2. East Egg ~ Tom and Daisy Buchanan reside West Egg ~ Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway reside

3. Ashes... half way between West Egg and New York.” “... A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat...” “... Ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys...” “... Ash-gray men...” “... Powdery air...” “... line of gray cars...” “... Spasms of bleak dust...” “...the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg.” “Which are blue and gigantic – their retinas are one yard high.” “...small foul river...” “dismal scene...” “... Only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick...”

4. Elegance “... Music...” “... Blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths...” “... Eight servants, including an extra gardner...” “... Gatsby’s enormous garden...” “In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail...” “... Halls and salons and verandas...” “...the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music...”

5. The Great Gatsby takes place during the Roaring 20’s, which is also known as the Jazz age. The time was after the disillusionment of WW I. Young people questioned the values of previous generations. Many lived for confused materialistic goals, until the stock market failed in 1929. It was a time of bootlegging, prohibition, and the Charleston! 1. What evidence do you find in Chapter 1 that indicates the time of the story? 1. Nick states, “I drove East in the Spring of twenty-two.” 2. Who lives in each of the houses? 1. A~Gatsby B~Nick C ~ Tom and Daisy

6. Description ~ “a colossal affair by any standard..” “An imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy” “ a tower on one side –” “a marble swimming pool” “40 acres of lawn and garden” Location ~ West Egg – near Long Island Sound, NJ

7. Description ~ “a weather beaten cardboard bungalow” “squeezed between two huge places” “my house was a small eyesore” Location ~ “at the very tip of the egg, on ly 50 yards from the Sound” “I lived at the West Egg.”

8. Description ~ “a cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion, overlooking the bay.” “Beach, sundials, brick walls, burning gardens, bright vines, French windows.” Location ~ “I drove over to East Egg.”