26 Best The Great Gatsby Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

Gaby
Answered: Jan 07, 2019

Comparing East Egg and West Egg, it's just two different classes of wealth. One is new wealth and the other is old wealth. West Egg being the one with the new wealth, the ones who just became...Read More

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What does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom?

Danny R. Glover, Editor
Answered: Feb 01, 2019

In Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby throws a party in his mansion and invited Daisy and Tom. Daisy was impressed with the number of celebrities present at the party but despite that, she was...Read More

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What annoys Nick about Tom's response to Nick's unemployment?

E.Ronald
Answered: Jan 03, 2018

The Great Gatsby is a novel written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is set in West Egg, Long Island in 1922. It takes place during the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. The author Fitzgerald...Read More

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What can the reader infer about Nick from the following? Nick Carraway says: "In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me...

John Smith
Answered: Oct 25, 2020

The reader can infer that Nick is unbiased. He does not judge people, and is therefore a good choice as a narrator.

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Who is T.J. Eckelberg? What is his significance to the novel?

John Smith
Answered: Oct 25, 2020

T.J. Eckelberg is the doctor whose face is on a torn up billboard in the Valley of the Ashes. It stands for two things one T.S. Eliot, who wrote the poem Valley of the Ashes in which God lets...Read More

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What purpose did the first four paragraphs of 'The Great Gatsby' serve?

Danny R. Glover, Editor
Answered: Aug 23, 2018

The first few paragraphs of The Great Gatsby are intro paragraphs. They are dedicated to introducing the whole story. Most importantly, in these paragraphs, Fitzgerald tells us that nick is a...Read More

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What literary device is present in the following quote - "So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight"?

E. Stanley, Technical writer
Answered: Jul 17, 2018

Writing is a complex piece of art. It has many aspects. You will be surprised to hear of the numerous folds of writing besides grammar. A literary device is something similar. It is what writers...Read More

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Which of the following is not a symbol in the great Gatsby?

Rhetoric
Answered: May 16, 2017

OK, I have just about had it with this error-filled test. The eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg represent the empty, godless nature of most of the novel's characters. This is emphasized when George...Read More

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