The protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is Jay Gatsby. He is the one that gives the name to the book. The central character is Mr. Gatsby. However, Nick Carraway opens the novel as the narrator. He is involved in all events throughout the novel, yet he does not play in a significant role. Gatsby is a wealthy New Yorker who is known for his extravagant parties that he throws every weekend. He lives in a mansion next door to Nick Carraway. Nick is a young mid-westerner from a family who came to New York to enter the bond business. Daisy is Nick's second cousin. She carries herself in an insignificant manner. While she seems to be naive, she claims to be extremely sophisticated. Daisy's husband Tom, is from the mid-west like Nick. Tom is a former athlete at Yale. It is soon revealed in the novel that Tom is having an affair with a woman in the city. When Nick arrives in New York, he decides to visit his relatives, the Buchanans, who live in East Egg. When Nick arrives at the Buchanans, they already have a visitor, Jordan Baker, who is a professional golfer and a close friend of Daisy's.
             Tom Buchanan takes Nick into New York, and on the way they stop at George Wilson's garage. Tom has been having an affair with his wife, Myrtle, and Tom tells her to join them later in the city. The garage, as Fitzgerald describes it, is to be in the "valley of ashes", a desolate area (Fitzgerald 21). When Tom and Nick arrive in the city, they visit with Myrtle and her sister, Catherine McKee. They gossip about Gatsby, who they believe to be related to a murder. Myrtle and Tom end up arguing about Daisy, and Tom breaks Myrtle's nose.
             Nick and Jordan Baker attend a party at Gatsby's mansion. Only a few of the people that attended Gatsby's party were invited guests, some did not even know Gatsby. When Nick first meets Gatsby, he does not recognize him. Gatsby ...