Jay Gatsby – Protagonist, lives in West Egg, ridiculously wealthy, throws lavish parties quite frequently, made his fortune through criminal activities, in love with Daisy
Daisy Buchanan – Both Protagonist and Antagonist, Fell in love with Gatsby, promised to wait for him but when asked to marry Tom she decided not to wait and moved to East Egg (which is across the lake from Gatsby), appears to act very fake to hide her pain from her husbands infidelity
Tom Buchanan – Antagonist, Daisy’s wealthy husband, has multiple affairs with Myrtle, suspects something of Jay and Daisy’s relationship, which then results in an angry confrontation
Nick Carraway – Protagonist, moves to West Egg to learn more about the bond business, Daisy’s cousin, helps
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His neighbor is Gatsby. Nick goes to have lunch with his cousin Daisy and she tells him of Tom’s affairs with Myrtle. Nick eventually gets invited to one of Gatsby’s parties, which he only throws in hopes of Daisy attending one, and Gatsby asks Nick to arrange a meeting between the two. Nick invites her to his house because Gatsby believed he would not meet her if she knew he was still in love with him. They then fall back in love with each other. At a luncheon later in the novel, Toms realizes the love between Daisy and Jay and becomes furious. Toms tells Daisy how Gatsby became wealthy illegally and Daisy decides that her allegiance is to Tom. Tom then allows Daisy to go back to West Egg with Gatsby to show him that he cannot be hurt by his actions. When Gatsby and Daisy are driving back through the Valley of Ashes, they accidently strike Myrtle and kill her and then drive off. Gatsby tells Tom that even though Daisy was driving the car, he intends to take the blame. Tom tells George, Myrtles husband, that Gatsby was the driver of the car and goes to Gatsby’s house and shoots and kills him and then does the same to himself. Nick then holds a funeral for Gatsby that was rather small and moves back to the Midwest to escape the craziness in West