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Myrtle
Whose nose was broken?
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Tom
"It's a bitch. Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it."
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Mr. Wilson
Works at a car garage, isn't very observant.
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White
Normally this color means purity and innocence, but in this book its meaning is the opposite
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Brown
What color is the dress that myrtle
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Myrtle said this to Tom
"Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai--"
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Myrtle
Buys an airedale from a man on the street.
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The corruption of wealth has given him new values and morals that block his judgement.
Why does Tom believe that its okay to abuse women?
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A Police Dog
What type of dog did Myrtle originally want?
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Catherine said this to Nick
"I was down there at a party about a month ago. At a man named Gatsby's. Do you know him?"
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Catherine
Young, slender, worldly girl with a potential love interest in Nick
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You have 30 seconds to find a quote that shows the theme of moral decadence.
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The Town Tattle
What magazine does Myrtle enjoy reading?
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Catherine said this to Nick
"It's really his wife keeping them apart. She's a catholic and they don't believe in divorce."
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Mr. McKnee
Pale, feminine, male photographer
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The Valley of Ashes
What represents the moral and social decay of the pursuit of wealth?
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Describe the valley of ashes
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Myrtle said this to Mrs. McKnee
"Well I married him, that's the difference between your case and mine."
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Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
Has large blue eyes and yellow rimmed glasses.
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One Idea:
They represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly.
The eye of T.J. Eckleburg are gazing from the billboard. What do these represent?
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