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Gatsby is a symbol /p2 Nick on Gatsby/ 39-41 Gatsby’s extravagant parties/ 43-44 Gatsby rumors/ 45-46 Gatsby’s library &Owl Eyes/ 64-68 Gatsby tell Nick who he is???/ 68 Gatsby gets off a speeding ticket/ 69-73 Gatsby’s associations with Wolfsheim= Wolf????/74-75 Gatsby as a poor soldier/ 83-84 Gatsby over the top tea preparations/ 92 Gatsby’s shirts/ 98-101 Gatsby ‘s humble beginnings and the influence of Dan Cody/110 Gatsby wants to repeat the past/ 110-111Gatsby could be great and ladder to the trees/148-150 more on Gatsby’s being poor as the reason he can’t have Daisy./173 Gatsby was bound to get ahead in life/ 180 Gatsby compares to eternal optimism
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg /23-24 eyes are described/ 26 eyes frown/ 26-38 the shady, cheating affairs of Tom and Myrtle/ 37 myrtle gets hit/122 eyes watch the trip to NYC hotel/124 Eyes and Myrtle’s eyes watching Tom/ 159-160 the eyes are compared to God who sees everything
Valley of the Ashes /23-26 description of the Valley/
East and West /pp 4-6 descriptions of the Eggs/ pp8-9 rich East Egg/ 10 Tom living only in East Egg/ 13 Tom’s racism/ 57-58 Jordan, dishonesty and carelessness/ 144-145 rich Tom and Daisy conspiring to get away with it/
The seasons 110-111 autumn night when Gatsby loses his magic power& ladder to the trees/114 -135 summer heat and arguments ,East Egg to NYC/ 153 Autumn and the pool/162 the leaves are next to Gatsby’s body floating in the pool
Green Light /20 Nick sees Gatsby reaching/78 Gatsby buys the house to be near Daisy/92-93 Gatsby tells Daisy about the green light/180 Gatsby’s dream attached to the light/
Gatsby is a symbol /p2 Nick on Gatsby/ 39-41 Gatsby’s extravagant parties/ 43-44 Gatsby rumors/ 45-46 Gatsby’s library &Owl Eyes/ 64-68 Gatsby tell Nick who he is???/ 68 Gatsby gets off a speeding ticket/ 69-73 Gatsby’s associations with Wolfsheim= Wolf????/74-75 Gatsby as a poor soldier/ 83-84 Gatsby over the top tea preparations/ 92 Gatsby’s shirts/ 98-101 Gatsby ‘s humble beginnings and the influence of Dan Cody/110 Gatsby wants to repeat the past/ 110-111Gatsby could be great and ladder to the trees/148-150 more on Gatsby’s being poor as the reason he can’t have Daisy./173 Gatsby was bound to get ahead in life/ 180 Gatsby compares to eternal optimism
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg /23-24 eyes are described/ 26 eyes frown/ 26-38 the shady, cheating affairs of Tom and Myrtle/ 37 myrtle gets hit/122 eyes watch the trip to NYC hotel/124 Eyes and Myrtle’s eyes watching Tom/ 159-160 the eyes are compared to God who sees everything
Valley of the Ashes /23-26 description of the Valley/
East and West /pp 4-6 descriptions of the Eggs/ pp8-9 rich East Egg/ 10 Tom living only in East Egg/ 13 Tom’s racism/ 57-58 Jordan, dishonesty and carelessness/ 144-145 rich Tom and Daisy conspiring to get away with it/
The seasons 110-111 autumn night when Gatsby loses his magic power& ladder to the trees/114 -135 summer heat and arguments ,East Egg to NYC/ 153 Autumn and the pool/162 the leaves are next to Gatsby’s body floating in the pool
Green Light /20 Nick sees Gatsby reaching/78 Gatsby buys the house to be near Daisy/92-93 Gatsby tells Daisy about the green light/180 Gatsby’s dream attached to the light/