List the four main settings in the novel. Provide a description for each setting and explain what each setting represents. Select two of the settings from above and discuss how these settings helped you to understand the idea of illusion in the novel. Use quotes to support your ideas. Gatsby’s house Gatsby’s house is a place […]
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” He didn’t say any more, […]
Explore one way that Fitzgerald presents illusion in this chapter. Use evidence to support your ideas. In chapter two there are many ways the author shows illusion but one that stood out to me was the whole scene where Tom takes Nick to New York, they meet Myrtle and go to an apartment. The whole […]
The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 review questions Advice that was given to Nick from his father, ” Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… Just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” I think that this makes Nick a good person to tell this story because he is as […]