The Great Gatsby PowerPoint Notes

YOU CAN USE THESE ON YOUR TEST—SO TAKE GOOD NOTES!

1. What is the author of The Great Gatsby’s full name?

2. What woman was the author trying to impress?
3. Why would she not marry the author right away?
4. What characters in the novel are similar to the author and HOW are
these characters similar to the author? List at least ONE:
5. What kind of life does Gatsby lead?
6. What event preceded the “roaring twenties” and perhaps even
contributed to it?
7. What set the tone for the “roaring twenties?”
8. What does the author of the novel feel is behind the ‘glitter’ of the
Jazz Age?
9. What might the novel The Great Gatsby represent?
10. Why might Zelda have been a double-edged sword, so to speak?

The Great Gatsby PowerPoint Notes

YOU CAN USE THESE ON YOUR TEST—SO TAKE GOOD NOTES!

11. What is the author of The Great Gatsby’s full name?

12. What woman was the author trying to impress?
13. Why would she not marry the author right away?
14. What characters in the novel are similar to the author and HOW
are these characters similar to the author? List at least ONE:
15. What kind of life does Gatsby lead?
16. What event preceded the “roaring twenties” and perhaps even
contributed to it?
17. What set the tone for the “roaring twenties?”
18. What does the author of the novel feel is behind the ‘glitter’ of
the Jazz Age?
19. What might the novel The Great Gatsby represent?
Why might Zelda have been a double-edged sword, so to speak?
 Character Character
Name Traits
Nick Carraway

Jay Gatsby

Daisy Buchanan

Tom Buchanan

Jordan Baker

Myrtle Wilson

George Wilson

Owl Eyes

Klipspringer

Themes in The Great Gatsby

Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored
in a literary work.
 Theme: Example:

The Decline of the American

Dream in the 1920s

The Hollowness of the Upper

Class

Symbols in The Great Gatsby

Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to
represent abstract ideas or concepts.
The Symbol: What it might represent:

The Green Light

The Valley of Ashes

The Eyes of Doctor T. J.

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