Character+List


 * Nick Carraway**
 * Narrator who lives next door to Gatsby and helps him get Daisy back.
 * Dynamic character
 * Symbolizes purity and honesty
 * Jay Gatsby**
 * Wealthy protagonist who is in love with Daisy Buchannan.
 * Static character
 * Symbolizes the quest for the American dream
 * Daisy Buchanan**
 * Nick's beautiful cousin, who is part of a higher social class and is the object of Gatsby's desire.
 * Dynamic character
 * Symbolizes the American dream
 * Tom Buchanan**
 * Daisy's brutish husband, who is outspoken and unfaithful.
 * Static character
 * Symbolizes the shallowness of the wealthy
 * Jordan Baker**
 * Daisy's young friend, who is a professional golfer and a classy woman. She is dating Nick.
 * Static character
 * Symbolizes the typical 1920s woman
 * Meyer Wolfshiem**
 * Gatsby's friend, who is a professional gambler and helped him attain his wealth through questionable means.
 * Static character
 * Sybolizes corruption and greed
 * Myrtle Wilson**
 * Tom's mistress, who treats her affair with Tom as a secret life where she is part of the upper class. She is eventually killed by Daisy.
 * Static character
 * Symbolizes corruption of the 1920s
 * George Wilson**
 * Myrtle's husband, who owns a gas station and feels trapped in his life.
 * Dynamic character
 * Symbolizes the plight of the poor
 * Ewing Klipspringer**
 * Gatsby's boarder
 * Static character
 * Symbolizes greed

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