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The Great Gatsby Contents Major Characters A Plots B Themes Symbols C Nick Carraway ? A Yale graduate originating from the Midwest ? A World War I veteran ? At the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg, who is aged 29 (later 30). ? He is Gatsbys next-door neighbor and a salesman. ? He is easy-going, occasionally sarcastic, and somewhat optimistic, although this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. Nick Carraway ? He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. ? Nick is a reliable narrator. He does not make quick judgement, and thus is able to gain access to “many curious natures” and become “privy” to unsought confidences. (p218) ? Nick has contact with all of the three groups in the world of Gatsby. Jay Gatsby ? A young, mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger), originally from North Dakota. ? He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan, whom he had met when he was a young military officer stationed at the Armys Camp Taylor in Louisville during World War I. ? Idealistic and naive Daisy Fay Buchanan ? An attractive, effervescent, shallow and self- absorbed young Louisville, Kentucky debutante and socialite, identified as a flapper . ? She is Nicks second cousin, once removed, and the wife of Tom Buchanan. ? Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgeralds own youthful romances with Ginevra King. Thomas Buchanan （ Tom ） ? A millionaire who lives on East Egg, and Daisys husband. ? Tom is an imposing man of muscular build with a husky tenor voice and arrogant demeanor. He is a former football star at Yale. ? Buchanan attended Yale and is a white supremacist. Jordan Baker ? Daisy Buchanans long-time friend with autumn-leaf yellow hair, a firm athletic body, and an aloof attitude. ? She is Nick Carraways girlfriend for most of the novel and an amateur golfer with a slightly shady reputation and a penchant for unt