Nick, Why I Like Him
In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the character of Nick Carroway as a truly genuine person. Nick stands out when being compared to the other characters in the story. It is Nick's honesty with himself and toward others, his morality, and his unbiased, slow to judge qualities that make him the novel's best character. We like him because he is decent and moral. He is sympathetic, loyal and true as well as non-materialistic.
The subject of honesty surfaces after Nick meets Jordan Baker at Gatsby's party. Nick learns about Jordan's cheating in a golf tournament, and realizes how dishonest Jordan really is. "She was incredibly dishonest." (58). Nick added, "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing that you can never blame deeply." (59). Jordan seemed to contrast her own dishonesty with Nick's honesty. Nick says of himself, "Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine. I am one of the few honest people I have ever known."......
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