Great Gatsby Character Chart

Great Gatsby Character Chart Rich Jay Gatsby is fabulously rich. He comes up with several different ways of explaining how he makes his money, but it is obvious to say that he is a bootlegger by inferences and rumours spread throughout the novel. When thinking about wealthy West Eggers, Tom Buchanan becomes suspicious, saying “A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know" (104) Charitable In a monetary sense, Gatsby is not generous, but in the way that he gives up his colossal home just for people to come and have fun. He also lets people he didn't invite into it. When Nick appears for the first time at a Gatsby party, he says “I was one of the few guests who had been invited" (43). Gatsby is very timid. He has few friends, and even though he's throwing massive, wild parties, his host isn't known to those attending. When Nick is at the first party looking for him, he finds that “the two or three people of whom I asked, his whereabouts stared at me in an amazing way" (43). Obsessed - Obsessed with Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby. Since he was forced to leave her for war five years ago, he can't stop thinking about her. To win her back, he feels the need to amass the vast wealth he now has to please Daisy. He was broke before he went to war, and he knew Daisy couldn't marry a broke man. To please Daisy, Gatsby constructs his fake life. Jordan Baker emphasizes that “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy Jay Gatsby Mysterious - A rather mysterious character, Gatsby. He not only appears and leaves but a lot of rumours circulating about him. It is rumoured that he was Kaiser Wilhelm's cousin, that he went to Oxford, that he killed a man and that he was a German spy. would be just across the bay” (76). Honest - “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (59) Judgmental - “Her face was sad...but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget...” (Chapter 1, p14) Nick Carraway Racist- “Well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be— will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.” (18) Tough- “That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen of a...” (17) A Good Listener- Most of the characters in the story opens up to Nick and explain their problems. Change of Heart- Nick knows he's being pulled into a deceptive lifestyle, and that's what makes him run back West. Careless and Ignorant- “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made....” (170) Hypocrite- “Self-control!’ repeated Tom incredulously. ‘I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife...” (123124) Tom Buchanon Cheater- “Why——’ she said hesitantly, ‘Tom’s got some woman in New York.” (20) Shallow- “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (22) Selfish- Anyhow—Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn’t so I pulled on the emergency brake. Then she fell over into my lap and I drove on.” (137) Dramatic- “I’m p-paralyzed with happiness. (14) Careless- - “she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them” (156) Daisy Buchanon Hypocrite- “I hate careless people. That’s why I like you.” (59). Dishonest- “She was incurably dishonest. She wasn’t able to endure being at a disadvantage, and given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young” (58) Careless- “It takes two to make an accident” (59) Jordan Baker Secretive- It was...simply amazing,’ she repeated abstractedly. ‘But I swore I wouldn’t tell it and here I am tantalizing you.” (53)