Nick Carraway In The Great Gatsby

In the beginning of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel is portrayed as a humble and heavily inspired young writer. Carraway strongly admires Jay Gatsby, his rich next door neighbor. Although Carraway lives in West Egg, he is not as wealthy as those around him. East Egg is the part of Lost Island where Nick’s cousin, daisy, lives. Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband, seems to be having an affair with a woman in New york. In result of the love affair, Daisy expresses her emotions on how she believes that the best for her daughter is to be a pretty fool. From Baker’s understanding that Nick lives in West Egg, she is sure that Nick is familiar with Jay Gatsby. After hearing his name, Daisy acts as if she knew Gatsby very well. When Carraway returned home from dinner hosted by Daisy, he spots
I now see gatsby as a mysterious and reserved man.

Tom along with Nick, ditches the train in order to introduce Nick to his girl. The woman’s name is Myrtle and she is married to Wilson, owner of the Gas station in a small run down city. Why does Gatsby feel the need to throw so many grand parties? Gatsby was unfamiliar with mostly all of those whom entered his home. The rumors about Gatsby are truly interesting. What interest did Gatsby have in Jordan Baker? Seems as if Gatsby is basically using Nick to get closer to his Cousin, Daisy. During Daisy’s visit and tour of Gatsby’s grand home, she begins crying because she regrets her choice of forgetting Gatsby. Also Gatsby seemed to have such a strong reason for inviting Daisy to see him. I think Gatsby wants to make himself believe that he is somebody as well as that he could win Daisy with all of his riches. After the first party that Daisy attended, Gatsby could tell that Daisy was not amused, so he stopped throwing his famous parties as well as rid