While the title The Great Gatsby might suggest that the central puzzle of this novel is ...
Origins: Jimmy Gatz Long before Gatsby was “great,” he was a small town kid with big...
Gatsby’s entire fortune, and his entire life, really, are built upon the hope that someday...
Tom Buchanan is Daisy’s husband, an extremely wealthy man, a brute, and an athlete. He̵...
Nick might end up "halfway in love" with Jordan, but he consistently describes her as cynical, ha...
Poor George. He really gets the short end of the stick in this one. And, seeing as he’s one...
We get the feeling that Myrtle Wilson is not an especially smart woman. Strung along by Tom, Myrt...
We don’t know a lot about Meyer Wolfsheim – and we’re not supposed to. Beyond t...
These two odd characters sum up two extremes of the kinds of ludicrous, hilarious, bizarre people...