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• Gatsby


  • Dreamer who thinks he can change the past
  • Real name is James Gatz
  • Rich
  • In love with Daisy
  • Served in the war
  • Lives in the "new money" area known as West Egg
  • Shot by George Wilson (husband of Myrtle Wilson)
  • Birth-place is North Dakota
  • Fake name is Jay Gatsby
  • Throws elaborate parties with the hope that Daisy would walk into one of them
  • Friend of Nick
  • Bought a house across the river from Daisy and stares at the green light from the dock at Daisy and Tom's house
• Daisy


  • Gatsby's lover
  • Married to Tom Buchanan for his money
  • Has a child
  • Cousin of Jordan Baker
  • Loved Gatsby before he went off to war
  • Heartbroken about Gatsby
  • Young woman
  • Lives in East Egg
• Tom


  • Married to Daisy
  • Cheated on Daisy with Myrtle
  • Angry with Gatsby because he flirts with his wife
  • Old friends with Nick
  • Preaches about family values and loving each other (yet cheats on Daisy)
  • Alcoholic
  • Lives in East Egg
• Nick


  • Main character (protagonist)
  • Bond salesman
  • Daisy is his second cousin
  • Helps Gatsby meet Daisy
  • Lives in West Egg
  • Arranges Gatsby's funeral
  • Personally invited to one of Gatsby's parties
  • Maybe in love with Jordan Baker
• Myrtle


  • Loud
  • Wants to be the center of attention
  • Greedy and materialistic
  • Cheats on her husband George Wilson with Tom Buchanan
  • Cheating because she only wants more and to climb the social ladder
• Jordan


  • Professional golfer
  • Many years ago saw Gatsby and Jordan together
  • Told the truth by Gatsby at one of his parties
• Symbolism


  Using a character, phrase, or object a meaning past the materialistic meaning
• Simile


  Comparing something using like or as
• Metaphor


  Comparing two different things together
• Foreshadowing


  A hint or indication of a future event
• Personification


  Giving a non-human thing human characteristics
• Hyperbole


  An exaggerated statement
• Allusion


  A reference to something else, could be a person/event/another part of the text
• Alliteration


  Repetition of the same sound or letter
• Elie


  • Main character (protagonist) and the author of the book
  • Sent to concentration camps at a young age
  • Has an injured foot
  • Survives the camps
  • Jewish, young boy
  • Serial number was A-7713
• Madame Schachter


  • A "madwoman"
  • Jewish
  • Was in the same cattle car as Elie and was constantly yelling that she saw fire in the distance, this proved to be later correct when the cattle car arrived at Auschwitz
  • Subdued by beating by fellow passengers to make her quiet
• Moishe the Beadle


  • The first one to warn the Jews about the Nazis
  • A prophet in Elie's town
  • Taught Elie much about their religion
• Elie's dad


  • Sent to the concentration camps
  • Someone that Elie could lean on
  • Died before Buchenwald was liberated
• The story is narrated in first-person
• The essay question should discuss pride, arrogance, rash judgments, and prophecies in Oedipus the King
• Pride (hubris)


  Led to Oedipus's downfall
• Tragic flaw


  Oedipus's pride
• Arrogance blinded Oedipus from truly being helpful
• Oedipus: '"Oh, look at me, the great and mighty Oedipus."'
• Jocasta tries to push Oedipus away from the prophecy

  Citing the one with her "dead son" (Oedipus, and still alive) as false so that he won't believe Tiresias
• Tiresias's prophecy turned out to be true
• Rash judgments


  Also a flaw of Oedipus
• Oedipus tried to exile his brother-in-law, Creon


  Due to his quick assumption that Creon was working with Tiresias against him
• Oedipus is quick to make rash and uncalled-for accusations, remarks, and opinions/statements
• Oedipus's rash judgments either wrong or right but they lead him down the path to his downfall