1. Can you be in love with two people at once?
Journal

2. Chapter 6 Discussion What information do we now learn about Gatsby?
What is significant about the scene when Tom rides up to Gatsby’s house with two other people?
Nick notes that the illusion of one’s world breaks down when outsiders enter it. How does this apply to Gatsby?
Page 110: “Can’t repeat the past?”…”Why of course you can!” Why does Gatsby want to repeat the past?

3. Chapter 7 Discussion Why does Gatsby get rid of all his staff?
Page 119: “Ah,” she cried, “you look so cool.” What is going on in this scene?
Who’s car is Tom driving on the way to New York? Who sees this, and why is it significant?
What is going on during the confrontation between Tom, Gatsby, and Daisy? How does it end?

4. Chapter 7 Discussion
Page 135: I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade. What is significant about this quote?
How does Myrtle die? Where does Myrtle die? Why is this significant?
How does Nick leave Gatsby?

5. Further Discussion
Why is it plausible to believe that Daisy did/does love Tom?
What do you think of Gatsby at this point?
Re-write the hotel scene from a different character’s perspective.