Examples Of Nick's Opinion Of The Great Gatsby

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In the novel of The Great Gatsby it is clear that Nick has a high opinion of Jay Gatsby. The reasons why Nick thought so high opinion of Gatsby is because of all rumors about Gatsby. One of the rumors would be that Gatsby had killed a man before. When the night of Gatsby's party, Nick meets Gatsby for the first time. Nick tells us how Gatsby's smile was maleficent. Gatsby was a one of a kind man, that's what Nick would describe Gatsby.
The stories that Gatsby would tell Nick that his family started life as being poor. Gatsby's parents were farmers. Gatsby didn't like the idea of being poor, Gatsby would dream of being rich and he that he deserves to be rich. Gatsby became determined that he would do anything to become rich. So, Gatsby left his home at the age of 16 sailing on a boat. Until, one day Gatsby saw a man drunk heading to the wall of the cliff. Gatsby had saved the man from crashing.
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Gatsby had inspiring stories to tell but there was something off about him. Nick was curious about Gatsby, and how did Gatsby get that money from. Nick knew he was in some type of business, but not some type of business that everyone knew. It was a "illegal" business, as what Nick would say.
There was this girl name Jordan Baker that Nick would talk to about Gatsby. One night, Jordan asked if Nick could ask Daisy to come over and have tea. Nick would wonder why. That's when Jordan explained, she said Gatsby and Daisy were dating before Gatsby went to war. They were so in love. Gatsby wanted to see Daisy again, because he was still in love with her. Nick thought about it, but it didn't seem right to do that to Tom, since Daisy is married to Tom. When Nick got home he saw Gatsby outside of his house, Nick told Gatsby he would ask Daisy to come over for

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