The Great Gatsby
Chapter 9
Vocabulary
1. pasquinade
2. adventitious
3. deranged
4. solidarity
5. transitory
6. aesthetic
Discussion Questions:
1. The details of Gatsby’s funeral are left to Nick. Why?
2. What seems to be of most concern to Klipspringer?
3. Fitzgerald juxtaposes two views of Gatsby. What are they?
4. What does the call from Slagle tell the reader?
5. Like Benjamin Franklin and Horatio Alger, Gatsby kept lists of resolves. What do they
represent?
6. Why does Nick tell Mr. Gatz he was a close friend of Gatsby’s?
7. Why do you think Fitzgerald included the man with the owl-eyed glasses at the funeral?
8. How is The Great Gatsby a story of the West if it happened in the East?
9. Discuss the carelessness of the Buchanans.