MYRTLE WILSON

Myrtle Wilson is the wife of George Wilson and she lives in New York City. She also happens to be the woman with whom Tom Buchanan is having an affair. George is quite unaware of his wife's little indiscretions. She receives a puppy from Tom as a gift during their meeting when Tom introduces her to Nick. Myrtle, Tom, Nick, Myrtle's sister Catherine and the McKees all enjoyed drinks together in an apartment room. Myrtle sat on Tom's lap and Nick looked on uncomfortably. As the evening progressed, Myrtle's "costume" changed, as did her personality as she became drunk on alcohol. Nick noticed her "intense vitality" when they first met, but this was now replaced with "impressive hauteur." She is an incredibly loud woman, and her mannerisms become almost violent. The whole room and everything happening in it seem to revolve around Myrtle. Being extremely out-spoken and loud-mouthed, Myrtle manages to crash the little social by suddenly deciding to repeatedly chant Daisy's name over and over. This provokes Tom to punch her in the nose and the social comes to an abrupt end. Myrtle is only mentioned in passing a few more times until she meets her unfortunate demise in the end. Daisy and Gatsby are driving down the road, with Daisy in the driver's seat when Myrtle suddenly runs in front of the car. Daisy does not really know who Myrtle is, but she continues driving for some reason and does not appear to try to miss hitting Myrtle. Myrtle dies immediately upon impact. Gatsby ends up taking the blame for her murder because it was his car that hit her. Determined to get revenge for Myrtle's death, her husband George eventually kills Gatsby.

GEORGE WILSON

George is Myrtle's husband and the owner of Wilson's Garage. He has blonde hair, he is spiritless, and he has blue eyes. He is the first person who Tom and Nick speak to upon arriving in the city. They talk in the garage for a while before they meet up with Myrtle. "White, ashen dust" is on his dark suit as well as his light hair and everything else in the garage. He is working on a car that Tom wants to buy from him, and they briefly discuss it before Tom and Nick go off with Myrtle. George's only other big moment in the book is in the end when he kills Gatsby in the yard at Gatsby's home. He falsely believes that Gatsby is the one responsible for killing his wife Myrtle. Of course, Myrtle is killed by Gatsby's car but definitely not by Gatsby. His mistake gets Gatsby killed. That is the end of George Wilson.

JORDAN BAKER

Jordan is first introduced as Daisy Buchanan's good friend. She and Daisy were both clad in white dresses, which Nick notices right away. The color white seems to represent an initial womanly purity. Daisy says to wear white is to be an "absolute little dream." Jordan and Daisy as well are both very statue-like. They sit like stiff statues and their "golden arms" and "golden shoulders" with powdered white fingers give them that statuesque appearance. Jordan's hair is an "autumn-leaf yellow" and she has slender muscles in her arms and is quite attractive, according to Nick. Jordan's lovely face was initially familiar to Nick because he had seen it on many pictures of sporting life in Asheville, Hot Springs and Palm Beach. Jordan is very good at sports, especially golf. She stands accused of cheating in a recent golf tournament. As the story continues, Daisy appoints herself matchmaker and tries to "arrange a marriage" between Nick and Jordan. The two do become "a couple" for a brief period and attend Gatsby's parties together as well as visit Tom and Daisy together. Eventually, however, the two do break up and Jordan fades from the story when she is rumored to be involved with a new man.

JAY GATSBY

Jay Gatsby is the man whom the entire story revolves around. It seems that his only purpose is to win back the love of his beloved Daisy Buchanan whom he knew long ago. She, however, is married to Tom, and not free to marry him. Gatsby is a very wealthy man who more than likely committed many crimes including bootlegging. Gatsby's real name is James Gatz and he lives in a giant mansion, right next door to the narrator, Nick. Nick and Gatsby make each other's acquaintance for the first time at Gatsby's party. Gatsby affectionately calls Nick "old sport," as he does with everyone else, and the two become quick friends. Nick eventually becomes the one responsible for setting up a meeting between Daisy and Gatsby, which he does. Nick does not always understand Gatsby and why he does the things he does, but he does admire and like him. Gatsby spends the entire novel pining away for Daisy and in the end he unfortunately meets his demise. Daisy is driving his car with Gatsby in the passenger seat, and she hits Tom's mistress when she runs out in front of the car. Everyone assumes Gatsby is the murderer because it was his car that hit Myrtle, but in fact, Gatsby was just covering up for his love, Daisy, the real murderer. Because Gatsby will not ever allow any harm to come to Daisy, he takes all blame and is eventually killed in the end by Myrtle's angry husband George. Nick is upset by the low attendance at Gatsby's funeral and wishes that Gatsby had someone to mourn him. Life goes on after Gatsby's death and no one ever discovers the real truth about who really killed Myrtle.

OWL EYES

Owl Eyes is first introduced as the "late patron" inside Gatsby's library during the party. Outside Gatsby's home after his party, there is a car accident and Owl Eyes is the one in the car. He says that the car went into a ditch but he "knows nothing whatsoever about mechanics" and he declares that he had no idea how the accident happened. There is speculation among the crowd members as to whether he is maybe trying to commit suicide or if he is just simply a terrible driver. The truth eventually comes out, however, that Owl Eyes is not the one driving the vehicle, but it is in fact some other "pale, dangling individual." The wheel had come off the car and that is what caused the accident. Owl Eyes does not appear anymore and is basically just a very strange, mysterious character.

DAN CODY

Jay Gatsby's legal name is James Gatz. The specific moment when he decided to change it, when he was 17, was also the moment that began his career. Dan Cody had a very big part in this moment of Gatsby's life. James Gatz had been walking along the beach in a "torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants," but it was in fact, Jay Gatsby that interacted with Cody on that momentous day. Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor over the most "insidious flat" on Lake Superior. When Gatsby saw this, he borrowed a rowboat, and pulled out to where Cody was on the water and warned him that the "wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour." Cody a product of the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush. The transactions in Montana copper made Cody a great millionaire. Cody was softminded, and naive, and many young women took advantage of this. One woman in particular, Ella Kaye, a newspaper woman, took advantage of his weakness. Over the next few years, Gatsby was steward, mate, skipper, secretary and even jailer for Dan Cody, and was very trusted by him. Through all of this, Dan Cody had an insatiable thirst for alcohol and drank continuously. Upon the return of Ella Kaye one night in Boston, Dan Cody "inhospitably died." Dan Cody did influence Gatsby in many ways; most importantly, watching Cody's excessive drinking, made Gatsby drink very little. A portrait of Cody hangs on Gatsby's wall.

PAMMY BUCHANAN

Pammy is the young, two year-old daughter of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Daisy talks about her initially in the beginning after Nick asks about her. Daisy tells Nick that when she was just born, and less than one hour old, Tom was nowhere to be found. When Daisy found out she had a girl, not a boy, she sobbed uncontrollably. When Daisy finally accepted her child as a girl, she hoped Pammy would be a fool. Daisy believes that a "beautiful little fool" is the best thing a girl can be in the world. Pammy seemed to spend little time with her parents and when she did come to see her mother, Daisy promptly pushed her off to her bedroom with her nanny.