Quotation Part
Explain the following quotations and identify the speaker and circumstance. Show the significance to the novel:
1. ”Whenever you feel like criticizing . . . just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you have had. (5)
2. Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn (5)
3. Tom would drift on forever seeking, …some irrecoverable football game” (7)
4. “I’ve got a nice place here,” (8)
5. We all looked – the knuckle was black and blue (10)
6. “…I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get … specimen of a --“ (10)
7. “Hulking,” insisted Daisy (10)
8. “I’m glad it’s a girl….that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (12)
9. He stretched his arms toward the dark water . . . I could have sworn he was trembling (14)
10. “I want you to meet my girl” (14)
11. A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit . . . as it veiled
everything…--except his wife, who moved closer to Tom
(15)
12. “Wilson? …He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive” (15)
13. “I want one of those dogs,” (16)
14. “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,”
(19)
15. “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” (20)
16. Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her
nose with his open hand”(20)
Character Trait Part
For each of the characters, find and list examples of five character traits. Write down the trait and an example which shows the trait.
Tom
Daisy
Nick
Gatsby
Jordan
Wilson
Myrtle
Example of trait and proof of trait; Trait: Tom is cruel.
This is shown by the way he treats Myrtle “...Tom broke her nose with his open hand” (20).
Paragraph Part
Paragraph 1: Then choose one character and write a paragraph showing that person, based on his/her character traits. Use examples from the novel to prove.
Paragraph 2: Explain the difference between the East and the West. (2nd paragraph, not related)
Students are to finish the novel over the break. Julie's are too.
