How Does Nick Characterize The Guests At Gatsby's Party

1. What do you find is the most crucial in the plot in Chapter 1? I think its being introduced to Gatsby when he is out in the dark , looking at the water and then he vanishes. It makes him out to be mysterious. It sets the tone for the rest of the story and you want to know more about him.

2. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel? He believes he is a highly reserved person who does not judge people and is a very moral person. He also talks about being the only honest person he knows. He and his family comes from the Midwest, Minnesota.

3. How does Nick describes Tom Buchanan? He says he was a strong man who he knew from his days at Yale in New Haven. He played football at Yale and was a very wealthy person. He says

What does Nick learn about Jordan Baker after he has spent some time with her? The she is completely dishonest and even cheated to win her first golf tournament.

5. How does Nick characterize the guests at Gatsby’s party? Nick believes that he is morally superior to the guests. He believes that his Midwest values and being a good person are much different than the people at the party. He believes the people are partiers and not concerned with anything but themselves.

6. What sense of the Jazz Age do we get from Nick’s description of the party? That people were just out for a good party and a good time. The Jazz Age was about having fun and not responsibility. There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden; old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles, superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably, and keeping in the corners

Chapter 4

1. What do you find is the most crucial in the plot in Chapter 4? I think when Gatsby takes Nick to lunch with Meyer Wolfsheim. This shows that Gatsby may not be rich from legitimate business. Gatsby might be doing illegal things to get his money by hanging around someone like

What does the green light symbolize at the end of the novel? The green light symbolizes dreams that we all have a better and bigger life. That we can do many things if we work hard and believe in ourselves. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.”

FINAL QUESTION: (Your response should be a minimum of four to five sentences in length.)

Discuss the elements of the Jazz Age that Fitzgerald includes in The Great Gatsby.

During the course of the book, everything is about wealth and power and having a good time following World War I. The 1920’s were a decade of a lot of growth in our country and a lot of people became rich. Also, people spent a good amount of time partying and having fun. All of these come out during the story, people were more concerned about things than each other. The book showed that people with wealth and power were not as important or as good as someone like Gatsby’s father who worked hard and had good