The Great Gatsby Chapter 7, 8 And 9

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portentous

Back 1

very serious and significant

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magnanimous

Back 2

very generous kind or forgiving

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formidable

Back 3

difficult to deal with

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presumptuous

Back 4

boldly disrespectful forward or arrogant

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inquest

Back 5

a formal inquiry

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expostulation

Back 6

and expression or disagreement or disapproval

Front 7

malice

Back 7

intent to cause harm or pain

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ravenously

Back 8

with excessive greed and hunger; voraciously

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whin

Back 9

A passing impulse or thought

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vestibule

Back 10

an entry way to a house

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garrulous

Back 11

excessively wordy or talkative

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fortuitously

Back 12

happening by accident

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deranged

Back 13

disturbed or highly confused; insane

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surmise

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to conclude; make a guess

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complacent

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self satisfied in on aware of surroundings or consequences

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aesthetic

Back 16

pleasing in appearance

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provincial

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unsophisticated or small minded

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commensurate

Back 18

equal in size or proportion

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How does the weather contribute to the mood of this chapter? What could the weather symbolize?

Back 19

the weather symbolizes suffocation or pressure that something. bad is about to happen. aka myrtle being run over

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as they are leaving the hotel, what mile stone does Nick remember that he had forgotten in all the excitement? What is the significance of this?

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Nick realizes that it’s his 30th birthday, it’s the end of squalor of the 1920s. this is the beginning of a new decade.

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what does Wilson firmly believe happened to Myrtle? With clues lead him to believe this?

Back 21

Wilson believes that the car and in the man in it killed her on purpose without even trying to stop

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define the word Holocaust. What does Nick mean when he says the Holocaust was complete?

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holocaust means destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, Nick says this because all the innocent people died for no reason

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why is Nick in charge of arranging Gatsby funeral? Why is this surprising?

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Nick is in charge of the funeral because Nick believe gatsby had no family and the state would take care of it. gatsby supposedly had hundreds of friends and colleagues but Nick just met him and he was in charge of the funeral

Front 24

in his final comment Nick says Gatsby believed in the greenlight the orgastic future that year-by-year received before us. It eluded is then, but there’s no matter tomorrow we will run faster stretch our arms further and one fine morning so we beat on boats against the current born back ceaselessly into the past? What does this quote mean? why is this quote significant to the theme of the American dream in the novel?

Back 24

Gatsby believed in hope in the future, love and always striving for his dreams. it symbolizes hope progression and moving onward despite setbacks