You know about Gatsby and Daisy in the past in the present -- but what about their future? Thinking about all you have learned -- about their characters, about the social classes that divide the, and about their views of the past -- predict what you think will happen between the two. Use details from the novel and from your lessons to support you answer.

Question

Answer: I don't think that Gatsby and Daisy will end up together in the future, despite their relationship and feelings. I also don't see Daisy staying with Tom either, both Tom and Gatsby have their flaws. Each of those flaws will affect Daisy in different ways.

Is there anything else I could add to my response??

Answer 1

Thinking about all you have learned -- about their characters, about the social classes that divide the, and about their views of the past -- predict what you think will happen between the two. Use details from the novel and from your lessons to support you answer.

What are their social classes?
What are their views of the past?
Predict...
Use details from the novel and from your lessons...

You can expand on what you wrote by following those directions and/or answering my questions. Do you know what "use details from the novel and your lessons" means?

Answer 2

Will they have a future in the after-life? What detail from the novel might indicate that Gatsby has no future, with or without Daisy?

Answer 3

Think about Jay and Daisy's past. Why did she leave each other 5 years ago? Why did Daisy move on when Jay didn't?

Remember that Daisy wanted a stable, supported lifestyle. Jay didn't have a reliable money source before. Tom has plenty of money and they have live roughly the same lifestyle for 5 years. Whereas, Jay is more reckless with the way he spends his money and everyone "knows" that he only inherited it, he didn't work for it.