The Great Gatsby Study Guide (Chapters 1-9)
How does Nick describes himself at the beginning of the book? ️️He comes from a upper class
family but he learned never to be to be judgmental.
Why has Nick come to the East? ️️To start a new job. 1922; to get in the bond business.
How doe...
How does Nick describes himself at the beginning of the book? ✔️✔️He comes from a upper class
family but he learned never to be to be judgmental.
Why has Nick come to the East? ✔️✔️To start a new job. 1922; to get in the bond business.
How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan? ✔️✔️Sturdy, straw haired man. Arrogant and aggressive.
Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her? ✔️✔️She is a golfer, her chin is raised
suggesting that she is stuck up.
How does Daisy react to the phone calls from Tom's woman in New York? ✔️✔️She is upset but she
acts but then she follows him when he takes the call.
What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him? ✔️✔️He is standing on his dock reaching out to the
green light across the bay.
Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this? ✔️✔️He
does this to represent views of society and foreshadowing for whats to come.
Nick starts the novel by relaying his father's 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." Does he
reserve judgement in the novel? ✔️✔️He is very honest about his observations. Yes he is reserving it
but he is candid to the reader.
Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy's house? ✔️✔️Summer
of 1922.
, Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him? What kind of a
narrator do you think he will be? ✔️✔️He was wealthy growing up. Solemn, not very flashy. Graduate
of Yale (1915). He's not a big drinker. More reserved and honest.
What image foes the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean? ✔️✔️Looked like she
was balancing a ball on her chin. Meaning that she is stuck up, confident, and snobby.
How does Nick react to Jordan? ✔️✔️Nervous, he thinks that she is intimidating.
What does Tom's behavior reveal about his character? ✔️✔️He is emotionally abusive, self centered,
arrogant, dominant and aggressive.
How does Nick meet Tom's mistress? ✔️✔️Tom took Nick with him to meet her at her husbands auto
body shop.
How does Myrtle react Tom's arrival? ✔️✔️She is focused solely on Tom and then she sent her
husband George away to go get some chairs.
Describe George Wilson. How does he react to Tom's arrival? ✔️✔️He has blonde hair blue eyes and is
slightly handsome. Also he is dull and spiritless. He has no idea about the affair he thinks Tom is there to
talk about a car.
How does Myrtle behave as the party progresses? ✔️✔️She acts like she has a lot of money and that
this is who she really is.
Why, according to Catherine, Tom not left Daisy to marry Myrtle? ✔️✔️Daisy is Catholic and doesn't
believe in divorce.
Why did Tom break Myrtle's nose? How is this consistent with the author's description of him in Chapter
1? Judging by his treatment of Myrtle and his wife Daisy, what seems to be Tom's attitude toward
women? ✔️✔️Slaps her. Shows her that he is mean and ruthless. Doesn't treat women well and he is
abusive.
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