The Great Gatsby's quiz
1.Nick is Daisy's cousin, which enables him to assist the love affair between Daisy and Gatsby. As a result of his relationship to these two characters, Nick is a perfect narrator for this novel even though he is not very reliable.Nick is also well suited to narrate The Great Gatsby because of his temperament. As he tells the reader in Chapter I, he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby, in particular, trusts and treats him as a confidant.
2.How does Fitzgerald use Gatsby’s parties to present a satirical portrait of the Roaring Twenties?
Fitzgerald used the gatsbys parties to present a satirical portrait of the roaring twenties by used the color whites to represent freshness and innocence. He also represented figures to achieve a dream in his life.
3.Compare and contrast the character of Daisy and Myrtle Wilson?
Compare:
1. They are both unhappily married
2. They both are lovers of Tom Buchanan. (wife/mistress)
3. They both have affairs with people that are not their husbands.
4. They both are lower-class than their lovers.
Contrast:
1. Daisy is richer and in a better part of town than Myrtle.
2. Daisy wants Gatsby while Myrtle wants Tom.
3. Daisy is related to Nick and Myrtle is not
4. Myrtle dies by accident because of he affair, Gatsby dies by murder because of Daisy
4. Discuss Fitzgerald’s use of the automobile in this novel. What do you think might have made the automobile an appealing symbol to Fitzgerald in the earl y 1920s?
Automobiles were a symbol of money. The middle class had them but the filthy rich used them as validation and a symbol of their garish success. They were large opulent and the people used them irresponsibly. Myrtle getting run over by a drunk Daisy is a case in point.
5.Contrast the setting of the valley of ashes with that of East Egg and West Egg.
East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America.6. At the end of the book, Nick imagines what the continent must have been like when it was first seen by Dutch sailors. How does this contrast with the environment described in the novel?
The conclusion of his experience convinces Nick that we have made a mess of the “green breast of the New World,” the world that the Dutch settlers saw when they came to this continent. A tawdry dream of self-love, greed, and corruption replaced the wholesomeness of the original dream founded on virtues and moral standards.
2.How does Fitzgerald use Gatsby’s parties to present a satirical portrait of the Roaring Twenties?
Fitzgerald used the gatsbys parties to present a satirical portrait of the roaring twenties by used the color whites to represent freshness and innocence. He also represented figures to achieve a dream in his life.
3.Compare and contrast the character of Daisy and Myrtle Wilson?
Compare:
1. They are both unhappily married
2. They both are lovers of Tom Buchanan. (wife/mistress)
3. They both have affairs with people that are not their husbands.
4. They both are lower-class than their lovers.
Contrast:
1. Daisy is richer and in a better part of town than Myrtle.
2. Daisy wants Gatsby while Myrtle wants Tom.
3. Daisy is related to Nick and Myrtle is not
4. Myrtle dies by accident because of he affair, Gatsby dies by murder because of Daisy
4. Discuss Fitzgerald’s use of the automobile in this novel. What do you think might have made the automobile an appealing symbol to Fitzgerald in the earl y 1920s?
Automobiles were a symbol of money. The middle class had them but the filthy rich used them as validation and a symbol of their garish success. They were large opulent and the people used them irresponsibly. Myrtle getting run over by a drunk Daisy is a case in point.
5.Contrast the setting of the valley of ashes with that of East Egg and West Egg.
East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America.6. At the end of the book, Nick imagines what the continent must have been like when it was first seen by Dutch sailors. How does this contrast with the environment described in the novel?
The conclusion of his experience convinces Nick that we have made a mess of the “green breast of the New World,” the world that the Dutch settlers saw when they came to this continent. A tawdry dream of self-love, greed, and corruption replaced the wholesomeness of the original dream founded on virtues and moral standards.