Gatsby
Symbols in the novel?
-The green light
-Dr TJ Eckleburg
-Gatsby's Mansion
-Valley of the Ashes
-East Egg and West Egg divide
Motif's in the novel?
-Geography/location
-Colour
-Weather
Fitzgerald's techniques?
Synaesthesia, Pathetic fallacy, Imagery of stars and flowers (symbols of the romantic subplot), Religious imagery, Oxymorons, References to time, Motif of light, Motif of dust
Imagery of the sea, Cinematic description, Similes, Personification of the setting, Extravagant metaphors, Lavish symbolism, Hyperbolic exclamatory dialogue, Colour, symbolism (green, yellow, gold), Sensory imagery.
Name of novel with main character in the name?
Eponim
Slang used in 1920's?
Cat's pyjamas = that's cool
Drugstore cowboy = guy on street corner trying to pick up girls
Dead soldier = empty beer bottle
Putting on the Ritz = making a show
You slay me = you really make me laugh
To handcuff = to become engaged
Dolled up = dressed to go out
A jalopy = an old car
On the trolley = you caught on to the diea
The bank's clsoed = no kissing
Minor characters?
Meyer Wolfsheim, a gambler known for his dramatic dialogue, allegedly fixed the 1919 World Series. He is an older gentleman and a friend of crime boss Arthur Rothstein.
Dan Cody - Wife is Ella Kaye, who uses him for his money, as does Gatsby. Gatsby became employed by him and was his caretaker. Gatsby also sometimes took him for granted. A middle-aged gentleman, who knew him when he was 'James Gatz'.
Catherine and the McKees (Lucille and Chester)- Myrtle's sister, a working-class woman who desires wealth. The McKees live downstairs below the NYC apartment and are horrible, insulting Myrtle and hating one another as their other half.
Michealis - he owns a coffee shop next door to Myrtle and Wilson in the Valley of the Ashes, tries to calm Wilson down and prevent him from going insane after Myrtle's death. Informal language is used.