The Great Gatsby – PowerPoint Games – Characters, Events, Quotes, Settings, Symbols & Themes

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This game bundle includes 25 interactive powerpoint games with examples of characters, events, places, quotes, symbols and themes from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Each game requires students to choose one letter at a time to help guess the example that is written behind the highlighted tiles. The purpose of these games is to get students familiar with different concepts that can be explored from the novel. They can be used to promote deeper discussions about the different topics – This can include whole class discussions or putting students into groups to discuss or make arguments about the topics. Students can also research, explore or write about the topics after playing the games. These games are also useful tools that can be used as warm up or time-filling activities.

*Instructions that explain how to open and use the games are included

All of the game examples are listed below.

Characters in The Great Gatsby:

Character 1: Gatsby’s business associate, Meyer Wolfsheim

Character 2: Gatsby’s boarder, Ewing Klipspringer

Character 3: The story’s narrator, Nick Carraway

Character 4: Tom’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson

Events in The Great Gatsby:

Event 1: Nick attends Gatsby’s extravagant party

Event 2: Gatsby and Daisy reunite and begin an affair

Event 3: Daisy and Gatsby tell Tom about their affair

Event 4: Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby’s car and kills her

Event 5: George kills Gatsby and then kills himself

Places in The Great Gatsby:

Place 1: The Valley of Ashes

Place 2: The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan

Place 3: Daisy and Tom’s house in East Egg

Quotes in The Great Gatsby:

Quote 1: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy

Quote 2: Her voice is full of money

Quote 3: The rich get richer and the poor get – children

Quote 4: It takes two to make an accident

Quote 5: Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!

Symbols in The Great Gatsby:

Symbol 1: The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock

Symbol 2: The eyes of Dr T.J. Eckleburg

Symbol 3: Gatsby’s bright yellow Rolls Royce

Symbol 4: The mantel clock in Nick’s house

Themes in The Great Gatsby:

Theme 1: The decline of the American dream

Theme 2: The hollowness of the upper class

Theme 3: Love, marriage and infidelity

Theme 4: Time: The past, present and future