A main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, the Great Gatsby, includes the reliability within the narrator. The novel takes place near New York in the 1920's. Nick Carraway, narrator and relative of Daisy Buchanan, is immediately subject to a strange love triangle and rich drama surrounding Jay Gatsby. Daisy is slowly falling in love with her ex, Gatsby. The husband of Daisy, Tom Buchanan, continuously cheats with Myrtle, a local mechanics wife. Nick begins to have feeling for Jordan Baker, professional golfer and good friend of Daisy. Nick's reliability changes throughout the story. As a round character, the reader can only trust him at some points throughout the novel. Nick shows his reliability in chapter one while explaining his childhood.
