Gatsby Character Analysis
Character Analysis- The Great Gatbsy, Chapter 1
Nick Carraway serves as the novels narrator and tells us in chapter one that he is tolerant, open-minded, and quiet and a good listener, which makes others; want to confide their secrets in him. Nick is repulsed by the phony nature of the socialites and his moral sense sets him apart from the other characters in the novel. “ Unjustly accused of being a politician”. He seems to be a biased narrator, and possibly unreliable as he seems to contradict himself in the first chapter. We can also infer that because the novel is written from Nick’s perspective and is a memoire from the summer of 1922, while with Gatsby that the events occurred may not be completely reliable, or accurate as they are his thoughts and perceptions. He is an educated and well-spoken man, as he was educated at Yale University. Caraway seems to be attracted to the fast paced and fun-driven lifestyle of New York as he describes East and West Egg in the first chapter of the novel. He moves from Minnesota to New York to start in the bond business. “I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.”
Daisy Buchanan is in love with money, ease and material luxury but seems to lack loyalty and care as she seems absent in her own daughters life. "I hope she'll be a fool," she says, "that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." She implies that the world is no place for a woman and the best thing woman can do is almost to survive, and that beauty is more important over brains brains. She represents the amoral values of East Egg, and the aristocracy that it possesses. She has an aura of charm, wealth and sophistication but also seems shallow, bored and sardonic with her life. She is a beautiful socialite and the women that Gatsby loves. She seems to posses a sense of cynicism “Well I’ve had a very bad time, Nick, and I’m pretty cynical about everything.”
Nick Carraway serves as the novels narrator and tells us in chapter one that he is tolerant, open-minded, and quiet and a good listener, which makes others; want to confide their secrets in him. Nick is repulsed by the phony nature of the socialites and his moral sense sets him apart from the other characters in the novel. “ Unjustly accused of being a politician”. He seems to be a biased narrator, and possibly unreliable as he seems to contradict himself in the first chapter. We can also infer that because the novel is written from Nick’s perspective and is a memoire from the summer of 1922, while with Gatsby that the events occurred may not be completely reliable, or accurate as they are his thoughts and perceptions. He is an educated and well-spoken man, as he was educated at Yale University. Caraway seems to be attracted to the fast paced and fun-driven lifestyle of New York as he describes East and West Egg in the first chapter of the novel. He moves from Minnesota to New York to start in the bond business. “I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.”
Daisy Buchanan is in love with money, ease and material luxury but seems to lack loyalty and care as she seems absent in her own daughters life. "I hope she'll be a fool," she says, "that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." She implies that the world is no place for a woman and the best thing woman can do is almost to survive, and that beauty is more important over brains brains. She represents the amoral values of East Egg, and the aristocracy that it possesses. She has an aura of charm, wealth and sophistication but also seems shallow, bored and sardonic with her life. She is a beautiful socialite and the women that Gatsby loves. She seems to posses a sense of cynicism “Well I’ve had a very bad time, Nick, and I’m pretty cynical about everything.”