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C is for Casuistry

B is for Betrayal

E is for East Egg

A is for alcohol

D is for Deception/ Daisy

East egg is a section of long islands where the inhabitants come from "old money", which means money and wealth has been in their families for generations. Tom and Daisy live here

Many of the wealthy people who attend these large, weekend long parties of Gatsby's are morally inept and deceptive.

Daisy is the second cousin of Nick,

Tom's wife, and Gatsby's love interest.

The romantic relationship between Gatsby

and Daisy is a major part of the plot, and

leads to the climactic ending of the book.

Alcohol played an important role throughout the novel, as statuses of wealth, social instigator, and the reason for Gatsby's great wealth

From Tom's betrayal of Daisy in his affair with Myrtle, to Daisy's betrayal of Gatsby by giving him false hope of her love, this book's plot is driven by betrayal and scandal

Daisy deceives Gatsby by giving him the false hope of her leaving Tom so they could be together.

F is for Falsity

G is For Gatsby

H is for Hubris

L is for Lovers

O is for Owl Eyes

P is for Party

Gatsby is a wealthy bootlegger who is in love with Daisy, who is married to Tom. Their forbidden "relationship" drives much of the plot.

Tom is known for having an uncontrollable, often harmful sense of Pride, often when it pertains to his secret relationship with Myrtle.

Many of the main characters

in this book, particularly Daisy, exemplify Falsity by giving the appearance of innocence and class on the outside, but being jealous and scandalous on the inside.

The 1920's was considered one great big party, and there isn't a better example of this than Gatsby's mansion, which hosted a party every Saturday night.

Owl eyes is a curious drunk we first see in Gatsby's library admiring the quality of the hand bound books. Later on in the novel, we see him as one of the only people to attend Gatsby's funeral.

There are many secret relationships, like Tom and Myrtle's and Gatsby and Daisy's, which drive the actions of the characters, and show who they truly are.

Z is for Zelda

Q is for Quaint

T is for Tom Buchanan.

Zelda was Scott Fitzgerald's wife, and the main inspiration behind the character Daisy

N is for New Money

I is for Illicit

M is for Myrtle

Y is for Yale

Both Nick and Tom attended and graduated from Yale University

A man of "old money", Tom went to Yale with Nick, has a cocky, arrogant, personality, and is unfaithful to his wife, and Nick's second cousin, Daisy.

Nick is originally from a Quaint little town in Minnesota, from where he moves to go into the army, then later into the bond business. Gatsby was also born in quaint town in North Dakota.

People who have 'New Money" live in west egg, and acquired their wealth from illegal activities or the entertainment business.

Myrtle is the wife of George Wilson, and is secretly on love with Tom and wishes to have a life with him She often dreams of being wealthier than she is.

in this time, prohibition made the sale of alcohol illegal, which gave way to bootleggers like Gatsby, who illegally sold alcohol to make his fortune

X is for eXasperating

Nick finds much of Tom and Daisy's constant back and forth arguing and drama to be exasperating.

J is for Jealousy

U is for Unfaithful

Almost all of the characters in the book have been or thought about being unfaithful to their spouse at some point.

K is for Killing

Myrtle is often seen as being jealous of Tom and Daisy's marriage, even going so far as to buy a dog in an attempt to make her and Tom feel like they are a family

At the end of the book, Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby's car, effectively killing her.

R is for Rich

Money is the main theme of this book. those without it versus those who have it. The main reason Gatsby became a bootlegger was to get enough money to marry Daisy.

V is for the Valley of Ashes

The Valley of Ashes is the downtrodden industrial area between east and west egg, and its where Myrtle and George live. The depressing conditions within the valley helps motivate Myrtle's relationship with Tom.

W is for West Egg

West egg is the place of New Money, where the wealthier residents mainly earned their fortunes from bootlegging, entertainment, or stock broking.

S is for Symbolism

This book is packed full of symbolism, like how the color green represents Gatsby's hopes, and how Daisy is named Daisy because shes white (pure, innocent) on the outside, but yellow (false, cowardly) on the inside, just like a Daisy.