Nick was born in the poor part of town but still although curious did not have any real desire to be part of the rich mans world. It was sort of brought upon him by Gatsby who need him in his plan to get to Daisy . He was the piece of the puzzle that Gatsby was missing for so long. He was the missing link in the chain of events that would proceed. Gatsby on the other hand, although not a hero in the sense of a physically strong man who saves the lives of distressed people, but he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life. Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Myrtle Wilson after she hit her with Gatsby’s car, Gatsby lovingly enough comes in and hides the car and destroys the evidence to save his distressed princess from a punishment that he could not handle seeing her take . Then after the inquiries into the accident have finished, he rests back waiting for the storm of rumors to blow over but not letting Daisy take the blame. Most would agree that Gatsby is the most heroic person in this novel. Who we can see as a hero because of the way he took the blame for the woman he loved and she didn’t even acknowledge him after his death. It took up until that very incident for Nick to finalize his true thoughts of Gatsby.
Nick was born in the poor part of town but still although curious did not have any real desire to be part of the rich mans world. It was sort of brought upon him by Gatsby who need him in his plan to get to Daisy . He was the piece of the puzzle that Gatsby was missing for so long. He was the missing link in the chain of events that would proceed. Gatsby on the other hand, although not a hero in the sense of a physically strong man who saves the lives of distressed people, but he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life. Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Myrtle Wilson after she hit her with Gatsby’s car, Gatsby lovingly enough comes in and hides the car and destroys the evidence to save his distressed princess from a punishment that he could not handle seeing her take . Then after the inquiries into the accident have finished, he rests back waiting for the storm of rumors to blow over but not letting Daisy take the blame. Most would agree that Gatsby is the most heroic person in this novel. Who we can see as a hero because of the way he took the blame for the woman he loved and she didn’t even acknowledge him after his death. It took up until that very incident for Nick to finalize his true thoughts of Gatsby.