Gatsby comes from the Midwest.
Jay Gatsby is established as a dreamer who is charming, and a
bit mysterious.
Through the novel the reader learns more detail about his mystery.
That everything he has done in his adult life
has been with the only purpose of fulfilling the most unrealistic of dreams.
He wanted to recapture the past.
Gatsby is in many ways, great,
but when looking at him critically, some of the things he stands for may not be
so admirable.
He is completely
unable to realize that his dream is quite impossible to come true.
Gatsby is literally idealistic.
Daisy Buchanan:
Daisy is The Great Gatsby's
most mysterious, and perhaps most disappointing, character.
Fitzgerald builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence.
Despite her beauty and charm,
Daisy is merely a selfish, shallow, and in fact, hurtful, woman.
Although Fitzgerald described Daisy as a naive, innocent person,
at the end, she is the opposite from what she presents herself
to be.
Nick Carraway
The story's
narrator and also participant.
Nick is an important vehicle for the novel's messages.
He went Yale;
He likes literature and considers himself one of those "limited" specialists man.
He fought in World War I and now he's moved East to work in the bond business in New York City.
We learn more about him from the way he talks than what he says.
He's connected to wealthy and important people, like his cousin Daisy and his friend Tom.
His house is a "small eyesore."
Tom Buchanan
Daisy's husband.
He comes from an old, wealthy Chicago family.
He commands attention through his boisterous and outspoken behavior.
He leads a life of luxury in East Egg, playing polo, riding horses, and driving fast cars.
He has an affair with Myrtle Wilson
He is proud of his affairs and has had many since his marriage.
Myrtle Wilson
Tom Buchanan's misstress.
She is married with an another man.
She wants to be in Tom's life because she thinks she belongs that world, not this one.
She isn't happy with the class she was born to.
She is trying to rise above her station.
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