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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby. A Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “Chapter IV”. The “truth” about Gatsby. Chapter IV : Question #1. Why does Nick provide the audience with a list of people who have attended Gatsby’s parties during the summer of 1922?

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The Great Gatsby

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  1. The Great Gatsby A Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  2. “Chapter IV” The “truth” about Gatsby

  3. Chapter IV: Question #1 Why does Nick provide the audience with a list of people who have attended Gatsby’s parties during the summer of 1922? What do his small, occasional anecdotes suggest about him?

  4. Chapter IV: Question #2 What is one of the most publically noticeable things about Jay Gatsby? What can you infer about this regarding his character?

  5. Chapter IV: Question #3 Why does Gatsby’s past seem fake? What makes it seem real? How does this add to the Gatsby mystique?

  6. Chapter IV: Question #4 Why does Meyer Wolfshiem seem to be a man of ill repute? How does his connection to Gatsby alter the way we view Jay?

  7. Chapter IV: Question #5 What does Gatsby’s attitude toward Tom suggest? Why might this reaction not be so out of the ordinary for Jay?

  8. Chapter IV: Question #6 How did Daisy Fay’s upbringing limit her options? Why would her parents treat her in such a way?

  9. Chapter IV: Question #7 How can the reader tell that, at one time, Daisy might have been in love with Jay Gatsby? How can the reader tell that Daisy never truly loved him?

  10. Chapter IV: Question #8 Why should Nick (as well as the audience) feel bad for the life Daisy has been forced into? Why should Nick (as well as the audience) not feel bad for the life Daisy has been forced into?

  11. Chapter IV: Question #9 How is Gatsby’s plan to meet Daisy faulty? What are other ways he could do this, ways that would be more effective?

  12. Chapter IV: Question #10 At the end of the chapter, how has this entire predicament affected both Nick and Jordan? Why?

  13. Chapter IV: Bonus This chapter can be broken into four parts. Identify what they are and explain why Fitzgerald might have created such a chopped up chapter.

  14. Essential Questions Don’t forget them!

  15. EQ #1: How does the past we experience affect our future actions/ perspectives?

  16. EQ #2: How does being a caring and empathetic person make you vulnerable to being taken advantage of?

  17. EQ #3: How can the American Dream be simultaneously inspiring and demoralizing?

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