Nick Carraway
The next-door neighbor to Nick.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
The nickname constantly uttered by Gatsby.
What is "old sport"?
"I hope I never will. I hate careless people. That's why I like you."
Who is Jordan Baker?
This symbolizes the dirtiness and moral corruption as people strive for wealth, as well as the poor, caught between the glamorous New York as well as the fancy West and East Egg.
What is Louisiana?
The Egg that Nick lives on.
What is the West Egg?
The woman Gatsby is infatuated with.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
"Civilization's going to pieces. I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
The representation of "new" money, the fortunes being made by people of the era, as well as "old" money, legacy fortunes.
Where Gatsby supposedly attended college.
What is Oxford?
The cardinal virtue Nick suspects of himself.
What is honesty?
What is a drug store?
"I'll telephone my sister Catherine. She's said to be very beautiful by people who ought to know."
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
Representing corruption, shallowness, and superficiality. Flashy, loud, but empty. The hollowness of the American Dream.
What is Gatsby's parties?
The store that George Wilson owns.
What is a repair garage?
This person told Nick, "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who is Nick's father?
The instrument Gatsby ordered a Mr. Klipspringer to play for Daisy and Nick.
What is a piano?
"They're such beautiful shirts. It makes me sad because I've never seen such- such beautiful shirts before."
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
Representing the eyes of God, looking down, seeing everything.
What are the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
Where Nick attended a party with Tom and Myrtle, as well as Catherine, and the McKees.
What is the apartment in New York?
The military unit Nick was in during the Great War.
What is the Ninth Machine-Gun Battalion?
An elderly man who is an old friend of Gatsby, now dead. Took Gatsby around on his yacht, three times around the continent.
Who is Dan Cody?
"I handed the money to Katspaugh and I sid: 'All right, Katspaugh, don't pay him a penny till he shuts his mouth.' He shut it then and there."
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
Representation of Gatsby's hope, as well as hope in general.
What is the green light?
The bay in James Gatz's hometown where he first met Dan Cody.
What is Little Girl Bay?