The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was an iconic writer who was known for his fantastic description and his use of epitaph in the novel. This not only creates a fantastic plot, but also sets the story up for deeper, more personal connections between the characters in the novel, especially those with the narrator, Nick Carraway. He is not only the narrator, but he also suggests that he is the author of this book, as it is a recollection of his memories from that summer. He is the person from whom the reader gets all of their information about events and characters in the novel. His perspective is the only perspective the reader gets from the novel. Nick’s opinion of the characters almost has a greater effect
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Gatsby is a mystery to Nick at the start of the novel. He admires him because of his wealth and extravagant house, but in Gatsby’s quest to reunite with Daisy, Nick actually begins to like him. When Nick first meets Gatsby, he describes Gatsby’s smile as being “one of those rare smiles with a quality if eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life” (Fitzgerald 52). This shows that Nick sees Gatsby as a very special person from the moment they meet. Even though Nick realizes that Jay is only using him to get with Daisy, he still sticks by him and helps him up until the very end. Although, Nick does show a disliking for him after Daisy killed Myrtle and Gatsby was only concerned about Daisy. Nick says that "I disliked him so much this time that I didn't find it necessary this time to tell him he was wrong" (Fitzgerald 150). At this point in the novel he seems upset with him, but he still continues to be friends with him after the incident occurs. Even after this event, Nick tells Gatsby that all other rich people are “a rotten crowd… You're worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 160). Overall, Nick sees Gatsby as a symbol of hope and excitement in life. He sees that Gatsby has gone from nothing to this great, interesting man that Nick strives to
Gatsby is a mystery to Nick at the start of the novel. He admires him because of his wealth and extravagant house, but in Gatsby’s quest to reunite with Daisy, Nick actually begins to like him. When Nick first meets Gatsby, he describes Gatsby’s smile as being “one of those rare smiles with a quality if eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life” (Fitzgerald 52). This shows that Nick sees Gatsby as a very special person from the moment they meet. Even though Nick realizes that Jay is only using him to get with Daisy, he still sticks by him and helps him up until the very end. Although, Nick does show a disliking for him after Daisy killed Myrtle and Gatsby was only concerned about Daisy. Nick says that "I disliked him so much this time that I didn't find it necessary this time to tell him he was wrong" (Fitzgerald 150). At this point in the novel he seems upset with him, but he still continues to be friends with him after the incident occurs. Even after this event, Nick tells Gatsby that all other rich people are “a rotten crowd… You're worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 160). Overall, Nick sees Gatsby as a symbol of hope and excitement in life. He sees that Gatsby has gone from nothing to this great, interesting man that Nick strives to