Question

Great Gatsby Help!?!

Answer 1

8. nick 9. She is one of his possessions. 10. weak and selfish. 11. He wanted to be near Daisy. 12. first-person. 13. yes, he is involved very much so and sees everything done. 

Answer 2

1. Punctilious refers to someone or something that is very attentive and meticulous to every detail, often fastidious too. A synonym of this word is thorough which also means someone or something that is careful and strictly careful with details.  

2. Garrulous is something or someone excessively talkative or wordy, which it's the exact opposite to the adjective silent.

3. Laudable means worthy of being lauded, praiseworthy, admirable.

4. Notoriety is the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed, therefore from all the choices, fame is the one that fits best.

5. Portentous is to be puffed up with vanity, excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievement, that is to say, to be arrogant.

6. Someone truculent is someone cruel, aggressive and inclined to argue. An even-tempered person is the opposite of that as it refers to someone calm and never angry or too excited about anything

7. In the Great Gatsby novel, after the event of the car accident that killed Myrtle, George Wilson goes to Tom's house, and Tom tells him that it was Gatsby who owned the yellow car, and it was Gatsby that ran down Myrtle. However, in reality, Tom knows that it was not Gatsby who had the car at the time of the accident but Daisy, his wife.

8. Nick is tolerant and a good listener, he is also Daisy's cousin. Because of such personality of him, Gatsby and Daisy (who have an affair and are involved in complex relationships) come to trust Nick and tell them about their relationship. As a result, Nick becomes the only character who knows all of the details of the accident and al the complex relationships involved.

9.  She is one of his possessions. Even though Daisy and Tom's marriage is based on materialistic interests and Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby and Tom knows it, Tom does not intend to give up on her because of his controlling and domineering personality: he sees her as one of his possession he does not want to lose.

10. Through the novel, Daisy shows herself as a beautiful and charming woman but also fairly weak and easily controlled by material things, selfish and with low moral values.

11. He wanted to be near Daisy. Gatsby was hopelessly in love with Daisy, he wanted to be directly across the water from Daisy's house.

12. First-person. The novel is told by Nick, one of the characters. He is not omniscient but he is very conscious of many of what is going on around him.

13. No. Not only is Nick the narrator but he is also one of the participants of the story he's telling in retrospective, thus he can only tell the plot by his own subjective perspective. Through the narration, he clearly favors one character over another when describing them, for example, he favors Gatsby over anyone else and sees Tom as a negative character. And he admits that during certain events he was drunk (Thus, not completely conscious).

14. The color green. The color green appears several times in the novel. Literally, it is just a bright color. As a symbol in the novel, it represents wealth, growth and hope, even if it's superficial.

15. The title is set in a sarcastic tone. At first sight, Gatsby is a successful and confident and wealthy man, however, when we look further into his actions this "greatness" is not real, as his wealth and way of living do not make him happy, such money comes from crimes and he does not tend to show his real self. For all these reasons Gatsby is not actually "great".