The Great Gatsby

Nick Carraway

Also known as Nick · Mr. Carraway

The first-person narrator, a Midwesterner who moves East to work in bonds and becomes Gatsby’s neighbor. Daisy Buchanan’s cousin and Tom’s former college acquaintance, he helps Gatsby reunite with Daisy and arranges his funeral.

Nick’s father

Also known as his father

Nick’s father gave him advice to reserve judgment and agreed to finance his move East.

Gatsby’s great-uncle

Also known as Nick’s great-uncle

The actual founder of the Carraway family line in the Middle West; he came there in 1851 and started the wholesale hardware business later run by Nick’s father. Nick never met him.

Unnamed young man at Nick’s office

A colleague who suggested sharing a house in a commuting town, but was ordered to Washington shortly before the move.

Unnamed Finnish woman

Also known as the Finn · My Finn

Nick’s housekeeper in West Egg, who makes his bed, cooks breakfast, and tells him Gatsby has replaced his household staff.

Unnamed man asking directions

A newly arrived man Nick meets on the road, who asks how to get to West Egg village.

Jay Gatsby

Also known as Gatsby · Mr. Gatsby · James Gatz · Major Jay Gatsby · Jimmy

Nick’s wealthy West Egg neighbor, host of lavish parties, and former lover of Daisy Buchanan. Born James Gatz to unsuccessful North Dakota farm people, he reinvented himself at seventeen and built his life around winning Daisy back; he served as a wartime major and received Allied decorations.

Daisy Buchanan

Also known as Daisy · Daisy Fay

Nick’s second cousin once removed and Tom Buchanan’s wife. She loved Gatsby before marrying Tom and later resumes their affair; she is the mother of Pammy.

Tom Buchanan

Also known as Tom

Daisy’s wealthy husband and Nick’s former college acquaintance. A powerful former football player, he has an affair with Myrtle Wilson and becomes suspicious of Gatsby.

Jordan Baker

Also known as Miss Baker

A professional golfer and Daisy’s friend from Louisville. She tells Nick about Daisy and Gatsby’s past and helps Gatsby arrange to meet Daisy.

Daisy and Tom’s daughter

Also known as the baby · the little girl · Pammy

The young daughter of Daisy and Tom, previously mentioned but unseen. Her nurse brings her to meet Gatsby and Nick.

Tom’s butler

Also known as the butler

The Buchanan household’s butler. Daisy says polishing silver for a large household damaged his nose; he answers the telephone and serves as a point of contact at the house.

Tom Buchanan’s mistress

Also known as Mrs. Wilson · Myrtle Wilson · Myrtle

George Wilson’s wife and Tom’s mistress, who lives above his garage in the valley of ashes. She is killed by Gatsby’s car while Daisy is driving.

George B. Wilson

Also known as Wilson · George Wilson

Myrtle’s husband and proprietor of a garage in the valley of ashes. After Myrtle’s death he becomes convinced the yellow car’s driver killed her, and he goes to Gatsby’s house.

Unnamed gray-haired puppy seller

Also known as the dog seller

An elderly street vendor who sells Myrtle an Airedale puppy from a basket.

Myrtle’s sister

Also known as Catherine

Myrtle’s worldly red-haired sister, who lives with a friend at a hotel and attends the gathering at Myrtle’s apartment. She arrives drunk after Myrtle’s death, then denies that Myrtle knew Gatsby.

Chester McKee

Also known as Mr. McKee

A photographer who lives in the apartment below Myrtle’s. He has taken many portraits of his wife and hopes to get more work on Long Island.

Mrs. McKee

Also known as Lucille · Mrs. Chester McKee

Chester McKee’s wife, who attends the gathering at Myrtle’s apartment and boasts that her husband has photographed her many times.

Mrs. Eberhardt

A woman Myrtle says visits people’s homes to examine their feet; she is mentioned but does not appear.

