Question two Luke Knollinger

     I think the author chose Nick to be the narrator for a few reasons.  The first reason is that Nick isn't directly involved in any of the conflict in the book.  He is mainly observing all of the actions take place in front of him.  This gives him an unbiased view based off of the events that happen so we can get the clear story without having feelings get in the way of how the story went in the first place.  Because of these attributes of Nick in the story, this gives Fitzgerald a unique and perfect way of telling the story by using Nick as the narrator.
   
     In the beginning of the book, Nick is very neutral an optimistic about meeting the characters in the story and getting to see how the titans of wealth lived.  He went with the flow and was just there to witness it all go down.  He went to extravagant parties, and had great dinners and memorable times with these people.  As the story goes on, he keeps this momentum going until after Gatsby dies.  After Gatsby got brutally murdered, it changes Nick's way of life and how he sees these people.  He becomes a drunk and New York haunts him.  He is appalled by the lack of attendance to Gatsby's funeral.  In the final pages of the novel, he sees Tom again somewhere in New York.  Nick is disgusted to see him and even states, "I could not forgive him or like him" ( Fitzgerald 179).  This shows the hatred for tom and he even goes on by calling Tom and Daisy "careless" as well (Fitzgerald 179).  When he says ,"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness" (Fitzgerald 179).  This just shows the major change in Nick's attitude from the beginning of the book from the end of the book.  I think this adds realism to the book and shows the reality of the life and the way Nick feels coming out of all of this.  It shows that he is not directly involved with all of the events, but it ends up affecting him in a lot of ways, even making him an alcoholic. It also adds that Nick felt this way pretty much the whole time he was writing the story.  These events weren't journal entries so they were being told after the fact that all of this happened.  There is hardly any way to be able to tell that Nick felt that way towards those people until after it is all said and done and he tells the reader about it.
     I personally believe that Nick is an honest man and is very mellow.  He goes with the flow and enjoys every minute he gets meeting these new people.  I believe these things because Nick seems very down to earth and He even calls himself honest on page 59.  Also how he is very neutral and does not express any emotional irrationality one way or another towards the other characters until the ending of the Novel.  Also I believe this because as stated earlier, where he's positioned among these people.  He is not directly involved in any of the conflict, but rather just acquainted with the people involved.  He has no emotional attachment until the end when of course Gatsby dies because of Tom's words to Wilson.  In conclusion, Nick is a great aspect of the book, and Fitzgerald did a great job by incorporating Nick's point of view as the narrator of the novel The Great Gatsby.