THE GREAT GTSBY: A PRESENTATION

List of Characters Nick Carraway- the narrator. Thirty years old, he is a moralist who becomes a foil to every other character. He lives next door to Jay Gatsby and becomes Gatsby's link to daisy, his cousin. Jay Gatsby- the title character. A romantic idealist, he devotes his life to amassing wealth which he believes will win Daisy and fulfill his dream. Daisy Buchanan- Nick's cousin and Tom's wife, and Jay's dream girl. Incapable of …

…Fitz gerald's increasing alcoholism and physical illness. In 1937 Fitzgerald signed a movie contract at a weekly salary of $1,000.His liaison with gossip columnist Sheilah Graham during the last 3 years of his life is described in her Beloved Infidel(1958). Heartbreak and dissolution took their toll, and after 2 heart attacks Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940. Zelda died in a fire in 1947 at Highland Sanitarium in Asheville, N.C.<Tab/><Tab/>