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The 20's being a time of a good stock market and economy before the crash. Is The author making a connection to the rise and fall/crash and burn of the 20s too the rise and fall of the characters in the book?

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Is being so descriptive and interpreting a part of nicks personality/ character traits or is that just The authors writing style?

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Fitzgerald establishes Gatsby as a mysterious and exciting character by alluding to him throughout the previous chapters, but when Nick meets Gatsby he is not at all what Nick imagined. Why is there a discrepancy between what characters have been saying about Gatsby and the way he was introduced in person?

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why did F. scott-Fitzgerald choose to stop the story with Tom saying that he didn't like being called "hulking"

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Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald make Gatsby's identity so mysterious and then have him be someone who calls people "old sport"?

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Gatsby is described as a incredible and mysterious man, but the introduction we got to him was sort of lack luster, was this on purpose? Maybe foreshadowing?

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How does the idea of the American Dream and prosperity in the Roaring twenties compare to the present ?

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Is the overall theme of the novel based on the events in the 1920s? How does the 1920s impact the effectiveness of the text?

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Why does the author have Nick narrate everything in such detail? Why over describe every scene?

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What does it show about Gatsby's character that he recognizes Nick from having met briefly during the war?

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Why did Fitzgerald decide to have the book narrated in Nick's perspective?

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Why did Fitzgerald skip a few weeks after the party in the story, leaving out how the next morning went with Gatsby and Nick hydroplaning - Jack

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Could Nicks original bad feelings about Gatsby and his life lead to foreshadowing with Gatsby and how his life turns out?

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How does the car crash into the ditch (in chapter 3) connect to the plot of the book?

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How does Nick's interaction with Gatsby compare to others?

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why did F. Scott-Fitzgerald choose to include Tom's affair and the scenes of the New York apartment?

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Why when Nick finally meets Gatsby it feels so lackluster? Why does the author casually reveal him even though he is a major character of the story?

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Why did F-Scott Fitzgerald make the narrative decision to have the mystery of the identity of Jay Gatsby?

-Sheyenne B.

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why did the author choose to reveal who Gatsby was after his conversation with Nick? How is that significant to how Nick was perceiving him to be?

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Could the relationship between Daisy and Nick be explained by the time period and how people were back then?

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What explanation do you have for Jay Gatsby not inviting or introducing himself to most of his guests?

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Why is Nick carraway made the narrator?

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How will the idea that the book is taking place in the prohibition time period connect to the idea that Gatsby his an abundance of alcohol at his parties?

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Why did Fitzgerald focus on Nick's relationship with Jordan Baker? Does she have a connection to Gatsby?

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Why did Tom invite Nick to see "his girl", knowing he is Daisy's 'cousin'?

-Sheyenne B.

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Why might F.S Scott-Fitzgerald may have included but not necessarily emphasized the part where Jordan and Gatsby talked in private?

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What conflict happened between Mr. Truman and Jordan Baker why did she choose to lie? Why did Nick choose to forgive her?