The Men of Gatsby

In the Great Gatsby there are about 6 characters not counting wolfshiem, who is apart of the mob and is the one who made Gatsby rich by doing bootlegging. Nick Carraway - The novels narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, was being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I,Nick goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment. Jay Gatsby- The title character and protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is a wealthy young man living in a mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the parties he throws every Saturday night.Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially old family, Tom is an arrogant, and is like a bully. George Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom.