other characters say about them. But we do not learn what they think unless they tell us.
             2. The point of view in The Great Gatsby
             In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald abandoned the omniscient point of view he had previously used in his novels and resorted to first-person narration, Nick Carraway is charged with relating the story as he sees it, reconstructing by some means whatever he himself has been unable to witness. His qualification as a sympathetic listener is carefully established on the first page of the novel: "I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores...." Because of this, if there are something which he himself is unable to witness, he must rely to a great extent on other people for information.
             There are three methods by which Nick Carraway informs the reader of what is happening or has happened in The Great Gatsby:
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