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Mind Map by Lavanya Saberwal, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lavanya Saberwal
about 9 years ago
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Gatsby's Development
- Name: Jay Gatsby
/ James Gatz
- Gatz is a Jewish name
- Jay Gatsby sounds
more dignified
- James Gatz is a
working class name
- name change shows
shift in social class
- Gatz is a Jewish name
- imagery and symbolism
- pink suit - represents change
in status and new money
- green light - represents
Gatsby's hopes and dreams
- residence in West
Egg - represents
new money
- Gatsby's mansion - love
for Daisy and unnecessary
grandeur of 1920s
- Gatsby's parties -
represent
hedonistic lifestyles
- Gatsby's books - uncut
pages represents
facade and fake veneer
- pink suit - represents change
in status and new money
- comment in the narrative voice
- at first, described
with disdain
- in the end, described
with respect
- portrayed as an
idealistic fool
- shady past is insinuated
- suspicious storyteller
- at first, described
with disdain
- other characters'
comments
- Jordan: shady mysterious
man but she likes him
- Daisy: loves him
and his wealth
- Tom: foolish man with
ridiculous stories
- George: Thinks he killed Myrtle
- owl eyed man - impressive
- Jordan: shady mysterious
man but she likes him
- what Gatsby says
about himself
- Oxford man
- rajah
- humble
- Oxford man
- his actions
- pining after Daisy for 5 years
- orchestrating a tea to meet her
- throwing parties
- fighting Tom
- shows off his wealth
- pining after Daisy for 5 years
- contrasts of character
- original character:
wealthy
mysterious man
- final character:
unlucky fool
- original character:
wealthy
mysterious man
- character groups
- part of the upper class
- from East Egg
- doesn't fit in
- part of the upper class
- Gatsby = protagonist
- selective detail
- his smile
- pink suit
- yellow green car
- Oxford
- Dan Cody
- reveal only sections of his past
- old sport
- formal speech
- isolation
- no appearance detail
- his smile
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