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The Great Gatsby
Presented by
Sean Egan
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 4
Revision
The Characters
The Story so far…• Nick arrives in New York. Chapter 1
• Nick first hears about Gatsby.
• Nick visits Tom and Daisy. Meets Jordan Baker.
• Nick goes to a party with Tom and his mistress Myrtle Wilson Chapter 2
Chapter 3 • Nick is invited to and attends Gatsby’s party.
• Nick finds out Tom has a mistress.
• Nick hears more rumors about who Gatsby is.• Nick meets Gatsby and, even after attending more parties, still knows nothing about him.
Jay Gatsby
• Nick’s neighbor
• Lives in West Egg
• ??Served in the army???
• Rich
• ??Assassin / German Spy???
• ??Killed a man / Kills for fun???
• ??Attended Oxford University???
Gatsby’s Confession
“Look here, old sport…What’s your opinion of me, anyhow?”
Jay Gatsby
• Educated in Oxford.
• The son of wealthy people in the
Mid West (San Francisco).
• Lived like a young Rajah (prince)
– Paris, Venice, Rome
• Collected jewels - rubies
• Hunted big game
• War hero
Lunch at the Speakeasy
Describing Meyer Wolfshiem“He’s the man who fixed the World’s Series
back in 1919.”
GangsterGambler
Dishonest
Dangerous
Criminal Smart
Connected
Smooth
Opportunist
Interesting quotes - Jay Gatsby“I didn’t want you to think I was just some nobody”
“I was able to do the commissioner a favor once…”
“Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge…
Even Gatsby could happen.”
“I happened to find out that you’re taking Miss
Baker to tea.”
“He would never so much as look at a friend’s wife.”
“Then it was all true.”
“Daisy’ furious because you haven’t called up.”
Interesting quotes – Nick Carraway
“I had the wrong man.”
“I was sure the request would be something utterly
fantastic, and for a moment I was sorry I’d ever set foot
on his over populated lawn.”
“I was glad that the sight of Gatsby’s splendid car was
included in their sombre holiday.”
“The modesty of the demand shook me.”
Jordan tells Daisy’s story
“He looked at her in a way that every young girl wants to be
looked at.”
“…because it seemed so romantic… I have remembered the
incident ever since .”
“In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago, with more
pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before.”
“…he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($350,000).”
“Tell them all Daisy’s changed her mind.”
“…I thought I’d never seen a girl so mad about her husband.”
“A week later Tom crashed his car. The girl with him was the
chambermaid at the Santa Barbara Hotel.”
“He bought that house to be near her.”
Thoughts
• If you were Nick, would you help Gatsby?”
• Does Gatsby really like Nick or is he just using him?
• Why do you think Gatsby makes up such an elaborate story
about his past? If you were Nick would you believe him?
General Discussion Time