Character+List

=__**Characters:**__=


 * **Nick Carraway** - He is the novel's narrator, he comes from a family in Minnesota. After world War I, he travels to the island that goes by the name of West Egg, New York to learn about the bonding business. Once there he gets acquainted to both his college friend Tom Buchanan, and the infamous Mr. Jay Gatsby. Though Nick appears nearly flawless throughout the novel, he still contains a few flaws. Nick though, is the only character to recognize Gatsby's greatness. Nick is a dynamic character, he is always there to help Gatsby when he is in a jam.
 * **Tom Buchanan** - He is a former Yale football player and comes from an immensely wealthy family. He is a bully and a cheater. He had cheated on Daisy, and would be a hypocrite for yelling at and abusing Daisy. Tom is a stereotype character with the sense that he is brutally lathargic due to his size.
 * **Daisy Buchanan** - She is the wife of Tom. She is abused by Tom. Daisy soon begins to fall in love with Jay Gatsby, but what love must come to an end when Jay is killed. She told Jay that she would wait for him until after the war, but when meeting Tom, she compared extreme wealth with poverty, and she couldn't think of being poor. She is an archetype character. She is that character that the protagonist always falls in love with, but in the can never have.
 * **Jordan Baker** - Daisy's long time friend, she is a professional golfer that cheated her way to the top. very masculine, and has an icy demeanor. Nick finds this very compelling, but she accuses him as being as corrupt and ignorant as she is . Jordan is a flat character with no importance in the novel.
 * **Jay Gatsby** - Jay is both the novel's lead character and the protagonist of the novel. Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy man. Every Saturday he holds elegant parties at has extravagant mansion. Throughout the novel we come to learn that his real name is really Mr. James Gatz, while he was younger he devoted his life in becoming a millionaire and living the good life. While fighting in World War I, Jay was in love with Daisy, but was soon to be heartbroken when she decided to take the lifestyle of the wealthy and marry Tom Buchanan. Gatsby then became wealthy and tried to earn her heart back, but soon fell short when his life was taken by a bullet. Jay is the most dynamic character with the essentials of a protagonist.
 * **Myrtle Wilson -** Myrtle is desperate to change her lifestyle and decides to cheat on her husband with Tom Buchanan. After fighting with her husband, Myrtle is out on the street and is soon to meet her end by Gatsby's car. Myrtle is a static character, after her death it leads to her husband killing Gatsby.
 * **George Wilson** - His only passion was the love he had for Myrtle. When he hears that she had been killed by Gatsby's car he shoots him just before committing suicide. George is a stereotype. He finds about what killed his wife, so he takes revenge just as Gatsby's life is coming together.