Questions On The Great Gatsby

Question about the Great Gatsby?

Meyer Woflsheim is a racketeer involvled with Gatsby - supposidly responsible for the Black Sox Scandal - fixing the World Series.

TJ Eckleburg is the name of the optician on the sign in the Valley of the Ashes

The East Egg and the West Egg are two small peninsulas on the North Shore of Long Island. The East Egg represents "old money" and the West Egg "new money".

Pax - C

A few questions about The Great Gatsby?

1. Why does nick feel uneasy after his conversation with daisy?
Nick feels uneasy because Daisy was telling him a lot of random things, like how when Daisy's daughter, Pammy, was born, Daisy told Pammy that she hoped she would grow up to be a beautiful little fool, because that's the best a girl can be.

2. What impression do you get from the first time Nick sees Gatsby?
The first time Nick sees Gatsby, i get the impression that Gatsby's not all there. He doesn't seem like the social butterfly that the upper class are sterotypically thought to be. Also, he is seen reaching out for something, when nothing was there.

3.How does Catherine rationalize her sister's affair with tom?
Catherine tells Nick that both Myrtle and Tom hate the people they're married to. Therefore, they make a great couple.

4. What does Tom do when Myrtle screams Daisy's name at him?
Tom punches Myrtle in the face, breaking her nose? either way, she got a tremendous nosebleed.

Question about the great gatsby?

in chapter one what does miss baker think "everyone knew"?
before you tell me to go do my own homework, trust me i did the whole entire thing, except for this question but i just can't seem to find it anywhere.. please help! thank you! best answer gets 10 points

i know its in the wrong section.. but i need answers quick and no one is helping in the homework help!
thank you :)

Questions about The Great Gatsby?

All answers can be short and simple.

1) How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book?
2) 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?
3) What does Tom's behavior reveal about his character?
4) Why, according to Catherine (Myrtle's sister), has Tom not left Daisy to marry Myrtle?
5) Why did Tom break Myrtle's nose? How is this consistent with the author's description of him?
6) Describe the "valley of ashes." What does it look like and what does it represent?
7) Why does Gatsby throw huge, expensive parties for people that he doesn't even know?
8) What specific things does Gatsby do to impress Daisy throughout the book?
9) What does the owl-eyed man find extraordinary about the books in Gatsby's library?
10) What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than fact?
11) What "accomplishment" of Meyer Wolfsheim's does Gatsby describe to Nick? How does Nick react?
12) What is the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy like initially?
13) Explain the significance/symbolism of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.
14) When does James Gatz change change his name? Why?
15) What does Nick mean when he says, "Jay Gatby sprang from his platonic conception of himself?"
16) When does Gatsby first realize that Daisy loves Tom?
17) Why is Myrtle Wilson upset when she sees Tom and Jordan?
18) After the accident, what does Nick see Tom and Daisy doing while Gatsby waits outside by the tree as Daisy's "protector?"
19) How does T.J. Eckleberg affect Mr. Wilson and what significance/ symbolism have those "eyes" taken on?
20) How does Wilson know who killed Myrtle?
21) What is the significance of Nick's taking charge of Gatsby's funeral arrangements?
22) How was Jay Gatz's childhood schedule consistent with the adult Gatsby's behavior?
23) Who attended Gatsby's funeral? How and why is this significant?
24) Why dies Nick call Tom and Daisy "careless people"?
25) Why does Nick leave in the end?

What are some unanswered questions in the great gatsby by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD?

for an english assignment, i have to write another 'final chapter' answering some of the unanswered question in the great gatsby by F. SCOTT fitzgerald

I have a question about the Great Gatsby, ch 4. Help?

"A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds, and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of southeastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby’s splendid car was included in their somber holiday. As we crossed Blackwell’s Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish negroes, two bucks and a girl. I laughed aloud as the yolks of their eyeballs rolled toward us in haughty rivalry.
" 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My personal interpretation - This question was assigned to see if you actually read the book. The funeral entourage serves as part of a set-up for the continuation of the next one line thought by Nick Carraway, "Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge,' I thought; anything at all..."

But as to your question: Yes he was loved. The passage that states "...in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds, and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes..." tells us that he was loved and will be missed by his family and friends. I think so because the fact that he had a funeral at all. If no one cared for him he would have been carried to 'potter's field' and buried in a paupers grave at the county's expense. Also the carriage with drawn blinds indicate that the family was in heavy mourning and didn't want to be seen by the outside world.

This is also another example of how Fitzgerald sets the stage for the differences in the classes at the turn of the century. This story intentionally divides society into two very separate and distinct parts. The very rich and the very poor. And neither cared for the other. The dead man was a member of the lower class. Even as Gatsby and Nick speed by in a fantastic automobile the funeral entourage are all still being drawn by horse carriages.

2 questions about the great gatsby in chapters 5 and 6?

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Study Guides:

http://www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-great-gatsby.html

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/gat/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/

http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index.asp

http://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=351

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/gatsby/

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/grtgats.asp