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- A feed, not a wall of text. 20 characters, 18 places, 19 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 37 passages of The Great Gatsby sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on F. Scott Fitzgerald instead.
The Great Gatsby feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of The Great Gatsby
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- East and West Egg
- The Valley of Ashes
- Gatsby's Parties
- The Reunion
- The Plaza and the Death Car
- No One Came
The author's pen in The Great Gatsby
The passages themselves, F. Scott Fitzgerald's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Gatsby Exempt From Scornch. 1
- Between the Millionairesch. 1
- The Promise In Her Voicech. 1
- A Beautiful Little Foolch. 1
- Tom’s Woman In New Yorkch. 1
- Gatsby and the Green Lightch. 1
- A Cruel Bodych. 1
- Looking At Miss Bakerch. 1
- The Valley of Ashesch. 2
- Tom Breaks Her Nosech. 2
- Myrtle Enters the Roomch. 2
- Rumors About Gatsbych. 3
- Absolutely Real Booksch. 3
- The Vanishing Smilech. 3
- So He Could Come Overch. 4
- The Man Who Fixed Itch. 4
- The Pearls Were Around Her Neckch. 4
- Gatsby’s Counterfeit Easech. 5
- Daisy Weeps Over Shirtsch. 5
- James Gatz Becomes Gatsbych. 6
The characters of The Great Gatsby
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Jay Gatsbymajor
- Nick Carrawaymajor
- Daisy Buchananmajor
- Tom Buchananmajor
- Jordan Bakermajor
- Myrtle Wilsonmajor
- George Wilsonmajor
- Meyer Wolfsheimsupporting
- Dan Codysupporting
- Henry C. Gatzsupporting
- Catherinesupporting
- Michaelissupporting
- Pammy Buchananminor
- Owl Eyessupporting
- Klipspringerminor
- Mr. McKeeminor
The locations in The Great Gatsby
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- West Eggdistrict
- East Eggdistrict
- Gatsby's mansionmansion
- Nick's cottagecottage
- Buchanan housemansion
- Valley of ashesindustrial wasteland
- Wilson's garagegarage
- Road outside Wilson's garageroad
- New York apartmentapartment
- Plaza Hotelhotel suite
- Louisvillecity
- Gatsby's swimming poolpool
- Gatsby's librarylibrary
- Daisy's dockdock
The core concepts in The Great Gatsby
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- The American promise recedes as it is pursued
- Old money protects itself while others absorb the damage
- Money turns desire into spectacle
- The past cannot be possessed by desire
- Carelessness is a form of violence
- Glamour conceals loneliness
- Seeing and misseeing govern the world
- Women's voices expose charm, constraint, and limited agency
- Self-invention is sincere, fraudulent, and limited
The objects of note in The Great Gatsby
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- The green light
- Gatsby's yellow car
- The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
- Gatsby's shirts
- Daisy's pearls
- Gatsby's library books
- Gatsby's pink suit
- Gatsby's medal
- Gatsby's Oxford photograph
- Dan Cody photograph
- Gatsby's self-improvement schedule
- The telephone
- Myrtle's apartment furniture
- Myrtle's dog
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