Unnamed former suitor of Mrs. McKee

A man Mrs. McKee says pursued her for years and whom she nearly married before meeting Chester.

Unnamed man whose suit George Wilson borrowed

The owner of the best suit George Wilson borrowed to marry Myrtle; he came to reclaim it.

Myrtle’s mother

Myrtle refers to her mother’s grave when listing errands; she is mentioned but does not appear.

Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

Also known as Doctor Eckleburg

An optometrist whose enormous painted eyes on a billboard overlook the valley of ashes. Michaelis explains that the eyes are an advertisement, while Wilson mistakenly treats them as God’s eyes.

Unnamed Italian child

A gray, scrawny child seen setting firecrackers along the railroad track near the valley of ashes.

Unnamed elevator boy

Also known as the elevator boy

The elevator operator at Myrtle’s apartment building, who brings supplies for the puppy and later gives Nick directions to Wolfshiem’s office.

Unnamed janitor

Also known as the janitor

The apartment building’s janitor, whom Tom summons to fetch sandwiches.

Unnamed puppy

Also known as the Airedale · the dog

The small male Airedale puppy Myrtle buys and brings to the apartment.

Unnamed gray cat

Also known as the cat

A cat whose silhouette Nick sees crossing the moonlit yard near Gatsby’s mansion.

Unnamed butler at Gatsby’s house

Also known as Gatsby’s butler

A butler who summons Gatsby during a party and later asks Jordan to speak with him privately. He waits through the night for a call and gives Nick Wolfshiem’s office address.

Unnamed chauffeur

Also known as Gatsby’s chauffeur

Gatsby’s chauffeur, one of Wolfshiem’s protégés. He delivers Gatsby’s invitation to Nick, helps prepare the pool mattress, and hears the shots that kill Gatsby and Wilson.

Vladmir Tostoff

Also known as Mr. Tostoff

A composer whose latest work, “Vladmir Tostoff’s Jazz History of the World,” is performed at Gatsby’s party.

Unnamed orchestra leader

The leader of the orchestra at Gatsby’s party, who announces Tostoff’s composition.

Unnamed party guest known as Owl Eyes

Also known as the owl-eyed man · Owl-eyes · the man with owl-eyed glasses

A stout, middle-aged guest with large owl-like spectacles who examines the real books in Gatsby’s library while drunk. He later turns up at Gatsby’s funeral and mourns him.

Mrs. Claud Roosevelt

Also known as Mrs. Roosevelt

A woman who brought Owl Eyes to Gatsby’s party; she is mentioned but does not appear directly.

Unnamed girl in a yellow dress

Also known as one of the girls in yellow

One of two similarly dressed party guests who greet Jordan as a golfer. She later plays piano at Gatsby’s party.

Unnamed second girl in a yellow dress

Also known as the other girl in yellow

The other of two similarly dressed party guests. She and her companion are described as stage twins and perform a baby act.

Lucille

A party guest who tells Jordan that Gatsby sent her a replacement evening gown after she tore hers at an earlier party.

Unnamed Mr. Mumble

Also known as one of the three Mr. Mumbles

One of three male party guests introduced to Nick and Jordan by the same name; one joins gossip about Gatsby.

Unnamed second Mr. Mumble

Also known as one of the three Mr. Mumbles

One of three male party guests introduced to Nick and Jordan by the same name; he listens to rumors about Gatsby.

Unnamed third Mr. Mumble

Also known as one of the three Mr. Mumbles

One of three male party guests introduced to Nick and Jordan by the same name; he listens to rumors about Gatsby.

Unnamed man who knew Gatsby in Germany

A party guest who claims to have grown up with Gatsby in Germany and confirms a rumor that Gatsby was a German spy.

Unnamed undergraduate

Also known as Jordan’s escort

A persistent, innuendo-prone college student accompanying Jordan at the party, who later tries to draw Nick into conversation with chorus girls.

