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Nick: Nick is a 30 year old man from the MidWest who decides to change his life and moves to just outside New York City. Nick rents a small house next door to Gatsby's mansion. He is Daisy's distant cousin and often goes to visit her and her husband Tom. During the course of the novel, Nick falls in love with Daisy's friend Jordan Baker. Nick is a quiet guy and really doesnt have very strong opinions about many things or argue with any of the other characters. For this reason, he is good at telling all of the events of the story accuratly and without a bias. Nick goes along with whatever happens with the other characters and helps them and keeps their secrets even if he really doesnt approve of what they think or of what they are doing. By the end of the novel, Nick shows that he really is a good person and that he understands life more than most of the other characters in the story seem to.

Gatsby: Gatsby appears to be a rich, classy socialite who throws extravegant parties and is loved and admired by all. He seems to be a mysterious figure that you really dont get to actually meet until about half way through the book. In actuality, he grew up very poor in the West and met Daisy, the love of his life. But she is rich and Gatsby knows that he really cannot be with her the way that he wants to be. He goes off the war and attends Oxford for a short amount of time. By the time he gets back from the war, Daisy has moved on and married Tom. This breaks Gatsby's heart and he begins to work and work and gets in with some different people, and eventually he becomes the rich upper class man that he appears to be in the novel. He guys a house across the Sound from Daisy so that he can be close to her. When they finally meet again, Gatsby is so nervous that he can barely contain himself. But he falls in love with her all over again. By then end though, he seems to be like clingy on her and when she admits that she did love Tom too, he gets really upset and feels betrayed even though Tom is Daisy's husband. When Daisy kills Myrtle, Gatsby loves her enough that he is willing to talk the blame. And eventually he does, when Wilson kills him. Gatsby died and was buried alone, because he was a part of the rich corrupt upper class.

Daisy: Daisy is your typical rich southern girl. She gets whatever she wants and has men practically knocking down her door to court and marry her, including Gatsby. She is nice enough, but essentially she is just wrapped up in her own life and the fast life and parties of being rich and popular. She marries Tom, a rich and famous athelete and together, they are a power couple. She is in love with money and luxury. She pays little to no attention to her daughter and lays around the house all day and drinks fancy drinks. She cheats on her husband with Gatsby eventually. When Gatsby and Tom fight, she takes Tom's side because she realizes that he is better and the right kinda of rich socialitle that she wants to be with and she abandons Gatsby. In the end, she kills the woman that Tom was cheating on her with and feels no remorse. She completly forgets about Gatsby and moves away with Tom in the end.

Tom: Tom is Daisy's rich husband. But he is a bit of a jerk and is very wrapped up in himself. He is not happy with his wife and he is cheating on her with another woman. But he really doesnt respect her very well either because he gets drunk and breaks her nose. He has no moral values and is just an all around jerk.

Jordan: Jordan is a famous golf player who is friends with Daisy and Tom and eventually becomes the love interest for Nick. She is a socialite though and again, is wrapped up in her own life. After one tense night between all of the characters, she blows off Nick and eventually tells him that she is engaged to another man, even though it is most likely not true.

Myrtle: Myrle is Tom's lover. She is the wife of a working class man and wants the life of a rich person. She gets this life in being with Tom because he buys her whatever she wants.

Wilson: Wilson is just the husband of Myrtle. He is a typical working class man, and he is insanly jealous when he realizes that his wife is cheating on him. He uses this jealous in one final act, to kill the person that he belives is responsible for the death of his wife.