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Characters in The Great Gatsby

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Page 1: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Characters in The Great Gatsby

Page 2: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Nick Carraway

NarratorMidwesterne

rIvy LeagueWWI vetLiving in NY

Page 3: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Jay Gatsby

Protagonist (main character)

MysteriousNouveau

RicheLavish

partiesLoves

Daisy before War

Page 4: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Daisy Buchanan

Married to Tom

Gatsby’s love interest

SocialiteNick’s cousin

Page 5: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Tom Buchanan

College friend of Nick’s

Married to Daisy

Super rich—never worked ever

Page 6: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Jordan Baker

Daisy’s childhood best friend

Socialite—super rich

Professional golfer

Nick’s love interest

Page 7: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

Myrtle Wilson

Married to George

Member of lowest class—the working poor

Lives above a gas station in Valley of Ashes

Page 8: Characters in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway Narrator Midwesterner Ivy League WWI vet Living in NY

George Wilson

Married to Myrtle

Valley of Ashes—Dump between NYC and Long Island (West and East Egg)