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 …showed first 75 words of 1736 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1736 total…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/>