The Great Gatsby · Character

Mrs. McKee

A neighbor of Myrtle Wilson who attends the party at Tom and Myrtle's apartment in New York.

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First appearance: Chapter II

Mrs. McKee shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Aspirational and gossipy; boasts about almost marrying beneath her and flatters Myrtle's dress.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Gatsby's delusion that he can recapture Daisy shatters here, as he waits all night for a signal that never com…

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