A character's role in a novel is an important role that can twist a story to have a totally different outcome. Nick Caraway, in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the narrator and his role in the book sets up many important details that help the story. Nick is the narrator and there are many reasons he was chosen for this role. Being the man to set up key events in the novel also adds to the importance of Nick 's role. He also is the image of order in a society of disorder. Nick plays many important roles in the novel, The Great Gatsby, that add to the overall effect of the story.
             The role of narrator is best suited for Nick for many reasons. In the beginning of the novel he describes himself as a person that has integrity and is an honest person. Also, he is a person that has graduated from Yale and come from a well to do family. Frank Magill writes, "Nick is represented as an honest, reliable person, and his perceptions and judgments are accepted by the reader" (Magill par 9). This shows that Nick is a person who can be trusted and not a person who will twist details to make something sound better or to sugar coat something. Casie E. Hermanson writes, "Nick characterizes himself as someone who understands Gatsby better, who wants to set the record straight ...." (Hermanson par 5) Nick wants to tell the story how it is, not how he thinks it should be or how he wants it to be. Nick is also seen as the person who is burdened with having to witness all the events and not really partake in any of them. Hermanson writes, "Nick is an involved outsider, privileged or burdened with the role of witness and recorder of events" (Hermanson par 6).
             Another element that makes Nick a excellent narrator is the fact that he reveals the story of the lovers as he himself is experiencing them firsthand. He is not telling what he has heard or what is though, he is instead telling what he has e...