Unnamed party guest and former First Division soldier

A man Nick meets at Gatsby’s party who recognizes him from the war; he served in the Sixteenth Infantry and owns a hydroplane.

Unnamed rowdy girl

A young party guest at a table with Nick and Jordan who laughs uncontrollably at the slightest provocation.

Unnamed celebrated tenor

A well-known singer who performs in Italian at Gatsby’s party.

Unnamed notorious contralto

A well-known singer who performs jazz at Gatsby’s party.

Unnamed Gilda Gray understudy

A dancer at Gatsby’s party, rumored by the guests to be Gilda Gray’s understudy from the Follies.

Unnamed red-haired chorus singer

A tall young woman from a famous chorus who sings at Gatsby’s party, then weeps and falls asleep after drinking champagne.

Unnamed woman said to be the chorus singer’s wife

A woman at the party who argues with the red-haired singer, claiming to be her spouse.

Unnamed actress

A young actress at Gatsby’s party who speaks intensely with one of the married men.

Unnamed wife who says “You promised!”

The wife of a party guest who confronts her husband after he talks with a young actress.

Unnamed first indignant wife

One of two sober party guests’ wives who complains that her husband wants to leave whenever she is enjoying herself.

Unnamed second indignant wife

The other of two sober party guests’ wives, who agrees that her husband is selfish and is carried out kicking.

Unnamed husband who wants to leave

One of two sober men at Gatsby’s party whose wife resents his wish to go home.

Unnamed second husband who wants to leave

The other of two sober men at Gatsby’s party, who notes that the orchestra has already left.

Unnamed woman who invites Nick to visit

Also known as Mrs. Sigourney Howard

A woman leaving Gatsby’s party who invites Nick to visit and says to look her up under Mrs. Sigourney Howard, her aunt’s name.

Unnamed man driving the wrecked coupé

Also known as the pale, dangling individual · the criminal

A drunken passenger who emerges from the wrecked car after Owl Eyes explains he was not driving. He does not realize the car has stopped or lost a wheel.

Nick’s brief affair partner

Also known as the girl in the accounting department

A young woman from Jersey City who works in Nick’s office accounting department. Nick lets their brief relationship fade when she leaves for vacation and her brother gives him hostile looks.

Brother of Nick’s brief affair partner

Also known as her brother

The brother of the young woman Nick briefly dates; his hostile looks lead Nick to let the relationship fade.

Jordan’s caddy

Also known as the caddy

A caddy who accused Jordan of moving her ball during a golf tournament, then retracted his statement.

Unnamed witness to Jordan’s golf incident

The other witness to the alleged ball-moving incident at Jordan’s first major golf tournament; the witness later said he might have been mistaken.

Unnamed workman

A workman whose coat button Jordan’s car fender flicked while she was driving.

The Chester Beckers

Also known as the Beckers

East Egg guests who attended Gatsby’s parties; the passage gives no individual names or further details.

The Leeches

An East Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Bunsen

A man from East Egg whom Nick knew at Yale and who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Doctor Webster Civet

Also known as Doc Civet

An East Egg guest at Gatsby’s parties, said to have drowned in Maine the previous summer.

The Hornbeams

An East Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Willie Voltaires

An East Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Blackbucks

Also known as the Blackbuck clan

An East Egg family group who attended Gatsby’s parties and habitually gathered together; no individual members are identified.

The Ismays

An East Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Hubert Auerbach

An East Egg guest at Gatsby’s parties, identified as one of the people associated with the Chrysties.

Mr. Chrystie’s wife

An East Egg guest at Gatsby’s parties, identified in place of the Chrysties; her personal name is not given.

Edgar Beaver

An East Egg guest at Gatsby’s parties, whose hair was said to have turned white in a single winter afternoon.

Clarence Endive

An East Egg guest who came to Gatsby’s house once and fought a man called Etty in the garden.

Etty

Also known as the bum named Etty

A man who fought with Clarence Endive in Gatsby’s garden.

