This makes him unreliable because he does not present characters for who they really are. Nick discloses he enjoys being close to millionaires, “the consoling proximity of millionaires.” (5). This passage is significant because it shows that he has a bias for millionaires and that leads him to not be as critical of them. With this bias, his description of characters is obscured. For example, Nick likes Jay Gatsby more than anyone else in the novel. Gatsby is also a millionaire and when he introduces him, he describes his
This makes him unreliable because he does not present characters for who they really are. Nick discloses he enjoys being close to millionaires, “the consoling proximity of millionaires.” (5). This passage is significant because it shows that he has a bias for millionaires and that leads him to not be as critical of them. With this bias, his description of characters is obscured. For example, Nick likes Jay Gatsby more than anyone else in the novel. Gatsby is also a millionaire and when he introduces him, he describes his