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    Gatsby and how the character Nick Carraway has learned lessons and how to grow up from going to West Egg to the East Egg. Nick Carraway is a young man who goes to New York to learn about the bond business. He is honest‚ tolerant‚ and confidant for those who have troubling secrets. Nick changes profoundly overtime in the novel. From seeing what Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Tom have done and gone through. Nick has realized that he has changed and thing will never be the same again. Nick doesn’t have a place to

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    Nick Carraway- He is the narrator and main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. After Nick graduated from Yale and served in World War I‚ he moved to New York City to learn how to sell bonds. He then moved to West egg‚ which is a fictional area in Long Island to sell bonds. He soon becomes friends with his neighbor‚ Gatsby. Jay Gatsby- He is the character that the novel is titled after. He is a wealthy young man who lives in a mansion in West Egg. He is well known for the parties he throws every

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    it is natural to begin to idolize them. Nick Carraway spent his days gazing at the seemingly fabulous life of his neighbor‚ and became fast friends with him‚ the elusive Jay Gatsby. However‚ friendship was not enough for Nick’s incredibly unstable personality. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway became obsessed with Gatsby to the point of losing himself in the midst of his subconscious effort to become Great‚ like the Gatsby. FirstNick viewed Gatsby as his hero. He realized

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    the way. Gatsby throws amazing get togethers all the time‚ but nobody seems to know too much about him or who he is. Nick Carraway meets Gatsby at a party‚ but doesn’t know who he is at first. Later‚ Gatsby speaks privately with Jordan. Gatsby and Nick spend time in New York together‚ but Nick tries to introduce him to Tom Buchanan‚ Gatsby literally is no where to be found. Nick finds out that Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan

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    essay. This essential character in the story is none other than Nick Carraway‚ the antithesis of Gatsby and a peripheral narrator of the book. Nick is the quintessential model of a character that plays a significant role not only in the development of other prominent characters‚ but also in the central theme of the novel-- the corruption and fallibility of the “American Dream.” Nick’s close relationships with Jay Gatsby and

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    Nick Carraway‚ The Perfect Narrator Nick Carraway is a prime example of how an unbiased and trustworthy narrator can change a book. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told in first person point of view‚ through the eyes of Nick Carraway‚ a 30-year-old man living in West Egg‚ New York. Carraway tells the story as it is happening and lets the reader know what is to come. Nick seems to be an “invisible character” because he is involved in the story but not in the major conflict. Nick Carraway

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    cities really. Nick Carraway; the narrator‚ represents all that is good an wholesome in the great midwest. He is a well-educated man who aspires to be a bond broker. His character is conflicted internally and externally throughout the novel but really culminates into a loathing for all things eastern. Carraway’s farmboy charm and doe-eyed innocence is put to the test when he meets The Great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby represents all things Nick is unfamiliar with and is curious about. Nick‚ being from the

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    by the narrator‚ “I am one of the few honest people that I know‚” would lead one to assume that the story was told with all honesty. However‚ I believe that Nick Carraway was not completely honest in his telling of the story. In this essay‚ I will touch on both possible opinions and then express my own. If one is to believe that Nick Carraway is honest in his portrayals of all the characters‚ then the reader is lead to believe that Tom is an unfaithful spouse

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    and Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway recounted his memoirs during the summer he spent with Gatsby and served as the narrator of the novel. Despite the title’s bearing of Gatsby’s name‚ Nick was ultimately the most significant character within the narrative. The character of Nick Carraway was more important than the character of Jay

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    his wife Zelda. The characters and stories in The Great Gatsby are very well related to F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ his life‚ and the people he knew and loved. F. Scott Fitzgerald relates himself to both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. He uses Carraway as an outside perspective on his life through Gatsby. Like Nick‚ Fitzgerald is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota‚ educated at an Ivy League school‚ who moves to New York after the war. He is also like Gatsby in a way where he is a sensitive young man who

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