Consequence Chains

This worksheet guides students in tracing the consequences of key character choices throughout the novel. For each cause (a decision made by Gatsby, Daisy, Nick, Tom, or others), students determine the immediate effect and then extend the chain to analyze a later outcome. This encourages students to view the novel not as isolated scenes but as an interconnected web of actions, choices, and consequences. By mapping these chains, students develop a clearer understanding of how Fitzgerald structures rising tension and inevitable tragedy.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Cause-and-Effect Reasoning in Literature

Plot Analysis and Outcome Prediction

Deconstructing Character Motivation

Multi-Step Analytical Writing

This worksheet is part of our Great Gatsby Worksheets collection.