Provide a background description of Nick Carraway. Use the ‘w’ questions to help you cover the main points (who, what, where, when) and think about what information someone might need to be able to understand his role in the story.
who: nick carraway is Daisy Buchanan’s cousin. nick bought Gatsby and daisy back together. where: from Minnesota then moved to new york when: what:
- “I am inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.”- Chapter One
- “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. “ – Chapter One
he wants this world and everyone’s morals to be the same and on the same page. this tells us how the whole summer had an effect on him that it leaves him with PTT
- “…wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.”- Chapter One
this tells how much nick is a push over and just lets people play games with him and move him around.
- “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” – Chapter Two
- “Most of the time I worked…I knew the other clerks and young bond salesmen by their first names…I even had a short affair with a girl who lived in Jersey City and worked in the accounting department, but her brother began throwing mean looks in my direction…” – Chapter Three
this tells us that he spends a lot of time working and he enjoys working. he learnt everyone’s name this shows that he is a friendly guy. he is a passive person, doesn’t like to cause conflix or upset people
- “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”– Chapter Three
he thinks of himeself so highly. he better then everyone eles
- “They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together!’ I’ve always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.”- Chapter Eight
nick is a walking conduction, not always lives with his word about not judging.
- “I shook hands with him. It seemed silly not to for I felt suddenly as though I was talking to a child.”- Chapter Nine
he feels that he is mature and the others arent
- “I sat there brooding on the old unknown world…” –Chapter Nine
he is thoughtful deep thinker
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