Importance of Nick Carraway, Narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Grea

Importance of snick Carraway, Narrator of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The owing(p) Gatsby In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a story in which Jay Gatsby tries to strain happiness through wealth. Even though the novel is titled later on Gatsby, Nick analyzes the actions of others and presents the story so that the reader can comprehend the theme. throughout the novel, Nick is the vehicle used to gather all of the pieces together to meditate about Gatsby. Nick is the only if character that changes in the novel from the start out to the end. Nick is the literary device that is employed to learn about Gatsby, which in the end tells the theme of the story. Throughout the novel, flashbacks are inserted, courtesy of Nick, to reveal piece by piece about the mysterious Gatsby. Nick patches the pieces of the pay off together regarding Gatsbys old and lack of a future. Nick is like the box of a puzzle the puzzle is imposs ible to put together without it. Without Nick, the readers opinion of Gatsby would be drastically different. The readers opinion would be swayed by the idea that Gatsby becomes rich via bootlegging alcoholic drink and counterfeiting bonds. Nick persuades the observer that Gatsby is ...worth the whole damn bunch (rich class) put together(Fitzgerald 162). Even though Gatsby aspires to be part of the upper echelon, he, fortunately, is different from them. Nick also analyzes Gatsbys behavior in order to provide the reader with inside information and a summary of the great man. At the end of the novel, Nick comments on Gatsbys life by stating that (Gatsby) had come a long way to this good-for-naught lawn and his dream must have seem... ...ald 172). Throughout the novel, Nick is instrumental as voice that tells the reader about Gatsby. Nick is both within and without, neer really assimilating like the rich (Chambers 41). Most essentially, Nick is the only character in the novel that changes. Nick Carraway is the main character of the novel. Without Nick, the important allegorical message would not be illustrated Money cannot buy respect or peace of mind. Works Cited and Consulted Berman, Ronald. The Great Gatsby and Fitzgeralds World of Ideas. Tuscaloosa U of aluminium P, 1997. Chambers, John B. The Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald. London Macmillan/ sunrise(prenominal) York St Martins P, 1989. deKoster, Katie, ed. Readings on The Great Gatsby. San Diego Greenhaven, 1998. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Simon and Schuster Inc., New York 1991.