1. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book? 2. Why has Nick come to the East? …

Who really was driving when Myrtle was struck and killed? Can Nick be sure? Can we? If Nick insists that …

How does the character of Nick (inside the story, not the voice telling it) change over the course of the …

What might be the “something” that Nick is reminded of, yet cannot recall, at the end of Chapter Six? And …

There’s no mention of religion until the very end when Myrtle Wilson’s husband claims that he told his wife that …

Is Nick Carraway necessary? If we got the story through a third person omniscient narrator, what would we lose? Gain? …

In the very last line of Chapter Three, Nick Carraway claims: “I am one of the few honest people that …

Is Fitzgerald writing a love story that embraces American ideals, or a satire that comments on American ideals? Refer to …

In the Langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred,” Hughes asks questions about what happens to postponed dreams. Using specific examples …

Throughout The Great Gatsby, the reader sees Nick cast in different roles: semi-disinterested reporter to active participant, reluctant tag-along to …