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The Great Gatsby (Characters) - Coggle Diagram
The Great Gatsby (Characters)
Gatsby
New money
Hated poverty
Dropped out of St. Olaf College
Love for Daisy Buchanan
Made his fortune through criminal activity
Known for his big parties
Used to attract Daisy
Daisy
Fell in love with Gatsby in their younger years
Gatsby went to war, Daisy said she would wait for him
Deep need to be loved
Married Tom Buchanan (Wealthy)
Sardonic and somewhat cynical
Behaves superficially (masking her pain from husband)
Nick
Narrator
Unreliable
Selective with regard to the information that he includes in his account of the events
Fought in WW1
Studied at Yale
Befriends Gatsby and whilst continuing education of the bond business
Tom
Born into wealthy, high status family
Arrogant, hypocritical bully
Sexism and racism
Has affair with Myrtle
Doesn't live up to moral standards of which he demands from everyone else
Outraged once he finds out about Daisy and Gatsby's affair
Jordan
Her and Nick become romantically involved
Presents one of the "new women" of the 1920s
Cynical, boyish, and self-centered
Myrtle
Tom's lover
Treats her as an object of his desire
Husband owns a run-down garage
Valley of Ashes
Will do anything to improve her situation (status, living, wealth etc.)
George
Myrtle's husband
Loves and idealises her, was devastated by her affair
Consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed