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4. Select one or more of the names Nick lists on his timetable, and research to discover their stories and to comprehend Fitzgerald’s choice of those names. How were they involved in American history?

Many of the other members on the list, when trying to be researched, only come up as being part of the list, with no other information on them. Here is the list of people:

East Egg party list: Chester Beckers, Leeches, Bunsen, Webster Civet, Hornbeans, Willie Voltaires, Blackbuck, Ismays, Chrysties (Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrysties' wife), Clarence Endive, Cheadles, O. R. P. Schraeders, Stonewall Jackson Abrams, Fishguards, Ripley Snells, Mrs. Ulysses Swett, Dancies, S. B. Whitebait, Maurice A. Flink, Hammerheads, Belugas.

All of the people listed above were very wealthy and powerful people. Each one, in one way or another, was also greedy and materialistic. Fitzgerald's choice of these certain people were to show the corruption of American society at the time.

From West Egg: Poles, Mulreadys, Cecil Roebuck, Cecil Schoen, Gulick, Newton Orchid, Eckhaust, Clyde Cohen, Don S. Schwartze, Arthur McCarty, Catlips, Bembergs, G. Earl Muldoon, Da Fontano, Ed Legos, James B ("Rot-Gut") Ferret, de Jongs, Ernest Lilly, Klipspringer, Gus Waize, Horace O'Donavan, Lester Meyer, George Duckweed, Francis Bull, Chromes, Backhyssons, Dennickers, Rusars, Scullys, S. W. Belcher, Smirkes, Quinns, Henry L. Palmetto, Benny McClanahan, Consuela, Gloria, Judy, Faustina O'Brian, Baedeker girls, Brewer, Mr. Albrucksburger, Miss Haag, Ardita Fitzpeters, Miss Claudia Hip.

The names of the people listed above, in contrast to the first list, are people who are new wealth, and are also a few middle class members.

"The general mood of the names tells us how Fitzgerald feels about each class and gives a look at the type of personalities that are portrayed in that class." (J Polasek)

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