Links

http://members.tripod.com/chicagotheroarin20s/the1920s.html

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm

http://users.cvip.net/~jsh33/roar.html

Symbols

Green Light

• mystery
• wonder
• hope
• Daisy in Gatsby's eyes
• money
• envy

Daisy wears white

• purity
• innocence
• wealth
• class
• elegance
• loyalty
• disguise

The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg

• Nick watches over everything yet never does anything about it.
• God the all seeing eye.
• Your always being watched.
• You can't hide

East Egg

• Old money.
• Been in family for a long time.
• Classy not flashy

West Egg:

• New money.
• Extravagant
• Sumptuous
• Flashy not classy

Themes

• Money can't buy you happiness.

e.g: Tom and Daisy are very wealthy people but their money can't solve there marital problems.

• Choose your friends wisely.

e.g: Gatsby has lavish parties at his house but probably can't even name 10 of his guests, and none of them show up at his funeral.

• You can't hide from reality no matter how much you try.

e.g: Daisy speaks very few times throughout the book about her daughter, but that does not make her disappear.

• You can't hide who you are, because in the end your true colors will show.

e.g: Daisy wears white to represent her purity but in the end we see that she is a dishonest person who is not so pure.

• Money can't save you.

e.g: Gatsby trys to take the fall for Daisy in the case of Myrtles hit and run but his money can't save him this time, George Wilson murders him.

• Your reputation is hard to make, and easy to break.

e.g: Jordan worked hard to play golf but tainted her reputation by cheating in her first tournament.

George Wilson

• Myrtles husband
• clueless to the affair
• he has no idea his big beautiful wife is creeping
• when she dies, he goes crazy...litterally
• he's pretty gullable
• he believes everything she tells him
• he also believes Tom when he says that Gatsby hit Myrtle
• he shoots Gatsby to seek revenge for his cheating wife's death!!!
• mmm hmmm!

Myrtle Wilson

• Tom's lover
• George's wife
• gets hit in the face by her "lover" for mentioning his wifes name...
• classy girl right?
• gets hit by Tom's car while Daisy is driving...
• Daisy just keeps it moving and Myrtle dies
• Gatsby takes the blame..
• Crazy guy!
• she's dishonest
• she brings her lover into her husbands garage to "hang out"
• WHILE HER HUSBAND IS THERE!!!!

Jordan Baker

• Daisy's "friend"
• Nick's lover
• beautiful on the outside, but not so much on the inside
• she plays golf...
• fun right?
• but lies in her first tournament to win...
• not so fun anymore!
• she often "bends" the truth
• self centered just like her little friend Daisy
• she doesn't really have much to say about Gatsby and Daisy's "realationship"
• friends dont let friends cheat on their husbands!!

Tom Buchanan

• Friend of Nick
• Husband of Daisy
• Myrtle's love affair
• wonderfully wealthy such as Gatsby
• is an egotistical hypocrit!!
• he cheats on his wife with a women who's married....
• then smacks her in the face for mentioning his wifes name
• mmm hmmm! its Daisy!
• he did it out of guilt and belief that his wife knows about his affair
• obviously he should check himself into an anger managment program right?
• he prejudges and talks a lot of SMACK!
• he assumes that Gatsby made his money from bootlegging...
• and like a little school girl he spread the rumor around
• faster than you can say PANCAKES!!!