In the Great Gatsby, Nick is an omniscient narrator as he is the primary method Fitzgerald uses to provide the readers with information about all the characters in the novel whilst also possibly suggesting some of Fitzgerald’s own personality and potentially hazardous opinions. Yet, Nick is an intelligent character with an idealistic viewpoint as he prides himself on being honest and trustworthy but throughout the course of the novel the self diagnosed judgement to ‘reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores’ has made a dramatic realisation to the readers, that he can be intrusive but naïve narrator. Therefore he is only relatively reliable but creates debate
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Fitzgerald suggests that with this knowledge, Nick is delighted that he was a lucky enough candidate to be invited and presents similarities in tone to the character Charlie winning a golden ticket in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and yet Nick believes it is acceptable to listen in, even though not commenting, on the speculated different stories about Gatsby even considering that ‘he killed a man’ or ‘was a German spy during the war’. In addition, as the readers the thing that endears us all is that while Nick may not be an ideal character who reserves judgement all the time, he is certainly better than the rest of his associates which is why he is able to make such a supreme self assessment as he feels an elevated self worth in …show more content…
Furthermore, it is hard to distinguish whether it is Nick as the narrator or as a character that is dishonest but because both identities are recognised as one entity, it is concluded that Nick isn’t truthful as Fitzgerald has to narrate the events that occur in the novel as best accurate as possible, which therefore results in conflicting habitual lies and clouded interpretations of this fictional novel. However, the social background Fitzgerald explains and describes through the narrator, Nick, is honest because anthropologists and historians of the 1920 have provided authenticated factual assessment with reliable
Fitzgerald suggests that with this knowledge, Nick is delighted that he was a lucky enough candidate to be invited and presents similarities in tone to the character Charlie winning a golden ticket in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and yet Nick believes it is acceptable to listen in, even though not commenting, on the speculated different stories about Gatsby even considering that ‘he killed a man’ or ‘was a German spy during the war’. In addition, as the readers the thing that endears us all is that while Nick may not be an ideal character who reserves judgement all the time, he is certainly better than the rest of his associates which is why he is able to make such a supreme self assessment as he feels an elevated self worth in …show more content…
Furthermore, it is hard to distinguish whether it is Nick as the narrator or as a character that is dishonest but because both identities are recognised as one entity, it is concluded that Nick isn’t truthful as Fitzgerald has to narrate the events that occur in the novel as best accurate as possible, which therefore results in conflicting habitual lies and clouded interpretations of this fictional novel. However, the social background Fitzgerald explains and describes through the narrator, Nick, is honest because anthropologists and historians of the 1920 have provided authenticated factual assessment with reliable