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Stopping by Gatsby’s house one afternoon, he is alarmed to find Tom Buchanan there. Tom has stopped for a drink at Gatsby’s house with Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, with whom he has been out riding. Gatsby seems nervous and agitated, and tells Tom awkwardly that he knows Daisy. Gatsby invites Tom and the Sloanes to stay for dinner, but they refuse.
- Jay Gatsby. The titular “Great Gatsby,” a selfmade man who is desparate to be seen as part of the social elite and whose ill-gotten wealth is always on display through his lavish lifestyle.
- Nick Carraway. The first-person narrator, an observant Yale graduate who moves from the Midwest to NYC to be a bond salesman and quickly falls in with Tom, Daisy, Jordan, and Jay.
- Daisy Buchanan. A passive and increasingly unhappy woman married to Tom Buchanan. She was once in love with Gatsby, and reconnects with him as a way to escape her sense of purposelessness and hopelessnes.
- Tom Buchanan. A wealthy old classmate of Nick’s, who is married to Daisy and is cheating on her with Myrtle Wilson. He uses his physical and social power to bully those around him, but is the only one who sees through Gatsby's fake "Oxford man" persona.
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In Chapter 6, Tom Buchanan, Mr. Sloane, and a young woman arrive at Gatsby's home on horseback and briefly stop at his mansion for something to drink during their ride.After Gatsby invites Tom to ...
Unaware, Gatsby agrees. Tom and Daisy attend a party at Gatsby's the following Saturday night. Nick finds the party unenjoyable, and Tom clearly seems to dislike it, too. Though Gatsby and Daisy dance together, it seems she has a negative experience. On their way out, Tom speculates that Gatsby's wealth comes from bootlegging, and Nick denies it.
This question needs rephrasing before it can be answered completely; only the young woman asks Gatsby to dinner. Mr. Sloane and Tom did not want Gatsby to join them for dinner, which explains the ...
Chapter Six. A reporter, inspired by the feverish gossip about Gatsby circulating in New York, comes to West Egg in hopes of obtaining the true story of his past from him. Though Gatsby himself turns the man away, Nick interrupts the narrative to relate Gatsby's past (the truth of which he only learned much later) to the reader.
