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West Egg - Answer -Location of Gatsby's mansion and Nick's cottage, new money
East Egg - Answer -Represents old money, where Daisy and tom live
Plaza Hotel - Answer -A place where rich and powerful people stay, where Gatsby told
Tom that Daisy never loved him, a wedding is happening
Louisville - Answer -Where Gatsby met Daisy, Daisy married Tom
New York City - Answer -Where the story takes place
Vally of Ashes - Answer -Represents absolute poverty and hopelessness, where Myrtle
Wilson lives
Minnesota - Answer -Gatsby worked where, also met Dan Cody
North Dakota - Answer -Where Gatsby was born
Gatsby's Mansion - Answer -Where the parties take place, in West Egg, across from
Daisy's mansion
Buchanan's Mansion - Answer -In East Egg, has a green light at the end of its dock
Chicago - Answer -Where the Buchanan used to live
Queensboro Bridge - Answer -Nick and Gatsby cross over this and the other side
promises any thing can happen
Nick Carraway - Answer -The narrator, Daisy's cousin, Gatsby's neighbor
Jay Gatsby (James Gatz) - Answer -Wants to be back in the past, the protagonist
Chester McKee - Answer -A photographer who attended Tom's little party in New York,
he behaves according to some deep artistic insight, examining Myrtle's figure as
potential for her to be one of his models. He ignores his wife when she offers advice,
, and bores Nick after taking him back to his own room to show him picture after picture
that he has taken of scenes from New York and Long Island
Jordan Baker - Answer -Professional golfer of questionable integrity. Friend of Daisy's
George Wilson - Answer -Myrtle's unassuming husband
Myrtle Wilson - Answer -Married lover of Tom Buchanan
Owl Eyes - Answer -He is first in the book sitting in Gatsby's library because he thought
that sitting with books would sober him up. In the end this character is the only one
besides Nick and Gatsby's father to attend the funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Sloane - Answer -Road horses with Tom and Gatsby
Ewing Klipsringer - Answer -Convivially known as Gatsby's "boarder"
Meyer Wolfshiem - Answer -Gatsby's business associate and link to organized crime.
He helped build Gatsby's fortune, although the wealth came through questionable
means
Dan Cody - Answer -Worldly mentor of Jay Gatsby. He took Gatsby under his wing
when Gatsby was a young man and taught him much about living adventurously and
pursuing dreams
Michaelis - Answer -George Wilson's restaurateur neighbor who comforts Wilson after
Myrtle is killed. One of the few charitable people to be found in the novel
Catherine - Answer -Sister of Myrtle Wilson who is aware of her sister's secret life and
willing to partake of its benefits
Siren - Answer -Uses their voice like Daisy to get what they want
The Bay - Answer -Separation, Struggle, Failure to Achieve the American Dream
Eyes - Answer -These symbolize the loss of spiritual values in America
The Green Light - Answer -To Gatsby, the green light represents his dream, which is
Daisy. To attain her would be completing Gatsby's American Dream
Madame de Maintenon - Answer -When a person falls in love with the other person's
wealth and power
Pearl Necklace - Answer -The decision that Daisy make to marry wealth/power over
"true love"
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