Great Gatsby wkst 1.
Answer each question with a complete sentence.
1. Who is the narrator of the story? Describe this person. How does he characterize himself? Where does he come from?
2. What is the narrator doing in this new place he resides?
3. Describe the difference between East Egg and West Egg.
4. We meet several major characters. Describe each briefly:
A. Tom Buchanan
B. Daisy
C. Jordan Baker
5. Describe some of the details of the very awkward dinner that takes place.
Include the book discussion…
Tom’s leaving to take a call…
What does all of this tell us about Tom?
6. Daisy speaks this line about having a baby girl someday, “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world,
a beautiful little fool.” Comment one what this means,
and what this tells us about Daisy.
7. Describe
the area between East Egg and West Egg. Obviously pretty
symbolic. What do you think this area symbolizes?
8. Who is Myrtle Wilson? Describe her briefly.
9. Tom Buchanan taunts Myrtle’s husband George.
What does he say? Why does he do this? Is this Fitzgerald’s way of saying the
rich think they can get away with anything they want to do? And even rub it in
the face of the poor?
10. Myrtle comes into