The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, tells the story of Nick Carraway's life in West Egg, and his relationships with people from the more prestigious and wealthy East Egg, including none other than Jay Gatsby. Acting as the novel's narrator, Nick Carraway tells of his interactions with Tom Buchanan, a "hulking brute of a man" from Yale, Nick's Distant cousin Daisy Buchanan, the small breasted golf star Jordan Baker, and Tom's mistress from the Big Apple, Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald utilizes Nick Carraway to characterize the stories main characters. A good judge of character, Nick picks up many characteristics of people, but does this silently and "reserves judgement," as Fitzgerald wrote. Much of the text is Carraway's thoughts of people, and his confrontation
In chapter one, his visit with the Buchanan's is told. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby live in West egg, while Tom and Daisy Buchanan live in East Egg. Also, George Wilson's garage is located there, and his the house of George's wife Myrtle, also known as Tom's mistress. It is very hard to gather what Nick's true feelings of a person are. Another key aspect of this novel, is Fitzgerald's use of setting. " That playful manner of Nick's comes across as flirting, but it is nothing but far from the truth. Another major setting is the Valley of Ashes. This is just a theory, but history proves that facts are skewed when different witnesses give an account on the same event. Scott Fitzgerald conveys a very good depiction of wealth, and it's effect on different types of people. The idea of setting plays a very large roll in this novel. Also, the narration can give a reader a very good idea of what kind of person Nick is by seeing how he reacts, and most importantly, how he says he acts. An example of this is when Daisy asked, "Do you want to hear about the Butler's nose?" Nick replied, "That's why I came tonight. From the text, it seems that Nick is flirting with his cousin Daisy.
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