The Great Gatsby

Genre: Novel

Characters

Catherine

Dan Cody

Henry Gatz

Owl Eyes

Major Symbols

Gatsby's Boyhood Schedule

Key Ideas

Love

Society and Class

The American Dream

Wealth

Memory and Bias

Ambition

Gender

The Valley of Ashes

Nick Carraway

Klipspringer

The Green Light

Jay Gatsby

Meyer Wolfsheim

Daisy Buchanan

Jordan Baker

Tom Buchanan

Myrtle Wilson

George Wilson

The Great Gatsby

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

East Egg

Setting: Long Island, Queens, and Manhattan, 1920s

West Egg

The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg