Nick Carraway is the narrator of The Great Gatsby. He was in WWI and graduated from Yale. He has just moved to New York, coincidently next to Gatsby, who is the talk to the town. Daisy Buchanan is his cousin, and she invited Nick to join her and Tom. Daisy and Tom live a glamorous life. They have been all over the world, and have experienced many things, which is the opposite of Nick.
Although Nick is not used to their lifestyle, he is very open to it. He does not judge them because they act differently, and he enjoys experiencing how they live. It gives the story an unbiased view. Nick says, "The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men" (Fitzgerald 1). Nick's perspective gives a view inside the lives of Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker, who are very different than him. He is beginning to get used to this new lifestyle, and since he is the narrator, readers get to watch him react and form into a different person because of the different ways of living that he is experiencing.
I completely agree with you. Nick gives the story an interesting mood to it. I think it's great how he's not really involved with anything and is looking at all this from an outside view.
ReplyDeleteI think Nick is just trying to fit in as much as possible and going with the flow. I also agree with you. I honestly really enjoy his unbiased view points, for it allows us to have our own opinions without being influenced by the main character's.
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I agree with you and Carson. I too enjoy his unbiased view thus far. I do like the fact that there really isn't any catching up duties by the reader. We are learning about the setting right when Nick is and that gives this novel a unique perspective. Also I think too that once it starts to develop, it will change more.
ReplyDelete--Luke Knollinger
I agree that Nick gives the view of an unbiased narrator, and I believe he is trying to be unbiased. There are some statement he makes that make me wonder if his self image is a tad skewed. He talks about being unjudgemantal and naturally has odd company because of this, but throughout the novel this far he is a loner, minus a few exceptions like miss. Baker. Also at the end of chapter 3 he calls himself the most honest person he knows, dispite just talking about ending a relationship he tried to hide from other character's earlier. Also this suggests he only trusts himself and his judgement. How are you unjudgemantal and truthful, if the only truth you trust is your own because you "judge" people to be untrustworthy over all.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Nick gives the view of an unbiased narrator, and I believe he is trying to be unbiased. There are some statement he makes that make me wonder if his self image is a tad skewed. He talks about being unjudgemantal and naturally has odd company because of this, but throughout the novel this far he is a loner, minus a few exceptions like miss. Baker. Also at the end of chapter 3 he calls himself the most honest person he knows, dispite just talking about ending a relationship he tried to hide from other character's earlier. Also this suggests he only trusts himself and his judgement. How are you unjudgemantal and truthful, if the only truth you trust is your own because you "judge" people to be untrustworthy over all.
ReplyDeleteJoana Tsuhlares
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