Examples Of Nick's Response For The Great Gatsby '

Comprehension Notes
The Great Gatsby, according to Richard Foster, was launched by a generation of neoclassical and formalist critics who tended to believe in the final, tough truth of existence imaged in the thinning possibility and thinning joy of Nick's lugubrious moral retreat.
Novel's mission is an essentially straightforward criticism of the American Dream.
Nick's vision, however, is not identical to Fitzgerald's, or at least to the novel's, for Nick is capable of being an unreliable narrator at moments that are crucial to the story's development.
Nick’s detractors have described him variously as a defunct archpriest, panderer, prig, spiritual bankrupt, hypocrite, and "moral eunuch"--a man capable of neither assertive action nor self-knowledge.

The two narrative movements are simultaneous: Nick's emerging weaknesses as a narrator parallel his progressively constricted vision, as if the truths Nick affirms are not exactly the truths of his fable.
Nick's final disillusionment, that is, derives as much from his own moral dimness, his passivity, and his exaggerated gentility as it does from the facts of Gatsby's life; correspondingly, those qualities sometimes compromise the narration, altering, even from moment to moment, the response--empathy or removal, acceptance or doubt--that his telling draws from the reader.
The technique, which was subtle distinctions between representation and explanation has the advantage of economy; it gives readers two types of impressions: one created through descriptions of places, things, and events, and another created by Nick's responses and reflections.
In the first instance, Daisy's anecdote is trivial and insipid, clearly anticlimactic to the preparation she makes; in the second her comparison is ridiculous and insincere, camouflaging her real preoccupation.
Carraway's vision of Gatsby now becomes more subtle and

Connections to the 1920s
One connection this article makes to the 1920s is it shows the different social classes and how extravagant Gatsby’s life was compared to Nick life. Nick had a small house, while Gatsby had a large mansion filled with so many different shirts in his bedroom. This was the scene when Daisy was over and she was spending time with Gatsby and Nick and she was crying over Gatsby’s beautiful shirts. Because Gatsby has so many shirts , it shows how fortunate Gatsby is with his wealth while Nick is not as wealthy as Gatsby and does not have as much as he does.
Another connection shown in this article is when the writer talks about how Gatsby has a dream and because of that he lives his life, while Nick does not have a dream, which shows how boring an dreary his life is. This shows the corruption of the American dream and how everyone during this time wanted to be wealthy and popular, while Nick did not care about any of that and is shown to have a “sad” and “boring” life, while Gatsby had an interesting and eventful life, but it ended shortly because of his “dream”.
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