The Genuine Nick Carraway of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby :: Great Gatsby Essays

The Genuine cut of The Great Gatsby         Nick Carraway is a very genuine character throughout the novel.  He gets involved with situations such as Daisy and Gatsby, he helps them enkindle their love and he also becomes a adjust friend with Jay Gatsby.           Throughout the novel Nick Carraway starts move out not having to many friends, until he starts getting involved other mass.         It all starts when Jay Gatsby, Nicks neighbour, invites Nick to his party.  Nick decides that it would be a great idea so he attends. While attending the party Nick gets acquainted with many of the guests. Then Gatsby sends for him to come and meet him.  At first Nick has no idea where he is headed, then he sees Gatsby and they talk for a few minutes. By meeting Gatsby Nick has changed for the better.  His ideas and actions all start to change.  He becomes very genuine.  Sometime after the party, Nick says I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsbys house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. (Gatsby, p.41) He said this because most of the people at Gatsbys parties just invited themselves.  This is the time when Nicks character is showing some development of genuineness.         Another time that Nick shows his development into a more genuine person is when he helps rekindle the love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy.  He does this by setting up a surprise meeting at his house.  Gatsby knew of this because he had asked him to do it.  At this time in the novel is when Nick says Im going to call Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here to tea. (Gatsby, p.82) This shows that Nick is genuine because he is trying to rekindle the love between Gatsby and Daisy.  After this period in the novel Gatsby and Nick became even closer friends.         Getting closer to the end of the novel is when the reader sees the true friendship between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway.  Whenever Gatsby would ask Nick to do something Nick would always have or make the time to do it.  The strongest example of the genuineness of Nick is when Jay Gatsby was murdered by Mr.