The Great Gatsby Character and Theme Mind Maps

Key Quote: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us" - this symbolises how the American Dream always stays just out of reach.

Remember: Daisy's character shows how the upper class can afford to be careless because their money protects them from consequences.

Critical Point: Nick writes this as a diary but withholds information - ask yourself why he's telling this story and what he might be hiding.

Essential Understanding: Tom embodies how inherited privilege creates people who are careless with others' lives because they've never faced real consequences.

Social Commentary: These female characters reveal how 1920s society limited women's options, forcing them into roles as objects for male pleasure or status symbols.

Big Picture: Every character serves Fitzgerald's critique of 1920s America, showing how the pursuit of wealth and status corrupts both the pursuers and the pursued.