Transcript Jay Gatsby - Crater High School

Jordan
Baker
Jay
Gatsby
Meyer
Wolfsheim
Nick
Carraway
Tom
Buchanan
Daisy
Buchanan
George Wilson
Myrtle Wilson
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Daisy Buchanan
Age: 23
Occupation: Housewife
Residency: East Egg
Relationships: Toms wife, Nicks cousin,
having an affair with Jay Gatsby .
Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful, charming, and wealthy woman,
which is why Gatsby is hopelessly in love with her. Daisy’s
friendly and charming personality may cover the fact that
she is a selfish, shallow and materialistic woman.
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Jordan Baker
Age: 25
Occupation: Golfer
Relationships: Nicks girlfriend, friend of
Buchanan’s
Jordan Baker is a very attractive woman who comes from high class and
wealth. She is a friend of Daisy Buchanan’s, which is how she meets
Nick who she is romantically involved with. Jordan's beauty and
wealth cant cover up the fact that she is selfish and dishonest.
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Jay Gatsby
Age: 30
Occupation: Involved with illegal liquor
sales and organized crime in New York.
Education: Was in the military & claims to
have attended Oxford.
Residency: Mansion in West Egg.
Background: From a farm in the Midwest.
Hobbies: Enjoys throwing large parties, but
does not drink.
Relationships: Best friends with Nick
Carraway, business partners with Meyer
Wolfsheim, in love with Daisy Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby, also known as Jay Gatsby and James Gatz was born and
raised in the Midwest. He has lived his life with the purpose of
attaining two things, wealth, and the love of Daisy Buchanan. He got
himself to the position of being rich and famous by business in
organized crime. He uses his wealth to throw extravagant parties in an
attempt to win the heart of his love, Daisy.
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Myrtle Wilson:
Age: mid 30’s
Residency: Valley of Ashes
Hobbies: Unknown
Relationships: Married to George Wilson,
involved in an affair with Tom Buchanan.
Myrtle Wilson is the unfaithful wife of George Wilson. She finds life
in the valley of ashes undesirable and wishes to improve her situation.
She attempts to better her social status by becoming romantically
involved with Tom Buchanan.
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Tom Buchanan
Age: 30
Occupation: Broker, he is from old money.
Residency: East Egg
Relationships: Married to Daisy, having
an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Tom Buchanan comes from an extremely wealthy family. He is
married to Daisy and has an affair with Myrtle Wilson. He is an
arrogant man with no consideration for anyone but himself.
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Meyer Wolfsheim
Age: 60’s
Occupation: Organized Crime
Relationships: Friends and business
partners with Jay Gatsby.
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Nick Carraway
Age: 30
Education: Yale
Occupation: A broker in New York.
Residency: West Egg
Background: Comes from a wealthy family in
the mid-west.
• Relationships: Was dating Jordan Baker,
cousins with Daisy Buchanan, neighbors
with Tom Buchanan, and best friends with
Jay Gatsby.
Nick Carraway is a friendly, trustworthy man with good morals. After
moving to the East to become a successful broker, Nick befriends Jay
Gatsby. Nick is highly critical of most of the people he meets, he
realizes that many of the wealthy high class people whom he is
accompanied by lack consideration or care for anyone but themselves.
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George Wilson
Age: 35
Occupation: An auto mechanic.
Residency: Valley of Ashes
Relationships: Married to Myrtle.