The Cheadles

A family from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The O. R. P. Schraeders

A family from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Stonewall Jackson Abrams

A guest from Georgia who attended Gatsby’s parties.

The Fishguards

A family from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Ripley Snells

A family from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Mrs. Ulysses Swett

A guest whose automobile ran over Ripley Snell’s hand while he was drunk in Gatsby’s drive.

The Dancies

A family from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

S. B. Whitebait

A guest at Gatsby’s parties who was over sixty.

Maurice A. Flink

A guest at Gatsby’s parties.

The Hammerheads

A family group from farther out on Long Island who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Beluga

Also known as the tobacco importer

A tobacco importer who attended Gatsby’s parties, sometimes with the women called Beluga’s girls.

Beluga’s girls

Women who accompanied the tobacco importer Beluga to Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Poles

A West Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Mulreadys

A West Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Cecil Roebuck

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Cecil Schoen

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Gulick

Also known as the State senator

A West Egg guest and state senator who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Newton Orchid

A West Egg guest who controlled Films Par Excellence and attended Gatsby’s parties.

Eckhaust

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Clyde Cohen

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Don S. Schwartz

Also known as Don S. Schwartz (the son)

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties; identified as the son.

Arthur McCarty

A West Egg guest connected with the movies who attended Gatsby’s parties.

The Catlips

A West Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Bembergs

A West Egg family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

G. Earl Muldoon

A West Egg guest at Gatsby’s parties and brother of the man who later strangled his wife.

G. Earl Muldoon’s brother

Also known as the Muldoon who strangled his wife

The brother of G. Earl Muldoon, who later strangled his wife; he is mentioned but does not appear.

Da Fontano

Also known as the promoter

A promoter who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Ed Legros

A guest who came to Gatsby’s parties to gamble.

James B. Ferret

Also known as Rot-Gut

A guest who came to Gatsby’s parties to gamble; Nick took his wandering into the garden to mean Ferret had lost his money.

The De Jongs

A family who came to Gatsby’s parties to gamble; no individual members are identified.

Ernest Lilly

A guest who came to Gatsby’s parties to gamble.

The associated traction company executive

Also known as Associated Traction

An unnamed person or entity referenced in connection with Ferret’s gambling and the company’s stock; the text does not identify an individual.

Gus Waize

A theatrical person who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Horace O’Donavan

A theatrical person who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Lester Myer

A theatrical person who attended Gatsby’s parties.

George Duckweed

A theatrical person who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Francis Bull

A theatrical person who attended Gatsby’s parties.

The Chromes

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Backhyssons

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Dennickers

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

Russel Betty

A New York guest who attended Gatsby’s parties.

The Corrigans

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Kellehers

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Dewars

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The Scullys

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

S. W. Belcher

A New York guest who attended Gatsby’s parties.

The Smirkes

A New York family who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified.

The young Quinns

A young divorced couple from New York who attended Gatsby’s parties; their individual names are not given.

Henry L. Palmetto

A New York guest who attended Gatsby’s parties and later killed himself by jumping in front of a subway train.

Benny McClenahan

A guest who always arrived at Gatsby’s parties with four women, who varied in person but seemed alike.

Unnamed woman accompanying Benny McClenahan

Also known as Jaqueline · Consuela · Gloria · Judy · June

One of the women who accompanied Benny McClenahan to Gatsby’s parties. Nick cannot recall which of several possible first names was hers, so her identity remains uncertain.

Faustina O’Brien

A guest who attended Gatsby’s house at least once.

The Baedeker girls

A group of girls who attended Gatsby’s parties; no individual members are identified beyond Miss Baedeker.

Young Brewer

A young guest who had his nose shot off in the war.

Mr. Albrucksburger

A guest who attended Gatsby’s parties with his fiancée, Miss Haag.

Miss Haag

Mr. Albrucksburger’s fiancée, who attended Gatsby’s parties.

Ardita Fitz-Peters

A guest who attended Gatsby’s parties.

P. Jewett

A guest who attended Gatsby’s parties and had once headed the American Legion.

Miss Claudia Hip

A guest who attended Gatsby’s parties with a man reputed to be her chauffeur.

Unnamed reputed chauffeur of Miss Claudia Hip

A man who attended Gatsby’s parties with Miss Claudia Hip and was reputed to be her chauffeur.

Unnamed prince known as Duke

Also known as Duke

A guest at Gatsby’s parties whom Nick remembers only as a prince of some kind and calls Duke; his name is forgotten.

Unnamed young reporter

Also known as the reporter

An ambitious New York reporter who visits Gatsby to ask for a statement after hearing his name connected to something at his office.

Gatsby’s father

Also known as his father · Henry C. Gatz · Mr. Gatz

An unsuccessful North Dakota farmer and Gatsby’s father, who arrives for the funeral and takes pride in his son’s achievement and childhood ambitions.

Gatsby’s mother

Also known as his mother

One of Gatsby’s parents, an unsuccessful North Dakota farm person. Gatsby did not accept his parents as part of his imagined identity.

Dan Cody

Also known as Mr. Dan Cody

A wealthy mining magnate who became Gatsby’s mentor after Gatsby warned him about a wind threatening his yacht. Gatsby worked for him for five years but did not receive the legacy Cody intended for him.

Ella Kaye

A newspaper woman who came aboard Dan Cody’s yacht and later inherited his fortune. She is said to have gained influence over Cody before his death.

Unnamed English clothes buyer

Also known as the man in England

A person in England who buys Gatsby’s clothes and sends seasonal selections.

Unnamed commissioner

Also known as the commissioner

A commissioner whom Gatsby once did a favor; the commissioner sends Gatsby a Christmas card each year.

Unnamed motorcycle policeman

Also known as the policeman

A policeman who stops Gatsby for speeding but lets him go after Gatsby shows him a card.

Meyer Wolfshiem

Also known as Mr. Wolfshiem · Meyer

A New York gambler and Gatsby’s friend. Gatsby says Wolfshiem fixed the 1919 World Series; Wolfshiem tells Nick about Rosy Rosenthal’s murder and later refuses to attend Gatsby’s funeral.

Katspaugh

A man Meyer Wolfshiem says he paid to keep another person quiet.

Rosy Rosenthal

Also known as Rosy

A gambler and friend of Meyer Wolfshiem who was shot outside the old Metropole after leaving the table despite Wolfshiem’s warning.

Becker

A man Wolfshiem says was among those electrocuted in connection with the World Series scandal.

Unnamed man who was shot with Rosy Rosenthal

Also known as the waiter’s caller

One of the people who summoned Rosy Rosenthal outside the old Metropole; he was part of the group that shot Rosenthal.

Tom’s companion in Santa Barbara

Also known as the chambermaid

A chambermaid at the Santa Barbara Hotel who was with Tom when he crashed his car; her broken arm brought her into the newspapers.

Daisy’s mother

Also known as her mother

Daisy’s mother stopped Daisy from running away to say goodbye to a soldier and was present in her life before her marriage.

Daisy’s mother’s maid

Also known as the mother’s maid

A maid in Daisy’s family household whom Jordan sought when Daisy became distraught before her wedding.

Unnamed lieutenant who courted Daisy

Also known as the officer

A lieutenant Daisy sat with in her white roadster in 1917; Jordan later recognizes him as Gatsby.

Daisy’s unnamed fiancé from New Orleans

Also known as the man from New Orleans

A man to whom Daisy was reportedly engaged after the armistice, before she married Tom.

Unnamed soldier Daisy tried to see off

Also known as the soldier who was going overseas

A soldier Daisy’s mother found her preparing to visit in New York to say goodbye before he went overseas.

