Many people often dream of reliving their most enjoyable moments from their past. In the “Great Gatsby,” Jay Gatsby possess obscene amounts of wealth and owns all the possessions a person could ever want. But what Gatsby really wants is to change the past. Gatsby desires to relive the past so he can be reunited with his love, Daisy, but unfortunately, this goal is impossible but Gatsby cannot recognize this and goes to great lengths to win Daisy back. An example of Gatsby’s unwillingness to believe the past is unchangeable occurs during a conversation between Nick. Nick says to Gatsby “you can’t repeat the past”(71) “Can’t repeat the past why of course you can “(71) replied Gatsby, The way Gatsby replies truly shows how much Gatsby believes
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The novel starts off with Nicks father giving Nick an important advice “ Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone he told just remember that all the people in the world haven’t had the same advantages as you’ve had”(1). Nick keeps this advice to heart and believes he still lives by this advice, expect he does not. There have been many times in the novel showing Nicks judgment against others, for example, Nick favors Gatsby and puts him on a much higher pedestal than any other character in the book. Nick says to Gatsby “you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together ”(118). But still, he claims not to judge, if Nick cannot reliably judge his own actions than this proves that Nicks is an unreliable narrator. Another example of Nick contradicting his own claim of not judging others is at Gatsby’s funeral he says “They were careless people Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money” (118). Even though this is true Nick once again does not withhold his judgment as he claims to show his bias towards Gatsby and his hatred toward the Buchanans. Another example of Nick being an unreliable narrator is him being drunk during two very important parts of the story. The first time Nick was intoxicated during the novel is at Myrtle's party. Nick says “ I have only been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon so everything that happens has a dim and hazy cast over it”(33). Nick using the word “Hazy” shows that Nick is not a reliable narrator since his memory of the event was not clear from the start nevermind after two years when he is remembering back to this event. Another example of
The novel starts off with Nicks father giving Nick an important advice “ Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone he told just remember that all the people in the world haven’t had the same advantages as you’ve had”(1). Nick keeps this advice to heart and believes he still lives by this advice, expect he does not. There have been many times in the novel showing Nicks judgment against others, for example, Nick favors Gatsby and puts him on a much higher pedestal than any other character in the book. Nick says to Gatsby “you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together ”(118). But still, he claims not to judge, if Nick cannot reliably judge his own actions than this proves that Nicks is an unreliable narrator. Another example of Nick contradicting his own claim of not judging others is at Gatsby’s funeral he says “They were careless people Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money” (118). Even though this is true Nick once again does not withhold his judgment as he claims to show his bias towards Gatsby and his hatred toward the Buchanans. Another example of Nick being an unreliable narrator is him being drunk during two very important parts of the story. The first time Nick was intoxicated during the novel is at Myrtle's party. Nick says “ I have only been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon so everything that happens has a dim and hazy cast over it”(33). Nick using the word “Hazy” shows that Nick is not a reliable narrator since his memory of the event was not clear from the start nevermind after two years when he is remembering back to this event. Another example of