<p>Name: ______Date: ______period: ______</p><p>English 11 Honors- The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Discussion Questions</p><p>Directions: Use these questions to guide your reading of The Great Gatsby. As you read, answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Use direct support from the text as necessary.</p><p>1. What is it about Nick that makes him the logical choice to narrate the story?</p><p>2. Why does Daisy hope her child will be a “beautiful little fool”?</p><p>3. Why do you think Gatsby reaches out to the water?</p><p>4. Why does Daisy describe her youth as a “white girlhood”?</p><p>5. Nick, in the brief description of his background as a member of the Caraway family of the Mid-West, suggests that he is a product of his environment. What can you infer about his attitudes toward basic moral values?</p><p>6. How are East Egg and West Egg different?</p><p>7. In the first chapter, how is Daisy alluring? Find and cite specific evidence.</p><p>8. Describe the Buchanan marriage. 9. At the end of Chapter I, what do you know about each of the following characters?</p><p>Nick:</p><p>Daisy:</p><p>Tom:</p><p>Jordan:</p><p>Chapter 2 1. Why is Wilson covered in ash dust?</p><p>2. Why does Myrtle Wilson behave with such arrogance towards her husband?</p><p>3. How does Nick see himself at the apartment? Find and cite evidence which supports your answer and that supports his role as an “objective narrator.”</p><p>4. What facets of Tom’s personality are revealed in his altercation with Myrtle?</p><p>5. How is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg used in this chapter? 6. What do we learn about Gatsby in this chapter?</p><p>7. Explain what you think Fitzgerald is saying about America (circa 1920’s) by using these parties as a microcosm (a little world) of reality. Which class has the American Dream? Why?</p><p>Chapter 3 1. What is revealed when Nick says that people aren’t actually invited to Gatsby’s parties, that they “just sort of go there”?</p><p>2. Why is Jordan Baker described as “looking contemptuous”? What is the significance of Jordan’s lies?</p><p>3. Describe Gatsby’s party.</p><p>4. What is revealed about Gatsby in this chapter? What comments are made about him?</p><p>5. What is Nick’s reaction to or opinion of Gatsby at this point? How do you know? Explain.</p><p>6. What does the incident of the car in the ditch add to the impression you have about Gatsby’s guests?</p><p>7. What do you learn about cars and driving as a motif in this chapter? How does this apply to Jordan? Really explain this: think back to imagery and that particular activity. This is more—much more—than just a car accident</p><p>8. Note Nick’s final comment in the chapter. Can we accept his statement as truth?</p><p>9. What inferences can you make about Fitzgerald's opinion of society and the times? Remember the text won’t directly state it; you have to read between the lines!</p><p>Chapter 4 1. Why does Gatsby call Nick “old sport”?</p><p>2. What is significant about Gatsby’s car?</p><p>3. What do Daisy’s car and her choice of clothing reveal about her?</p><p>4. What is Nick’s opinion of Gatsby by the end of the chapter?</p><p>5. What is happening between Nick and Jordan?</p><p>Chapter 5 1. Why does Nick reject Gatsby’s offer of "employment"?</p><p>2. What hint is given of how Gatsby’s house was built?</p><p>3. Give examples of Gatsby’s displays of wealth. What is Fitzgerald doing here? 4. Why does Daisy cry over Gatsby’s shirts?</p><p>5. What is important about the green light?</p><p>6. What details foreshadow that things will not work out between Daisy and Gatsby?</p><p>7. Gatsby’s values mirror society’s values. What does Gatsby’s potential disillusionment suggest about society?</p><p>Chapter 6 1. What does Fitzgerald reveal about Gatsby’s background in this chapter? Why does he wait to tell this truth at this point in the story?</p><p>2. What parallel is suggested by the fact that Gatsby never receives the inheritance bequeathed to him by Dan Cody?</p><p>3. Compare the attitudes of Gatsby and the visiting trio, which included Tom Buchanan.</p><p>4. Gatsby imagines he saw a ladder in the sidewalk blocks outside Daisy's house. What is the significance or symbolism of this image?</p><p>5. What is the irony about Tom’s remark regarding women? 6. At Gatsby’s second party, what new opinion of East Egg does Nick develop?</p><p>7. Examine closely the ending of this chapter beginning with “He talked a lot.” What do these paragraphs tell you about the nature of Gatsby’s love for Daisy?</p><p>8. What is Nick’s reaction to Gatsby’s confession?</p><p>Chapter 7 1. What does the temperature add to Fitzgerald's story in this chapter?</p><p>2. What is the significance of Daisy’s statement, “What are we going to do with the rest of our lives?”</p><p>3. Jordan says Daisy's voice has a “hint of seductiveness.” Contrast the reactions of Nick and Gatsby to Daisy's voice.</p><p>4. What is ironic about Tom saying that he has second sight?</p><p>5. What comparison is made between Wilson and Tom?</p><p>6. Why is Nick so pleased with Gatsby’s honesty about Oxford?</p><p>7. Why does Tom refer to the liaison between Daisy and Gatsby in terms of inter-racial marriage?</p><p>8. What is the “alien but recognizable” look that comes over Gatsby’s face several times in this chapter?</p><p>9. What is significant about Nick realizing it is his 30th birthday? 10. Why does Tom insist that Daisy and Gatsby drive home together?</p><p>11. What is Nick’s attitude toward Gatsby now?</p><p>12. Why are Daisy and Tom reconciled?</p><p>13. Why is Gatsby left standing outside the mansion “watching over” nothing? Go with more than “Tom and Daisy are reconciled.” Consider his status from the beginning of the book: how was his isolation inevitable?</p><p>14. How does Nick react when he realizes Gatsby’s innocence?</p><p>Chapters 8 and 9 1. What is important about the fact that Nick takes charge of the funeral?</p><p>2. What happens to Tom and Daisy? What is Nick’s reaction to their behavior?</p><p>3. What is important about Mr. Gatz’s arrival? What are the two emotions pulling at Mr. Gatz?</p><p>4. What is the pathos (the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion) of Gatsby’s resolutions? 5. What is the importance of the owl-eyed man’s attendance at the funeral?</p><p>6. Explain Jordan’s comment about the “bad driver.”</p><p>7. How does Nick explain the tragedy as a contrast between The East and The Midwest?</p><p>8. How has Nick matured at the end of the story?</p>