Essay On Nick's Relationship In The Great Gatsby

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In the beginning of The Great Gatsby, we notice that Nick is not a huge fan of Jay Gatsby. Nick views Gatsby as a wealthy man whose only desire in life is to enjoy it through luxurious parties. It is toward the end where we begin to see the relationship between Nick and Gatsby. The friendship between Nick and Gatsby is rather an intriguing one. Nick begins to admire Gatsby; he sees him as a human with hopes and dreams which mostly comes from his love for Daisy. While Gatsby might have been a bootlegger, he was viewed as a nice person to Nick and better than the others also know as the "rotten crowd" (154). Throughout the novel, we see how Gatsby remains consistent and true to his feelings for Daisy. Nick was the only one who seems to appreciate …show more content…

Wilson, Nick took care of all the arrangements for the funeral and all Gatsby's assets. “But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential. I found myself on Gatsby's side, alone” (164). Nick was drawn more to Gatsby, although daisy was his cousin he felt she was careless, “they were careless people, Tom and Daisy, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made” (170). Nick was one of the few people who gatsby was close to, although hundreds of people came to his parties, they weren’t his friend. They used him for the things he had, not for who he was. Gatsby wasn’t just a wealthy man who through great parties, he was a kind person and wonderful friend to Nick. Nick was really his only genuine friend in the end, he respected gatsby for who he was, not what everyone thought he should have been. Not only was nick the only one actually cared for gatsby, he was also the only person he accepted him for who he really was. Gatsby was different to nick, he was so much more than what people seen him as. Not only does this novel tells the story of love, lust, friendship and betrayal, it shows that not everyone is your

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