1.Why does Gatsby throw huge, expensive parties for people he does not even know? 2. Describe the two ways in …

Why did Tom break Myrtle’s nose? How is this consistent with the author’s description of him in Chapter I? Judging …

1. How does Nick meet Tom’s mistress? 2. How does Myrtle react to Tom’s arrival? 3. Describe George Wilson. How …

What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him? Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. …

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? …