Key facts on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby
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Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person, presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively, as they appeared to him at the time, with sections where he gives his own interpretations of the story’s meaning and of the motivations of the other characters.
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Long Island and New York City
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Major Conflict
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Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan, but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her.
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Gatsby’s lavish parties, Gatsby’s arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick’s
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There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5–6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.
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Themes
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The decline of the American dream, the spirit of the 1920s, the difference between social classes, the role of symbols in the human conception of meaning, the role of the past in dreams of the future
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The connection between events and weather, the connection between geographical location and social values, images of time, extravagant parties, the quest for wealth
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Full Title
The Great Gatsby
Point Of View
Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person, presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively, as they appeared to him at the time, with sections where he gives his own interpretations of the story’s meaning and of the motivations of the other characters.
Tense
Past
Settings (Place)
Long Island and New York City
Major Conflict
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan, but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her.
Rising Action
Gatsby’s lavish parties, Gatsby’s arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick’s
Climax
There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5–6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.
Themes
The decline of the American dream, the spirit of the 1920s, the difference between social classes, the role of symbols in the human conception of meaning, the role of the past in dreams of the future
Motifs
The connection between events and weather, the connection between geographical location and social values, images of time, extravagant parties, the quest for wealth