# The Great Gatsby — Character guide

> Key figures in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- [Jay Gatsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/jay_gatsby.md): Gatsby presides over Long Island's most extravagant parties, yet he stands apart from the crowd, watching and waiting for a single guest who never comes. His fortune, his mansion, and his impeccable suits are all instrum
- [Nick Carraway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/nick_carraway.md): Nick rents a small house beside Gatsby's mansion and is drawn into a summer of wealth, secrets, and careless people. He is Daisy's cousin and Tom's college acquaintance, which places him at the center of a marriage quiet
- [Daisy Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/daisy_buchanan.md): Daisy lives across the bay in East Egg with her husband Tom, drifting through a life of parties and privilege that leaves her restless and unfulfilled. When Gatsby reappears, she is drawn to his adoration and the possibi
- [Tom Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/tom_buchanan.md): Tom rules East Egg society with a sense of entitlement so complete it barely registers as effort, keeping a mistress in the valley of ashes while expecting his wife's loyalty. When Gatsby enters the picture, Tom's posses
- [Jordan Baker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/jordan_baker.md): Jordan is Daisy's oldest friend and a fixture at the Buchanans' dinner table, where she observes everything with a detached, slightly cynical eye. She is the one who first tells Nick about Gatsby and Daisy's history, dra
- [Myrtle Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/myrtle_wilson.md): Myrtle lives above her husband George's failing garage, surrounded by the grey ash of industrial Queens, and clings to Tom as her escape from that world. When she is with him, she buys magazines and dresses and speaks wi
- [George Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/george_wilson.md): Wilson runs the failing garage at the edge of the ash heaps, a man whose gray dust-stained world sits in stark contrast to the glitter of East Egg. He loves Myrtle with a desperate, clinging devotion that makes him both 
- [Meyer Wolfshiem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/meyer_wolfshiem.md): A shady businessman and associate of Gatsby, famously involved in fixing the 1919 World Series.
- [Ewing Klipspringer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/klipspringer.md): A frequent guest at Gatsby's mansion, known as 'the boarder' for his constant presence.
- [Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/catherine.md): Myrtle Wilson's sister, who attends the party at Tom and Myrtle's apartment in New York.
- [Dan Cody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/dan_cody.md): A wealthy copper mogul who mentored the young James Gatz and significantly influenced his life.
- [Henry Gatz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/henry_gatz.md): Jay Gatsby's father, a poor farmer from Minnesota who arrives after his son's death.
- [Owl Eyes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/owl_eyes.md): An eccentric, bespectacled party guest at Gatsby's who is amazed by the authenticity of Gatsby's library.
- [Lucille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/lucille.md): A guest at Gatsby's parties who provides Nick with gossip about Gatsby's background.
- [Mrs. McKee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/mrs_mckee.md): A neighbor of Myrtle Wilson who attends the party at Tom and Myrtle's apartment in New York.
- [Mr. McKee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/mr_mckee.md): A photographer and neighbor of Myrtle Wilson, present at the party in their New York apartment.
- [Miss Baedeker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/miss_baedeker.md): A drunken guest at one of Gatsby's parties, mentioned briefly by Nick.

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