Unnamed woman at Gatsby’s tea party

Also known as the pretty woman in a brown riding-habit

A woman who visits Gatsby on horseback with Tom Buchanan and Mr. Sloane, then invites Gatsby and Nick to supper at her home.

Mr. Sloane

Also known as Sloane

A horseback visitor to Gatsby’s house who arrives with Tom Buchanan and an unnamed woman. He makes clear he does not want Gatsby to join their supper party.

Unnamed glamorous film actress at Gatsby’s party

Also known as the orchid of a woman · his Star · the Star

A famous-looking actress whom Gatsby presents to Tom and Daisy at his party. She sits beneath a white-plum tree with her director.

Unnamed film director

Also known as her director · the moving-picture director

The director accompanying the glamorous film actress at Gatsby’s party; he kisses her cheek beneath the white-plum tree.

Unnamed small film producer

Also known as the man with the blue nose

A small producer at Gatsby’s party whom Daisy likes, though she cannot remember his name.

Miss Baedeker

A guest at Gatsby’s party who becomes loudly intoxicated and is once nearly drowned after someone sticks her head in a pool.

Unnamed massive woman at Gatsby’s party

A large, lethargic guest who defends Miss Baedeker and says she often screams after several cocktails.

Unnamed friend who complains about Miss Baedeker’s wet dress

A friend of Miss Baedeker who says someone got her dress wet by putting her head in the pool.

Unnamed man in a long duster

Also known as the man in the duster

The passenger in the wrecked coupé who stands beside Owl Eyes and explains that another man was driving.

Unnamed man who borrowed George Wilson’s suit

Also known as the owner of George Wilson’s borrowed suit

The man who came to reclaim the best suit George Wilson had borrowed for his wedding to Myrtle.

Unnamed unnamed individual who drowned

Also known as the dead man in the hearse

A dead person carried in a hearse crossing the bridge; the passage does not identify them.

Unnamed unfamiliar butler at Gatsby’s house

Also known as the unfamiliar butler

A suspicious, rude butler at Gatsby’s door after Gatsby has replaced his household staff. He does not recognize Nick Carraway.

Unnamed new servants at Gatsby’s house

Also known as the new people · the brothers and sisters

A group of siblings hired by Gatsby after he dismisses his former servants; they previously ran a small hotel and are said not to gossip.

Unnamed woman seated beside Nick on the train

Also known as the woman next to me

A woman traveling beside Nick on a hot train; she drops her pocketbook, which Nick picks up.

Unnamed train conductor

Also known as the conductor

A conductor who makes small talk about the oppressive heat and returns Nick’s stained commutation ticket.

Unnamed nurse for Pammy

Also known as the nurse

A freshly laundered nurse who brings Daisy and Tom’s daughter into the room and leads her away.

Unnamed woman on the telephone to Tom

Also known as Tom’s girl

A woman rumored to be Tom’s mistress who speaks with him by telephone at the Buchanans’ house. Tom claims he is negotiating a car sale.

Unnamed household maid at the Buchanans’

Also known as the maid

A household employee Tom says should bring Nick and Jordan supper in the kitchen.

Unnamed man named Biloxi

Also known as “Blocks” Biloxi

A man who arrived at Daisy and Tom’s wedding claiming to know Daisy and to be from Louisville. Jordan says he claimed to have been president of Tom’s Yale class, though Tom says there was no class president.

Bill Biloxi

A man from Memphis whom Nick says he once knew; he was a cousin of the wedding guest Biloxi.

Asa Bird

A person who brought Biloxi to Daisy and Tom’s wedding at the last minute and asked for a place for him.

Jordan’s father

Also known as Daddy

Jordan’s father, who ordered Biloxi out of the family home after Biloxi stayed there for three weeks. Jordan says her father died the day after Biloxi left.

Unnamed man who fainted at Daisy’s wedding

A man who fainted at Daisy and Tom’s June wedding in Louisville; Tom identifies him as Biloxi.

