Examples Of Nick In The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby has a good statement but nick's statement the most realistic and true. Nick's attitude forwards things are more blunt or dull you could say, while Gatsby is full of life and sees endless possibilities. In chapter 6“ about nick “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.” (6.6-7)This lets the reader know how his life has been and where his mind set comes from. Another quote is “His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was”… (6.132) he talks about Gatsby and how his life had reflected how he treats daisy. The way he treats her …show more content…

(9.152-153) nick says talking about Gatsby. He is exposing how Gatsby is different than him in a way, nick thinks different from him about life and how you can only go forward and not backwards. Gatsby Believes that you can always go back and fix or relive things while nick thinks otherwise.” He stayed there a week, walking the streets where their footsteps had clicked together through the November night and revisiting the out-of-the-way places to which they had driven in her white car. (8.28)” this was nick talking about how Gatsby acted after daisy left him. Gatsby eventually thinks that he can make things right again as he continues to try new and old things to get her back. He had reached an age where death no longer. “He has the quality of ghastly surprise, and when he looked around him now for the first time and saw the height and splendor of the hall and the great rooms opening out from it into other rooms, his grief began to be mixed with an awed pride. (9.40)” this could be a reason Gatsby believes in the way he does. Nick try to give a visual description on how his dad acted which may be part of the reason Gatsby is the way he is. Of course Gatsby has had a different life of course and nick can definitely tell . Nick has had a different life as well but he thinks logically and has a sense of awareness, unlike Gatsby he thinks he can fix things if you try hard no matter how bad the

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