Overview & Summary (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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When was The Great Gatsby published?
When was The Great Gatsby published?
1925
When is the story set?
When is the story set?
Summer of 1922
What type of narrator is Nick Carraway?
What type of narrator is Nick Carraway?
Unreliable narrator
Which literary movement did Fitzgerald write in?
Which literary movement did Fitzgerald write in?
Modernist movement
What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s era?
What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s era?
Jazz Age
Year of Prohibition Act
Year of Prohibition Act
1919
What does East Egg represent?
What does East Egg represent?
Old Money
What does West Egg represent?
What does West Egg represent?
New Money
What does the green light symbolize?
What does the green light symbolize?
Hope, money, envy
What do Eckleburg's eyes represent for George?
What do Eckleburg's eyes represent for George?
God's eyes
Gatsby's original name
Gatsby's original name
James Gatz
Source of Gatsby's wealth
Source of Gatsby's wealth
Bootlegging
Tom Buchanan's social class
Tom Buchanan's social class
Old money
Myrtle Wilson's relationship to Tom
Myrtle Wilson's relationship to Tom
His mistress
Who shot Gatsby?
Who shot Gatsby?
George Wilson