Transcript Characters

Great Gatsby
Character Descriptions
 Nick
Carraway
 Jay Gatsby
 Daisy Buchanan
 Tom Buchanan
 Jordan Baker
 Myrtle Wilson
 George Wilson
Owl Eyes
Klipspringer
Nick Carraway
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Novel’s narrator, young man from Minnesota
who, after being educated at Yale & fighting in
W.W.I, goes to New York City to learn about the
bond business.
Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve
judgement, Nick often serves as a confidant for
those with troubling secrets.
Befriends Gatsby after moving next door to him.
Jay Gatsby
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Protagonist of the novel. He is a fabulously
wealthy young man who lives in an opulent
mansion in on Long Island, New York.
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Famous for throwing lavish parties every Saturday
night.
No one knows where he comes from, what he
does, or how he made his fortune.
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Daisy Buchanan
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Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves.
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They met in her home town of Louisville before
the war. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised
to wait for him.
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Because Daisy harbors a deep need for love,she
does not wait for him, instead marries a wealthy
and powerful business man.
Tom Buchanan
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Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband.
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Handsome and powerfully built, he comes from a
“socially solid” family.
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He is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social
attitudes are racist and sexist.
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Very low moral standards
Jordan Baker
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Daisy’s good friend who represents one of the new
women of the 1920’s. She is cynical, boyish, and
self-centered.
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Jordan is beautiful but also
dishonest…continuously bends the truth
Myrtle Wilson
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Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband owns a run
down garage in the valley of ashes.
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She possesses a fierce vitality and desperately
looks for a way to improve her situation as well as
social status.
George Wilson
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Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of
a run down auto shop in the valley of ashes
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George loves and idealizes Myrtle
Owl Eyes
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The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick
meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby’s
Klipspringer
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The shallow freeloader who seems to live at
Gatsby’s mansion.
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Takes advantage of Gatsby’s generousity.