The Great Gatsby Character Analysis
The swift, alert movement of the man brought no attention to the fact, little does he know, his wife carelessly killed his lover. Nick Carraway is the first person narrator in the novel Great Gatsby. This story being told through Nick's eyes can skew how we perceive the characters and the love story between Daisy with Gatsby and Tom. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick is an unreliable narrator. This is because in chapter 1 he says he refrains from passing judgement on anyone, which is contradicted later in the novel, he says nothing about a tragedy that had an effect on multiples people’s lives, and is bias towards some characters.
At the start of the book Nick, the narrator, introduces himself. Part of his introduction …show more content…
Everyone is lead to believe Gatsby was the one who hit Myrtle, whereas it is truly Daisy’s wrongdoing. Nick later inquires if Gatsby truly was the one driving “The death car” (Fitzgerald 144). Being such good friends, the authentic truth comes out from Gatsby. “Daisy was driving...but of course I’ll say I was.” (Fitzgerald 151). After the morbid conversation Nick tells no one about the truth. When an incident like this happens the full story is expected to be told to everyone. With Nick telling no one this proves his unreliableness not only as a narrator but as a person.
The quality of an unreliable narrator comes with being bias towards certain characters. Nick does this exact thing. Gatsby and Tom are both homewreckers, yet, Gatsby action are favored over Toms. Nick talks about Tom in a derogatory way, but when talking about Gatsby, he builds him up to be better even when Gatsby and Tom have done the same thing. One clearly botched perspective is when Nick describes Tom as “rather hard mouth and supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes.” (Fitzgerald 10). Through the unnecessary prejudice we are given a discomposed view of the
At the start of the book Nick, the narrator, introduces himself. Part of his introduction …show more content…
Everyone is lead to believe Gatsby was the one who hit Myrtle, whereas it is truly Daisy’s wrongdoing. Nick later inquires if Gatsby truly was the one driving “The death car” (Fitzgerald 144). Being such good friends, the authentic truth comes out from Gatsby. “Daisy was driving...but of course I’ll say I was.” (Fitzgerald 151). After the morbid conversation Nick tells no one about the truth. When an incident like this happens the full story is expected to be told to everyone. With Nick telling no one this proves his unreliableness not only as a narrator but as a person.
The quality of an unreliable narrator comes with being bias towards certain characters. Nick does this exact thing. Gatsby and Tom are both homewreckers, yet, Gatsby action are favored over Toms. Nick talks about Tom in a derogatory way, but when talking about Gatsby, he builds him up to be better even when Gatsby and Tom have done the same thing. One clearly botched perspective is when Nick describes Tom as “rather hard mouth and supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes.” (Fitzgerald 10). Through the unnecessary prejudice we are given a discomposed view of the