1. Identify and briefly define important words, terms, concepts, or characters.
The main character is Nick Carraway a veteran of the first world war and currently a seller of bonds. The other characters that are important in this book are Daisy Buchanan a cousin of Nick; Jay Gatsby Nick's next door neighbor who seems to have had a relationship with Daisy and is also a veteran of the war; Tom Buchanan who is married to Daisy; and Jordan Baker a friend of Daisy and possible girlfriend of Nick Carraway.
2. Summarize the main idea, theme, action, or event of the reading. Be sure to include quotation that best captures the overall feeling or mood of the reading.
There is a triangle, multiple love affairs, between Daisy and Mr. Gatsby who are old lovers torn apart and brought back together 5 years later realizing the both still have feelings for each other. Meanwhile Daisy's husband, Tom, is having an affair with a married woman Myrtle Wilson. Nick and Jordan are beginning to develop feelings for each other. Proofs of these relationship are found on page 33 (about Tom and Myrtle) "'Can't stand them.' She looked at Myrtle and then at Tom. 'What I say is why go on living with them if they can't stand them? If I was them I'd get a divorce and get married to each other right away.'";pg 96 (Gatsby and Daisy) "They had forgotten me, but Daisy glanced up and held out her hand; Gatsby didn't know me now at all. I looked once more at them and they looked back at me, remotely, possessed by intense life."; and page 58 (Nick and Jordan) "'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope I never will' she answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' Her gray, sun-stained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, and for a moment I thought I loved her."
3. Formulate a question for discussion.
What happened between Gatsby and Daisy and why were their engagement called off?
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I think calling off the engagement caused a big rift between Daisy and Gatsby. It can be inferred from the text that Daisy wanted to wait for Gatsby, but was extremely taken by the advances of Tom Buchanan. As a result, she was caught in the crossfire. Gatsby couldn't back out of his commitment that initially separated the two, and he couldn't do much to win her after she was married, but he tried.
I think Daisy may wait Gatsby at first. Because Gatsby wasn't rich at that time, Daisy couldn't marry Gatsby. Then she met Tom and married him because of the wealth of Tom's family. Just like what Daisy told Gatsby after they met in the house of Gatsby, Daisy told Gatsby that she could not marry poor guy.
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