How Does Nick Change In The Great Gatsby
“Where is he from, I mean? And what does he do?” (Fitzgerald 49). Everyone asks this question about the mysterious Jay Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald connected many characters through a great adventure of love and mystery. Nick, Tom, and Gatsby have unique characteristics that develop during the story. However, these characters never change even though they go through many experiences.
The first character is the friendly Nick Carraway. As a child, he was taught to not judge people. Ever since he was a child, he has been the man who everyone goes to tell him their secrets to. In this story, Nick is friends with some people in high places. For example, his cousin is married to a very rich man. Along with his cousin, Nick is close friends with another rich man who lives right next to him named Gatsby. Sadly, Nick is not as rich as his friends. A way the author shows this is having Nick live in a small, old landlord’s home for only $80 a month. Throughout the book, Nick never really changes his outlook on life and is almost always nice and polite to everyone.
Speaking of everyone, the second character is the arrogant Tom Buchanan. In College, he was a very skilled polo player who looked very powerful and strong. As stated in the …show more content…
Gatsby is almost never honest about his past because he doesn’t want people to know how shady and untrustworthy he really is. For example, in the book it he explains to Nick who he hangs around, “Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he’s a Gambler”(Fitzgerald 73). Gatsby is friends with a gambler who has no real income and has probably never had a real job. Also, Gatsby repeatedly does some questionable things like how on his date with Daisy, he gets a suspicious phone call in which he was angrily talking into the phone. Throughout the story, he continually lies about his past. Even after his death, it was revealed that he was still a mysterious and shady
The first character is the friendly Nick Carraway. As a child, he was taught to not judge people. Ever since he was a child, he has been the man who everyone goes to tell him their secrets to. In this story, Nick is friends with some people in high places. For example, his cousin is married to a very rich man. Along with his cousin, Nick is close friends with another rich man who lives right next to him named Gatsby. Sadly, Nick is not as rich as his friends. A way the author shows this is having Nick live in a small, old landlord’s home for only $80 a month. Throughout the book, Nick never really changes his outlook on life and is almost always nice and polite to everyone.
Speaking of everyone, the second character is the arrogant Tom Buchanan. In College, he was a very skilled polo player who looked very powerful and strong. As stated in the …show more content…
Gatsby is almost never honest about his past because he doesn’t want people to know how shady and untrustworthy he really is. For example, in the book it he explains to Nick who he hangs around, “Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he’s a Gambler”(Fitzgerald 73). Gatsby is friends with a gambler who has no real income and has probably never had a real job. Also, Gatsby repeatedly does some questionable things like how on his date with Daisy, he gets a suspicious phone call in which he was angrily talking into the phone. Throughout the story, he continually lies about his past. Even after his death, it was revealed that he was still a mysterious and shady