Journal # 19

Name: Journal 19 - Characterization in Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby Write a description for each of the following characters based on his/her first appearance in Chapter 1. Your description should include: -the character’s physical appearance; -the character’s actions/words; -an adjective that best describes the character based on his/her initial appearance Nick Carraway Adjective ___average____ Nick Carraway is your average man who is just trying to get by. He is the one who everyone comes to and trusts with their problems or secrets. He usually keeps to himself and doesn’t really relay any personal information other than in the beginning. Nick is basically getting an inside look of Tom, Daisy’s, personal lives without having too much to do with it. Tom Buchanan Adjective ______egotistical______ Tom is all about himself and knows he is rich and awesome. He was a football star in a great college. He brought down all of his polo horses down the east coast to flaunt his wealth. Throughout the story he is shown as a man who just goes around with women and making himself look good. Daisy Buchanan Adjective _____fake____ Daisy seems fake when you first meet her with her sing songy voice and laughing at everything. She only wants a rich, powerful man to marry so she settled on Tom. Not as loud, but she flaunted her money also with the clothes she wore and the snobby attitude she had. Jordan Baker Adjective _____calm, cool, collected_____ Jordan seemed reserved and too herself. She didn’t really talk much and just stayed on the coach observing everyone else. She was athletic and a golf star, but was known to cheat in her games. She was small and skinny. Jay Gatsby Adjective ______sad/disturbed____ When we first met Gatsby, he was standing looking at the green light. He was tall and good looking. He stared at the green light but at the time Nick did not know why. Throughout the book, Gatsby tries and tries to get Daisy back but to no avail. In the end, he lost his life.