Nick's Use Of Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

On the Nick character bag, the back and front, are both full of illustrations that represent who Nick is from an outside point of view. The front consists of illustrations of a handshake, roses, camouflage, Nick's name, a Yale symbol merged with a peace sign, and a pencil writing Nick's name. Many of these items represent what Nick has done or currently does, like the handshake, camouflage, Yale sign, and pencil, which represent the bonds business, the fact he was in World War I, his intelligence, and school he attended. The roses, however, represent Nick because Daisy had called him an absolute rose, the peace sign represents how passive he is, the simple cursive of his name represents his simplicity, and the pencil ties into what is on the
back. The back of the bag consists of a pencil, paper, and a quote. The pencil and paper symbolize how Nick was a writer and the quote, "Reserving judgment is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of decencies is parceled out unequally at birth" (Fitzgerald 2), best represents Nick because it is the first lie told by Nick. This quote later shows us that Nick is judgmental, unreliable, and a liar because he does the complete opposite of what he claims to value