Character Matching
Gatsby Plot
Gatsby Symbolism
Transcendentalism
Potpourri
100
The only person Nick likes at the end of the novel.
Who is Gatsby?
100
The reason Nick went to Gatsby's party (for the first time).
He received an invitation.
100
Provide a meaning for the following symbol: Heat
The tension that builds up all summer among the group of people due to their lies, infidelity, and unresolved conflicts comes to a head on the hottest day of the year.
100
Describe a lesson of John Keating's that encouraged the boys to be non-conformists.
The "march to the beat of a different drum" lesson.
100
Wolfshiem's cufflinks are made of these.
Human molars.
200
Has "troubles" and "complications."
Who is Zenobia Frome?
200
The connection Nick and Gatsby discover when they first meet.
They both served in World War I.
200
Provide a potential meaning for this symbol: the green light.
It represents Gatsby's growing hope for Daisy. He sees the light and to him, it is her and where he wants to be, so he reaches toward it. The fact that the light is green might also suggest that Gatsby is reaching toward wealth, which is really the only way he can get Daisy (although even money doesn't help him succeed in the end).
200
The leader of the Transcendental movement.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
200
The term for post-World War I youths who led disillusioned lives following the devastation of war.
"The Lost Generation."
300
Is rumored to have cheated at sports.
Who is Jordan Baker?
300
In the first chapter, Nick describes Gatsby as being unique because he has this particular quality.
An extraordinary gift for hope.
300
Provide a potential meaning for the following symbol: yellow/gold.
Yellow and gold coloring is sprinkled throughout the novel, particularly during the lavish parties Gatsby throws. From the epigraph, yellow/gold seems to represent luxury and the enormous wealth of particularly Gatsby, but because Gatsby's fortune is built on lies, yellow could also symbolize the false lives of all of these people.
300
Lived on Walden Pond for two years in a cabin he built by hand.
Henry David Thoreau
300
Two ways Ethan Frome embodies Regional and/or Realist writing.
"Nothing happens," characters are more important than plot, there is an unbiased narrator, depicts the middle class, natural vernacular, the setting is almost a character itself.
400
Teaches others to live by "carpe diem."
Who is John Keating?
400
What does Gatsby want from Daisy that she cannot give him?
He wants her to say that she never loved Tom and leave Tom and her daughter to be with him.
400
Provide a potential meaning for the following symbol: the eyes of T.J. Eckelberg.
Eckelberg's enormous eyes look out over the desolation of the Valley of Ashes, which also happens to be the place where Myrtle dies and everything comes to a breaking point. Eckelberg's eyes watch everything, as Wilson says, like the eyes of God, which is particularly interesting considering the "godless" worldview held during this time, and lack of morality on the part of ALL of the characters.
400
Name two secondary characters from Dead Poets Society who attempt to "take the road less traveled."
Charlie Dalton and Knox Overstreet.
400
Provide a meaning for the following symbol: rain.
Water in novels typically symbolizes renewal/rebirth. In this case, it is the renewal of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship and affection for one another. Symbolically, the rain can be interpreted as the years of distance being washed away, and while for a time they are able to live in a sort of fantasy-land where those five years are gone completely, by the hot day, they face conflicts they can no longer avoid. The renewal is short-lived.
500
Cries over dog biscuits.
Who is Tom?
500
Which three rumors about Gatsby were actually true?
He served in the war, he attended Oxford (only for a short time), and he is a bootlegger.
500
Provide a potential meaning for the following symbol: phone calls.
The phone is constantly ringing throughout this novel, providing interruptions and disruptions in not only conversations and mealtimes, but in people's relationships. The person on the other end of the line is typically someone the receiver shouldn't be talking to, like Tom with his mistress or Gatsby with his shady business partners. These again could represent the lies and falsehoods these people's lives are built around.
500
Name all seven tenets of Transcendentalism.
Optimism, self-reliance, simplicity, confidence, individuality, free thought, and the importance of nature.
500
The author of Ethan Frome.
Edith Wharton.
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