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The Great Gatsby
Term | Definition |
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Nick Carraway | 1st person narrator, the story's events are interpreted through his eyes, represents the middle class, the only character who knows the 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 wealth, lovely but very careless, lacks any substance |
Tom Buchanan | daisy's husband who is 30, from a wealth family in Chicago, "supercilious", fractious, and an adulterer, abusive |
Jordan Baker | golfer, young, somewhat a love interest to Nick, lacks substance, liar |
Myrtle Wilson | Lives in the Valley of Ashes, Mistress of Tom, desperate to escape her fate |
George wilson | Sad owner of gas station in Valley of Ashes, product of economic hardship, Myrtle's husband |
Doctor T.J. Eckleburg | Doctor whose billboard looks down upon the Valley of Ashes, billboard has a gigantic blue eyes behind enormous yellow glasses, George wilson calls those eyes the eyes of God. |