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- Nick views Gatsby as a victim, a man who fell prey to the "foul dust" that corrupted his dreams. Nick introduces Gatsby and connects him to both new money and the American Dream, and indicates that Gatsby was done in by the "foul dust" of the Roaring Twenties.
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Nick generally assumes a secondary role throughout the novel, preferring to describe and comment on events rather than dominate the action. Often, however, he functions as Fitzgerald’s voice, as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream at the end of Chapter 9.
- Daisy Buchanan
She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. As a...
- Jordan Baker
According to Nick, Jordan constantly bends the truth in...
- Myrtle Wilson
Although The Great Gatsby is full of tragic characters who...
- Character List
Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and...
- Chapter 2
Catherine has bright red hair, wears a great deal of makeup,...
- Tom Buchanan
According to Nick, Tom peaked very early in his life. He was...
- Jay Gatsby
Gatsby is contrasted most consistently with Nick. Critics...
- The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is set against the backdrop of 1920s New...
- Daisy Buchanan
When Nick meets Gatsby, he is taken in by Gatsby’s naive, straightforward dreams. In an otherwise inauthentic world, Nick craves the earnestness of Gatsby’s dreams.
In Chapter 6, Nick goes to Gatsby's house and witnesses an awkward exchange between Gatsby, a couple named Sloane, and Tom Buchanan. The trio had stopped by Gatsby's house and Gatsby misreads how serious they are about having dinner together.
Nick views Gatsby as a victim, a man who fell prey to the "foul dust" that corrupted his dreams. Nick introduces Gatsby and connects him to both new money and the American Dream, and indicates that Gatsby was done in by the "foul dust" of the Roaring Twenties.
A young man from Minnesota who has come to New York after graduating Yale and fighting in World War I, Nick is the neighbor of Jay Gatsby and the cousin of Daisy Buchanan. The narrator of The Great Gatsby, Nick describes himself as "one of the few honest people that [he has] ever known."
Nick’s comparatively modest West Egg house is next door to Gatsby’s mansion, a sprawling Gothic monstrosity. Nick is unlike his West Egg neighbors; whereas they lack social connections and aristocratic pedigrees, Nick graduated from Yale and has many connections on East Egg.
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Back at his house, Nick sees the figure of Gatsby outside his mansion. Nick thinks about introducing himself, but refrains when he sees Gatsby stretching his arms out toward a green light on the opposite shore of the bay.
