The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a classic literature book that takes place in early 1900's New York. The characters' lives intersect amidst lavish parties and questionable choices, but in the end, those who were invested in love were destroyed by those who were invested in their love of money and status.
By Flannery Williams T3
Nick Carraway
Cousin of: Tom and Daisy Buchanan
In a relationship with: Jordan Baker
Neighbor and friend of: Jay Gatsby
James (Jay) Gatsby
Jay Gatsby remained wildly in love with Daisy Buchanan years after their relationship ended, and in spite of Daisy's new married status. So in love is he that he moves to the house directly across the water from where she lives. Gatsby hosts extravagant parties every night in hopes that one day Daisy will come to his house. She never does. So when Daisy's cousin Nick moves in next door, Gatsby leaps at the opportunity to have him set up a meeting between himself and Daisy. Nick generously arranges for Gatsby and his cousin to meet. As Gatsby had hoped, Daisy falls in love with him again. Gatsby finds himself in the past, back to a time when Daisy had once loved him five years prior. Gatsby though, having gotten Daisy back, becomes impatient and tells Daisy's husband Tom about their affair. Later, while driving his car, Daisy runs over the woman Tom has been cheating on her with, Myrtle Wilson. Since it was his car that she was driving, Gatsby takes the fall for Myrtle's death because he can't bear the thought of Daisy being hurt in anyway. Since everyone thought he was guilty, Myrtle's husband George seeks out and kills Gatsby. That was the end of his story.
In love with: Daisy Buchanan
Neighbor and friend of: Nick Carraway
Lives across from: Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Killed by: George Wilson
Daisy Buchanan
Married to: Tom Buchanan
Best friends with: Jordan Baker
Cousins with: Nick Carraway
Having an affair with: Jay Gatsby
Kills: Myrtle Wilson
Tom Buchanan
Tom Buchanan is a man who loves being in control of everything. He has a lot of money, a stable yet shallow marriage, a successful affair with a beautiful woman called Myrtle, and is a well respected polo player. The only variable Tom cannot get a handle on is a man by the name of Gatsby. He starts to hear more and more of his neighbor across the bay and suspicion arises. He does a little research and talks to people who know Gatsby, and starts to wonder if Gatsby's newer money is just a fraud. Once Daisy and Gatsby admit together that they love each other and have been meeting for a while, Tom is furious. But not nearly as furious as he is when he finds out Myrtle has been killed by a "mysterious yellow car" that housed Daisy and Gatsby. Tom jumps at the chance to undermine Gatsby and reveals exactly whose yellow car it is that has killed Myrtle. Tom, Daisy and their daughter leave New York after that incident, allowing other people to clean up the mess they have made.
Married to: Daisy Buchanan
Having an affair with: Myrtle Wilson
Cousins with: Nick Carraway
Lives across the bay from: Jay Gatsby
Jordan Baker
Friends with: Daisy Buchanan
Dating: Nick Carraway
Acquaintances with: Jay Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
Married to: George Wilson
Having an affair with: Tom Buchanan
Killed by: Daisy Buchanan
George Wilson
Married to: Myrtle Wilson
Murdered: Jay Gatsby