The Great Gatsby

1. To make up his character and money. (reinventing)

2. Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story.

3. Next door to Gatsby’s mansion in a quant period cottage.

4. You hear it from Nick Carraways point of view.

5. Very upper class wealthy people.

6. Nick is attracted to Gatsby because of what he represents and believes in and he likes the fact that Gatsby is a dreamer.

7. Can’ be stopped from dream and wanting the impossible.

8. Gatsby has a very lavish, exuberant and extravagant lifestyle.

9. Extravagant: costly, valuable, lavish & priceless.

10. His real name is Jay Gatz and he comes from a very poor background.

11. Gatsby fell in love with Daisy and he couldn't marry her because he was going to war and he didn't have enough for her.

12. The book is set in the summer of 1922.

13. Selling insurance polices.

14. The difference between Nick and Jay’s homes are the size and the opulence nick rents his home and Jay owns his.

15. Nick and Jay both live in West Egg.

16. The neighbours that Nick goes and visits are Tom and Daisy Buchanan and they live in East Egg.

17. The dark haired woman in the room is Jordan Baker she is a good friend of Daisy’s.

18. He see that Daisy is unhappy and that Tom is having an affair.

19. Jordan is a pro-golfer.

20. Later on in the novel Nick and Jordan have a bit of a relationship.

21. Nick discovered that from Jay’s house you can faintly see a green light at the end of the Tom and Daisy’s dock.

22. The environment that Nick has to trave

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