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Gatsby
Character descriptions for The Great Gatsby
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nick Carraway | 1st person narrator - the story's events are through his eyes. Middle class, only character who knows all circumstances. |
| Jay Gatsby | No one really knows what goes on inside of him or who he is. Wealthy: New money. |
| Daisy Buchanan | Louisville, Kentucky socialite. Born into tremendous wealth. Empty-headed, fake. She's lovely but very careless. Lacks any substance. |
| Tom Buchanan | Daisy's 30-year-old husband. From a wealthy family in Chicago. "Supercilious", brash, racist, fractious, an adulterer and abusive. |
| Jordan Baker | Golfer. Young, somewhat of a love interest to Nick Carraway. Lacks substance and is a liar. |
| Myrtle Wilson | She lives in the Valley of Ashes. Tom Buchanan's mistress. Desperate to escape her fate. |
| George Wilson | Owner of a gas station in the Valley of Ashes. Product of economic hardship. Myrtle's husband. |
| Dr. T.J. Eckleburg | Doctor whose billboard looks down upon the Valley of Ashes. Billboard has gigantic blue eyes behind enormous yellow glasses, George Wilson calls those eyes the eyes of God. |