great gatsby chapter 2 Flashcards
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what is the land between eggs and new york called
valley of ashes
what is on this land
a billboard hhat features the eyes of doctor T.J. Eckleburg
what colors are the eyes
eyes are blue and the spectacles are yellow
nick is traveling where with whom?
to the city with tom
what does tom plan while doing in the city
stopping by to see his mistress
the mistress is the wife of an auto mechanic named
george B. Wilson
tom acts like a jerk toward who
the husband of his mistress
George is blissfully
ignorant
so he doesn’t recognize his wife is cheating on him.
he believes that she goes to the city to see her sister
what is the name of tom’s mistress
Myrtle Wilson
what does myrtle want while on the train ride to the city
a puppy
does tom grant myrtle’s request
yes
what does nick try to do while on the train
jump ship
leave
where do they go while in the city
an adulterous sex apartment to meet up with others
who do they meet at the adulterous sex apartment
Mr. McKee and myrtle’s sister, Catherine
what do they drink
tom’s whiskey
nick gets drunk for the
second time in his life
what happens when nick reveals that he lives in west egg
one drunken person talks about gatsby’s famous parties
what does myrtle’s sister tell nick
that myrtle and tom both hate their spouses So, apparently Tom has told Myrtle some lies to string her along without having to divorce Daisy.
what did myrtle do
marry below her social caste
tom tells myrtle to stop doing what
saying daisy’s name
what does Myrtle do after tom tells her to stop
says daisy, daisy, daisy
what does tom do to myrtle
break her nose
nick gets too drunk to remember what
how he got into bed
where does mrytle live
on the edge of the valley of ashes
