The Great Gatsby Questions 97 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

Themes {Ans: -He comments on the "American Dream" the promises that any young man can became anything he choose through hard work. He says it's not true -"All that glitters is not gold" (appearance VS reality) ex. Daisy seems to own everything, but not. -Comments on a materialistic world, where people are judged by what they own, rather than who they are. --Story examines people's values--reckless value, loss of values -American Dream has become warped because America had produced an idealism so unreachable that it had lost touch with reality and materialism so heavy that is was inhuman. -Imitation them: Nick comes to the East Coast from the Mid-west(where people have simple life, hard-working, good, solid values) to make his fortune, but is so sadly disillusioned by all the corruption that he returned home.}Why does Daisy describe her youth as a "white girlhood"? {Ans: Because she always dressed white and white symbolizes pure and innocence.}Why does Fitzgerald reveal the truth about Gatsby's background at this point in the story? {Ans: To prove that all the rumors are not true. When Nick started to believe Gatsby but suddenly found out he knew nothing about him.}ch7 {Ans: }What