Gatsby's mansion is a new imitation of a French town hall, with a tower, ivy, and a marble pool. What class meaning does that description carry?

The green light at the end of Daisy's dock is visible from Gatsby's lawn across the bay. What class-coded distance does the object mark?

The valley of ashes lies between the Eggs and the city, where Wilson's garage stands under Dr. T. J. Eckleburg's eyes. What class world does it show?

When Nick places Tom and Daisy in East Egg and Gatsby in West Egg, what social divide is he making visible?

When Gatsby shows Daisy piles of silk shirts and she cries over them, what class reading best fits the scene?

Wilson's garage is poor, dusty, and set in the ash heaps rather than on the water. How does the setting classify George Wilson?

James Gatz becomes Jay Gatsby, makes a fortune, and fills a mansion across from Daisy's dock. What dream drives the reinvention?

After Myrtle's death and the Plaza fight, Daisy leaves town with Tom rather than call Gatsby. What outcome does her choice show?

Myrtle changes clothes, gets Tom to buy her a puppy, and acts like a woman of high status in Tom's city apartment. What does this show about her?

Nick comes East to enter the bond business and live near wealth. By the final chapter, why does he go back West?

Wilson plans to take Myrtle West after he realizes she has another life. What does that plan reveal about class and escape?

Tom keeps Daisy, tells Wilson Gatsby owned the yellow car, and leaves town after the deaths. What does his ending show about old money?

At the Plaza, Tom calls Gatsby Mr. Nobody from Nowhere and presses how he made his money. What is Tom attacking?

At the New York apartment, Myrtle chants Daisy's name and Tom breaks her nose. What status boundary has she crossed?

Tom and Daisy attend one of Gatsby's parties, and Tom sneers at the crowd and the host. What clash is the scene staging?

When the Sloanes casually invite Gatsby to dinner, he accepts; while he gets his coat, they leave. What does the scene expose?

At the Plaza, Gatsby demands Daisy say she never loved Tom; Tom answers with memories from their marriage and family. What advantage is Tom using?

“Can’t repeat the past? ... Why of course you can!” What does Gatsby's answer reveal about his American Dream?

When Gatsby says Daisy's voice is “full of money,” what theme claim does the line support?

Nick says Tom and Daisy “smashed up things and creatures” and then retreated into their money. What claim about class follows?

James Gatz's boyhood schedule lists exercise, study, work, and “practice elocution.” What does the detail show about self-invention?

The novel ends, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” How does the image frame the dream?

Gatsby's fortune is tied to drugstores and Wolfsheim, yet guests enjoy his liquor and music without asking much. What Jazz Age pattern appears?

Modern cars move the characters among Long Island, the ash heaps, and New York; Gatsby's yellow car becomes both display and instrument of death. What context is Fitzgerald using?

Jordan Baker is a celebrity golfer moving easily through parties, but Nick remembers a story of her cheating. What Jazz Age tension does she carry?