1. The Great Gatsby Chapter 2 Discussion

2. Whose residence is pictured below? What details from the text support your response? (Cite them!)

3. Symbolism  Setting Valley of Ashes, 158 th Street  Use of color

4. Characters  George Wilson  Tom Buchanan  Nick Carraway  Myrtle Wilson  Catherine  Mr. and Mrs. McKee

5. Elements of Modernism  Corruption  American Dream  Hedonism  Materialism  Class obsession

6. Quotes  “The fact that he had one was insisted upon wherever he was known” (Fitzgerald 24). Who is this quote referring to? What is strange about this attitude? What does this attitude reveal about this character?

7. Quotes  “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman, I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe” (Fitzgerald 34). Who said this? What does this statement reveal about the character?

8. Kaiser Wilhelm II Yes, from Wiki. He was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.