Gatsby Journals

Write a one-page journal entry. This entry may be developed into your final paper. For your entry write about a character and how he or she connects to an idea or element in the novel.

Entries should...

• Explore a connection between a “thing” in each column
• Have a clear topic sentence or thesis
• Draw conclusions about the text
• Integrate at least one relevant quotation into the entry
• Be one full page in length
• Be dated and include a title

Themes/Elements Characters

Success Nick Carraway

Carelessness Jay Gatsby

Wealth Daisy Buchanan

Alcohol Tom Buchanan

Idealism Jordan Baker

Illusion vs. reality Myrtle Wilson

Dreams George Wilson

The novel’s setting Klipspringer

The green light Owl Eyes