American Literature Final

the green light

Gatsby reaching out to Daisy

Gatsby’s car

death; destructive behavior

Gatsby’s wealth

ilegal activities/bootlegging

The American Dream

the pursuit of social status and wealth

Corruption/Greed

Gatsby’s parties

Social class

old money vs new money; rich vs. poor

Jay Gatsby

grew up poor; throws lavish parties, neighbors with NickTo

Daisy Buchanan

married Tom; hit Myrtle with Gatsby’s car; “beautiful fool” quote; quiet/calm tone

Nick Carraway

Narrator of the story; works with business

Tom Buchanan

married to Diays; viallianist; angry/violent/stubborn

Jordan Baker

famous golf player;dishonest; friends with Daisy; relations with Nick

George Wilson

married to Myrtle; work as a “ dirty mechanic” ; shot Jay Gatsby; poor lifestyle

Mrytle WIlson

married to George; has an affair with Tom. Later got hit by Gatsby’s yellow car accidently; loud with a strong presence

Meyer Wolfsheim

shady businessman; rumored to be involved with other crimes; cufflinks made out of human teeth

Klipspringer

piano player; distant relative of Bethoven; called “The Border”

Michaelis

George and Myrtle’s neighbor who witnessed Myrtle’ s death

Letters to Jimmy Cross

acceptence of responsibility/limitation

Necklace of tongues

loss of innocence Maryanne had

Silver Star for valor

Norman Bowker’s guilt and PSTD

Physical vs. Emotional Burdens

soldiers carrying heavy weights and their emotions

Shame

Jimmy Cross; lavender’s death and Tom having a choice to go to the war and thought of not going

The Powers of Death

Norman being affected by his friend, Kiowa, death where this affect him

Pointlessness of War

war has no clear purpose or outcome

Tim O’Brien

the author; had to make a decision of going to the war; believes he’ s a coward

Jimmy Cross

platoon’s lieutenant; looses his love for Maryanne; Lavender’s death happened during duty

Maryanne Bell

woman who goes to war; loster her innocence

Rat Kiley

the medic; the guy who tells the story of Maryanne/storyteller

Norman Bowker

lossed his friend (Kiowa); has PTSD; and visited the lakes

Elroy Berdahl

the old guy who owned the lodge Tim lived in during his decision about the war

allusion

an implied or indirect reference to a paerosn, event, thing, or to a part of another text

example: she was the Juliet to my Romeo

foreshadowing

a warning or indirection of a future event

imagery

visually descriptive/figurtive language; in a literary work

flashback

a scene in a movie,novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story

archtype

symbols, pattern, or character types that repeat in literature across cultures/time periods

example: the hero, the damsel in distress, the mentor

setting

place and time of the story

mood

state of mind or feeling

metaphor

a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things

symbolism

the idea that things represent other things

tone

apparent feeling the author/narrator has