| A | B |
| Jay Gatsby | "bootlegger" |
| Myrtle Wilson | had an affair with Tom Buchanan |
| George Wilson | owned a garage; loved his wife |
| Daisy Buchanan | Nick's cousin; married to Tom Buchanan |
| Tom Buchanan | has an affair with Myrtle Wilson; lives in East Egg |
| Nick Carraway | narrator |
| Nick Carraway | served in the military with Gatsby |
| Dan Cody | made Jay Gatsby into the person he would become |
| Jordan Baker | professional golfer; dated Nick |
| American Dream | having what you want; living in huge house with lots of money |
| prohibition | the legal outlawing of alcohol |
| East Egg | Tom and Daisy Buchanan lived here |
| West Egg | Nick and Gatsby lived here |
| Valley of the Ashes | depressed area of town; the Wilsons lived here |