Title: The Great Gatsby
Author: F.Scott Fitzgerald
Theme: Man vs. Self, Trust, Loyalty, Love, Relationships.
Characters: Main Characters in order of Appearance:
- Nick Carraway (Protagonist)
- Daisy Buchanan (Tom’s Wife and Gatsby’s Lover)
- Jordan Baker (Daisy Friend and Nick’s Girlfriend)
- Tom Buchanan (Daisy’s Husband)
- Myrtle Wilson (Wilson’s Wife and Tom’s Lover)
- George Wilson (Myrtle’s Husband)
- Jay Gatsby (Main Character and Daisy’s Lover)
Conflicts: Internal Conflict: Nick vs. Self: The urge he has to judge people when he
doesn’t want to. External Conflict: Nick does not want to be involved with drama around
him but gets involved anyway because of the people around him. Daisy is conflicted
between whether she should love Tom or Gatsby. Gatsby is too shy to talk to Daisy and
needs Nick’s help to do so. Tom is stuck in a marriage that he doesn’t really want to be
in.
Plot: Nick moves into New York and finds himself in a whole bunch of drama. He
meets a man named Gatsby and finds out that Gatsby needs him to get the love of
his life back who happens to be Nick’s cousin Daisy. She’s married to Tom . Tom is
having an affair with Myrtle who is married to Wilson. One day Gatsby, Nick, Daisy,
and Tom go into town and that is when all the chaos begins. Tom finds out about Daisy
and Gatsby’s relationship. Going back to West Egg Daisy accidentally runs over Myrtle.
Then Gatsby gets accused of doing it and Wilson kills him and himself.
Setting: 1920’s in New York
Point of View: The book is told in the point of view of Nick. It is told in the first person
point of view.