Nick Carraway
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- Created on: 07-06-19 10:18
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- Nick Carraway
- Quiet, reflective and open minded
- Moves to New York in 1922 to learn about the bond business
- Lives next door to Gatsby in West Egg, opposite the home of his cousin, Daisy and her husband, Tom
- The novel is from the narrative perspective of Nick as he presents his experiences with Gatsby over the course of the summer
- He assumes a secondary role in the novel, preferring to comment on events rather than dominating the action
- He has very mixed reactions to life in New York city, showing the reader his internal conflict
- Is he attracted to the fast-paced lifestyle of New York, or does he think the lifestyle is grotesque and damaging?
- Symbolized by his fascination with Jordan Baker
- He is attracted to her vivacity and sophistication just as much as he is repelled by her dishonesty and lack of consideration for others
- Nick states that there is a "quality of distortion" to life in New York which makes him lose his equilibrium
- After witnessing the unraveling of Gatsby's dream at his funeral, Nick realizes that life in New York is just a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness that the Valley of Ashes symbolizes
- He then returns to Minnesota in search of a quieter life
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