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The Great Gatsby Essay

Discuss Nick Carraway's character. How reliable is he as a narrator? What aspects of his character make him an effective narrator?

Nick Carraway is not only a character in the novel The Great Gatsby, he is also the narrator. This is very important because it makes him a central figure, like Gatsby. He is so involved in the plot that he becomes quite important and significant in the story. The whole novel is told by Nick and in a way he discovers his own development throughout the events of the book. As Nick says of himself, he is "both within and without." This is related to the fact that he is both a character and a narrator in the story. It gives a great success as to how Gatsby's story is told.
Nick is a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York in the spring of 1922 to learn about the "bond business." The bond business refers to Nick's choice of career as an investment broker. He rents a house in West Egg, which is in Long Island; a wealthy......

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