CHAPTERS
STUDY GUIDE
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire tries to recover an idealized past through Daisy Buchanan, while Nick Carraway watches wealth, desire and self-invention collapse into tragedy.
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CHARACTERS
Who matters
- Jay Gatsby
- Nick Carraway
- Daisy Buchanan
- Tom Buchanan
- Jordan Baker
THEMES
Ideas to track
SYMBOLS
Recurring images and objects
Green lightValley of AshesEyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
KEY QUOTES
Important lines to understand
“So we beat on, boats against the current.”
“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
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