Characters Flashcards
1
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Nick Carraway
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Part of the idle and aimless set - drifted into his new occupation, not working very hard except to figure out Gatsby.
Operates within expectations of American success, as do most characters.
2
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Jay Gatsby
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Rumoured to have killed a man - he has killed James Gatz.
Never gives up hope.
3
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Daisy Buchanan
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The princess to be won.
4
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Tom Buchanan
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His behaviour - racist, hypocritical - marks low point of American Dream.
5
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George Wilson
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Manipulated by Myrtle’s aspirations and Tom’s power.
6
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Jordan Baker
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Representative of the 1920s New Woman - rebelling against male-domination but complicit with cold-hearted morality.
