Gatsby Notes 11-23

The Great Gatsby

Notes 11-23-15

Setting: 1920s New York- downtown and islands

Themes: love, poverty, riches, mystery, deception

LOVE VS LUST

Narrator: Nick Carraway

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author writes the story, narrator tells it

Main Characters:

Jay Gatsby- newly wealthy businessman, mysterious

Nick Carraway- Jay’s neighbor and only friend, not rich,  dating Jordan Baker, stock broker

JBaker- professional golfer

Tom Buchanan- Jay’s enemy

Meyer Wolfshiem- Gatsby’s business associate, sketchy

Literary device- IMAGERY- VERY beautiful words used