Describe at least one key character in the written text. Explain how this character helped you to understand an important idea.
| Character | Idea | Evidence |
| Nick | Illusion-You can never fully hide from your true self | “I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.”
” I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”
“I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable” |
| Gatsby | Illusion-you can not ever reinvent yourself, this illusion he hides behind will fall away | “He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s,”
“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” “This fella’s a regular Belasco…What realism… didn’t cut the pages.” |
| Daisy | illusion Not everyone is who they seem to be | ” Her voice is full of money,”
“I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” |
Describe at least one important idea the writer developed in the written text. Explain how this idea helped you to understand an important message for teenagers. Note: ‘idea’ can refer to character, theme or setting.
| Idea | Message | Evidence |
| American Dream | What the higher class or famous lives seem like are different to their reality | |
| Illusion | Not everyone is what they seem or who they say they are | |
| Gatsby | Hard work and striving for your goals doesn’t mean you will always succeed |
Describe at least one important event in the text. Explain how that event helped you to understand at least one key relationship
| Key Event | Relationship | Evidence |
| Daisy and Gatsby Reunion | – Daisy and Gatsby
The idea of them being together is an illusion
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“If it wasn’t for the mist….” |
| Myrtle’s Death | – Tom and Daisy
Materialism holds them together |
“They were happy, yet they weren’t unhappy either” |
| Gatsby’s Death | – Gatsby and Nick
Nick’s Admiration for Gatsby |
Describe at least one important event in the written text. Explain why the event had a positive/negative impact on one or more characters.
| Key Event | Effect | Evidence |
| Daisy and Gatsby reunite | Positive effect for Daisy and Gatsby | |
| Nick meets Gatsby | Negative effect for Nick because he gets caught up in Gatsby’s and Daisy’s messy love | |
| Gatsby’s Death | Positive and Negative effect for Nick because he realised that Gatsby had no one and that Tom and Daisy were not nice people |