Nick coming from world war 1 come to New York City to study the Bond business. To people that have struggled with their secrets, Nick is an acquaintanc to people. After moving to West Egg he quickly becomes good mates with his neighbour, Jay Gatsby. West Egg is a place where all the newly rich live. As he is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan he accommodates the renewing of Daisys and Gatsby romance. The entire story is told through Nicks’s eyes. Nick can be trusted when telling this story because he is open-minded and a good listener. He gives an unbias point of view in this novel. Nick is used as an advantage for Gatsby as Gatsby uses Nick to get Daisy around for lunch. Whenever Gatsby and Daisy are together Nick is always on the third wheel.
“When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever – He wants the world to just behave. ; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. “ – Everyone is the same. And they stand all the same so no one is superior. He wants everyone to be on the same page with their morals. He is sick of everyone’s wild outings and affairs coming out. He also doesn’t want to be peoples confidant anymore.
“…wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.” Tom removes Nick from the room in a really aggressive way. Tom comes across as a really intimidation host. He getting played. This shows how manipulated Nick is because he doesn’t stand up for himself.
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” It reveals the truth. He guides the reader through the novel and he is also involved in peoples love life.
Most of the time I worked…I knew the other clerks and young bond salesmen by their first names…I even had a short affair with a girl who lived in Jersey City and worked in the accounting department, but her brother began throwing mean looks in my direction…” He works quite hard and he isn’t wealthy but he sits in the middle so he still has to have an income. He really cares about his career. Nick is a friendly guy as he has taken the time to know everyone’s name. He is passive and gets intimidated quite easy. He also likes making people happy so he leaves the chick because the brother gave him nasty looks.
“I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” Nick always tells it how he sees it. Nick doesn’t have a bias point of view on things. Nick thinks he’s smarter than everyone.
“They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together!’ I’ve always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.” He disapproves of Gatsby but thinks he is the best guy. Nick is a walking contradiction. He loves a girl but he thinks he shouldn’t love her because he thinks she’s a bad person.
I shook hands with him. It seemed silly not to for I felt suddenly as though I was talking to a child.” Nicks sick od everything so he doesn’t bother about confronting Tom. Nick thinks he’s more intelligent than others so he doesn’t bother talking about the problem.
“I sat there brooding on the old unknown world…” Nick is a thoughtful deep kinda guy.
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