsby, even though Daisy had told her she was in love with him.

2. Cheater. Jordan is a professional golfer but you come to find out that she has cheated in tournaments. "she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round." p.57

3. "She was incurably dishonest." p. 58

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1. Feels imprisoned to her marriage to George.

2. She is literally imprisoned in Ch 7. When George suspects she was cheating on him, he locks her in a room.

3. Died in a car crash, "The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop'" p. 137

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1. Instead of old or new, George was considered "no money", so he had to work very hard to get by. He owns a car repair shop where Nick first meets Myrtle, p. 25.

2. Simple, "Generally he was one of these worn-out men; when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and cars that passed along the road." p. 136

3. Kills Gatsby because Tom told him that it was Gatsby driving the car that hit Myrtle

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1. Comes from a prominent, well off, and very close family - The Carraways. " My family has been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations." p. 3

2. Describes himself as tolerant, open minded, quiet, and a good listener, which makes people trust him and so he knows many of their secrets. This makes him a great choice for the narrator because it lets the audience in on secrets that other characters don't know.

3. Very conflicted. He feels internal conflicts with where he lives - he is attracted to the fun and fast paced lifestyle of the city but is also repelled by the feeling that that lifestyle is damaging. He also has internal conflicts with his relationship with Jordan - he is attracted to her sophistication but repelled by her dishonesty.

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1. Materialistic. When on a tour of Gatsby's mansion, she sees his closet and says  "It makes me said because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before." p. 92

2. Represent wealth. "Her voice is full of money." p. 120

3. Confused, she can't pick between Gatsby and Tom and despite telling Tom that she was going to leave him, she goes on a trip with him at the end of the book, which is why Nick can't contact her about Gatsby's death.

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1. Charming and likable "It (Gatsby’s smile) understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself. and assured you that had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hope to convey." p. 48

2. Extravagant. New money characters are typically more careless with their wealth and Gatsby is the poster boy for this. "My family all died and I came into a good deal of money... After that I lived like a young rajah," p. 65

3. Determined. Gatsby grew up poor and although he came into money when his family died, he spent most of it and ended up poor again. He thought that he needed to be rich to win Daisy back so he got involved in whatever business deals he could, legal or not to make a lot of money.