Joana Tsuhlares Question 1
     In the Great Gatsby we know Nick was born into an affluent family and he has recently moved to New York.  He is distantly related to Daisy and he lives right next door to Gatsby.  Over all through out the novel the story does not focus on him, but rather on Gatsby and Daisy.  It does address him but the story isn't about him.  My opinion really changed when it came to Nick through out the novel in the beginning he was an outsider.  Nick wasn't comfortable with Gatsby's parties and the casual affair Tom had.  Nick seemed above that, he seemed to be trying to be unbiased towards the story.  He cared for Jordan and it looked like he would develop a relationship with Gatsby.
     By the end of the novel I have a sour taste in my mouth about Nick, he is a complex, but subtle character, he does some good things, but he isn't all upfront.  He says, "'They're a rotten crowd,' I shouted across the lawn.  'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.'  I've always been glad I said that.  It was the only compliment I  ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end" (Fitzgerald 154)  What does that mean?  There has been almost no major point where Nick showed this disapproval.  This is also right before he obsesses about finding people who really cared about Gatsby enough to pay respects, and he even gets mad at people who don't do this.  Then there is the one thing that really made me think about Nick.   Towards the end of the Novel Jordan confronts Nick with, "'You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver?  Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I?  I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess.  I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person, I thought it was your secret pride" (Fitzgerald 177).  This is the same position the reader is in, Nick seems truthful until you look at the little things he says like his comment on Gatsby, or the woman in the west he barely talks about, or how he continues to be his relationship with Jordan, when he doesn't really love her.  This statement from Jordan makes you question what you don't know.  He is hiding how he feels about Gatsby and the others, is there more? 
     I believe that Nick doesn't realize how many of his biases show, which can be dangerous, because that can make it hard to tell what is him and what is truth.  He called himself the most truthful person he knows right after ending a relationship ,he lied to Daisy about, to be with Jordan.  He is a part of that high-class and untruthful world, and he doesn't see it.