Great Gatsby questions Chapter One:
Do Daisy’s and Jordan’s personalities have more to do with the role of women in the Twenties or the Buchanan’s social status? Explain.
Tom is reading The Rise of the Colored Empires. How does this represent one major attitude towards foreigners and minorities in the Twenties?
Discuss Nick Caraway and his impact on the reader. Is he a reliable narrator? The voice of Fitzgerald?
What are the differences between East Egg and West Egg?
What do the physical descriptions of Daisy and Tom Buchanan suggest about their personalities?
How is each character childlike in some way?
Consider the following seemingly contradictory statements. Are they just for effect, or do they have meaning? If so, what?
“…I was going to…become again that most limited of all specialists, the well-rounded man.”
“…I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all.