Commentary on One Character in the Great Gatsby – Nick Carraway

break off Carraway contri furtheres to the Great Gatsby as the indifferent narrator. The sad love story of 1922 is accounted by dint of scratchs eyes, with chip comp acent part as an observer of the relationship between the contributions, in particular Gatsby and Daisys, the master(prenominal) lovers of the story. mountain passs retrospective feeling of the story emphasizes his dynamic character as his thoughts and perceptions of the characters display his the true towards Gatsby, and justice and unprejudicedy towards the judgement of events, though it is seen by the end of the story that his moral values have been pervert by the sh alto labourherow and corrupted lifestyle of the East.The Great Gatsby is told entirely through snicks perspective this can be said that he is observing the events of the story instead of being involved in it directly. Nick can be seen as a certain narrator, as he learned from his father that he should be inclined to reserve solely judgeme nts. Furthermore, Nick takes pride in his honesty, I am one of the some honest people I have ever known. This suggests that Nick gives an naive account of the events and a fair judgement on all told the characters in the story.However, this is changed by the end of the novel as Nick judges both tomcat and Daisy he objects to shaking hands with Tom during their brief face-off in New York, and describes the Buchanans as careless peoplesmashes up things and creatures allow other people clean up the mess they had made. This sheds weakly on Nicks harsher perceptions of the Buchanans aft(prenominal) Gatsbys death, in crinkle to his inclinations to reserve all judgement in the beginning, accentuating his change of character and religion in effect of living in the East with the wealthy but shallow.In addition, Nicks account of the story creates a stern contrast between the lifestyle in the East and the West. The West is associated with traditional, fusty values, in paradox to t he urbanized, controversial and racy lifestyle in the East. As Nick attends a party in New York in Toms mistress apartment, he is simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the outright variety of life. This mirrors Nick engrossed with the glamour of the East moreover repelled by it at the same time. Nick is also seen as the right companion of Gatsby.In the beginning, Nick befriends Gatsby whilst attend his party, and was already treated exceptionally well by Gatsby with Nick at his (Gatsby) urgent invitation, making obsess use of the beach. This is revealed in Chapter 4 that Gatsby was using Nick to facilitate the rekindling beg between him and Daisy, Nicks cousin. Despite this, Nick is a trustworthy friend of Gatsby he serves as Gatsbys confidant through him and Daisys affair, for example expressing his feelings to Nick about feeling far away from her after he found Daisy seemingly repelled by one of his lavish parties.though Gatsby is emotionally cockeyed with Nick, his cr inkle connections remain mysterious and unsolved. Nicks relationship with Gatsby is enhanced by his death he is the only one concerned and finds himself on Gatsbys side, and alone when he found that all Gatsbys closest associates, including Daisy, had deserted him. Just trust me and Ill get somebody for you- emphasizes Nicks persisting strong bond with Gatsby.Nick also shows his admirable loyalty towards Gatsby by trying to reach his close partner, Wolfshielm, and many other guests in his parties to attend his funeral, however it wasnt in any use. Nobody came show his efforts in vain and him helpless. Nevertheless Nick and Gatsby shared a compatible friendship with Nick as a supportive companion. Nick contributes to the Great Gatsby as the moral compass. He showed his engrossed attitude through making an attempt to find his host whilst attending Gatsbys party whereas the others merely gossiped about Gatsby, I think he killed a man.Furthermore, Nick refuses Gatsbys offer of a doubt ful scheme that could earn him a nice bit of money, displaying his honest moral values in contrast to Gatsbys shady business associations. However, Nicks amorality heightens throughout the novel as he pursues a relationship with a woman who he states to be incurably purchasable, and enjoys her company as she is beautiful and is a golf celebrity, therefore is impulsive to make an excuse that dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.Additionally, Nick praises Catherine for lying to a judge, she showed a surprising amount of character about it, showing Nicks morality contaminated by the dishonest, shallow values of the East. In conclusion, Nick Carraway contributes to the Great Gatsby as the narrator of the events, where he shows an impartial view of the characters. Furthermore, he is a reliable friend to Gatsby and the only concerning friend when Gatsby dies, suggesting his loyalty to him.Nick also possesses ethical moral principles, having come from the west, and was taught to reserve all judgements however this is significantly changed by the end of the story as Nick becomes judgemental towards Tom and Daisy and shows praise for Catherine for lying to a judge about myrtle and Toms affair. Nonetheless, Nick serves the role as the relatively unbiased judge of the story and a trustworthy confidant and companion of Gatsby.