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