Unnamed people who loved Daisy before Gatsby

Also known as many men

Men who had loved Daisy before Gatsby met her; they are described collectively and are not individually identified.

Unnamed former servant and gardener

Also known as the gardener

The last of Gatsby’s former servants, who tends the garden and asks permission to drain the pool. He discovers Wilson’s body in the grass.

Unnamed woman who was bruised before Myrtle’s death

Myrtle, referred to by Wilson as his wife, returned from the city with a bruised face and swollen nose a couple of months before her death; Wilson’s account does not identify who injured her.

Mavro Michaelis

Also known as Michaelis · Mavro

A young Greek who runs the coffee joint beside the ash-heaps and is the principal witness at Myrtle’s inquest. He stays with the distraught George Wilson through the night after the accident.

Unnamed motorcycle policeman at the garage

Also known as the policeman · the officer

A motorcycle policeman who records names at the scene of Myrtle’s death and questions witnesses about the car.

Unnamed pale, well-dressed Black witness

Also known as the pale well-dressed negro

A passerby who says a new yellow car sped past him, though he did not witness the accident.

Unnamed driver of the car traveling toward New York

Also known as the driver of the other car

The driver of the car traveling toward New York who stops beyond the accident and returns to Myrtle’s body.

Unnamed man who confirms Tom’s route

Also known as someone who had been driving a little behind us

A driver who confirms to the policeman that Nick and Tom came straight from New York.

Unnamed man helping Wilson at the garage

Also known as some man talking to him

A man who attempts to comfort George Wilson at the garage after Myrtle’s death.

Unnamed man who stays with Michaelis

Also known as one of the watchers

A night watcher who returns to the garage after promising to do so and shares breakfast with Michaelis.

Unnamed doctor summoned to the garage

Also known as the hurried doctor

A doctor who arrives at the garage with a case after being summoned in the hope of helping Myrtle.

Unnamed grocery boy

Also known as the grocery boy

A village delivery boy who reports that Gatsby’s kitchen looks like a pigsty.

Unnamed waiter at the Plaza Hotel

Also known as the waiter

A waiter who brings crushed mint and ice to the hotel suite.

Slagle

A man calling from Chicago who asks for Gatsby about a wire concerning Young Parke’s arrest over stolen bonds.

Young Parke

A young man reported by Slagle to have been arrested while trying to pass bonds; he is mentioned but does not appear.

Ewing Klipspringer

Also known as Klipspringer

A frequent guest at Gatsby’s mansion who calls Nick after Gatsby’s death to ask for his tennis shoes. He avoids committing to attend the funeral.

Unnamed woman at Wolfshiem’s office

Also known as Stella · the lovely Jewess

A woman working at the Swastika Holding Company office who initially tries to turn Nick away from Wolfshiem.

Unnamed Lutheran minister

Also known as the minister

A minister from Flushing who conducts Gatsby’s funeral.

Unnamed West Egg postman

Also known as the postman

A postman who accompanies Gatsby’s household servants to the cemetery for the funeral.

Unnamed man called a madman

Also known as the detective

An official, perhaps a detective, who describes Wilson as a “madman” at the scene, shaping the newspaper accounts.

Unnamed gentleman who sneered at Gatsby

A man Nick called about the funeral who implied Gatsby had got what he deserved; he had previously sneered at Gatsby over his liquor.

Unnamed man engaged to Jordan

Also known as Jordan’s fiancé

A man Jordan tells Nick she is engaged to after their relationship ends; she gives no further details.

Unnamed taxi driver in West Egg

Also known as the taxi driver

A village taxi driver who stops at Gatsby’s gate and points inside; Nick speculates he may have driven Daisy and Gatsby on the night of the accident.

Unnamed boy who scrawled a word on Gatsby’s steps

Also known as some boy

A boy who writes an obscene word on Gatsby’s front steps with a piece of brick; Nick erases it.