character, setting, symbolisim, theme, point of view, irony

Jay Gatsby

mysterious, wealthy, living in West Egg, host bit parties, obssessed with Daisy and getting her back, represents the American Dream

Nick Carraway

narrator, from midwest, moved to West Egg, works bonds, honest, observant, Gatsby’s neighbor and friend

Daisy Buchanan

nicks cousin, golden girl, married to tom buchanan, Gastby’s love intrest, wealthy, and attractive

Tom Buchanan

daisy’s wealthy husband, racist, aggressive, unfaithful, old-money, want power, entitled, and corrupted

Jordan Baker

professional golfer, daisy’s friend, cool, cynical, somewhat dishonest, nick’s romantic interest for much of the novel

Myrtle Wilson

tom’s mistress, married to George, wants to escape low life, and dies in the end by getting ran over

George Wilson

mytrle husband, owns garage, lives in valley of ashes, suffering of lower class

Ewing Kilspringer

becomes residnet at Gatsby’s house, he was there accepting Gatsby hospitiality but never being there

Henry Gatz

father of Gatsby

Meyer Wolfshiemer

a shady crime figure, Gatsby mentor, helped him make his fortune through bootlegging and illegal activity

when

summer of 1922

east egg

old money

west egg

new money

mood for setting

melancholy, excitement, corruption

green light

gatsby’s hope of being with daisy and possible corruption of American dream

dr. Ecldeburg’s eyes

judgement and the unfairness between upper and lower classes

theme

american dream

roaring twenties

jazz age

book written

april 10, 1925