Nick Carraway's Faith In The Great Gatsby

Thirdly, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's, Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway has to much faith in his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, which leads to consequences. In Nick's younger years, his father gave him advice that"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had"(Fitzgerald 1). With this in the back his mind, Nick, who is originally from Minnesota, moves into a small shack in Long Island that "was an eye-sore"(7) , next to the mysterious Jay Gatsby's mansion. Almost every Saturday, at the mansion is elaborate parties are going on but Jay Gatsby was never seen visible. One Saturday morning "a chauffeur in a uniform of robin's egg blue crossed (Nick's) lawn,[...] with a surprisingly formal not from his employed --- the honor would be entirely Gatsby's, if I would attend his 'little party' that night"(45).

Arriving at the party, Nick tries to find his host but succeeds in a crowd of people.

Nick was sitting with Jordan Baker, a professional golfer, when a man began talking about a hydroplane he bought. The man then asks nick if he "wanted to go with [him] old sport?"(52), Nick agrees to go and figures out that it was Gatsby. After that, Nick had "talked with him perhaps half a dozen times in the past month"(69) and found "to his disappointment, that the had little to say"(69). Next, Gatsby invites Nick to lunch in the city and on the way over he begins to tell Nick about his past. First, he talks about his time in the war and that during it "he tried very hard to die(71) and he was to be "accepted (to) commission as first lieutenant when it began"(71). Then Jay reached into his pocket, where "a piece of metal, slug on a ribbon fell into Nick's palm(72), on it was Major Jay Gatsby. He also took out a photograph of "half a dozen young men in blazers"(72) from his days at Oxford.

Nick was sold on Jay's past but little did he know that Gatsby was using him to get Daisy, his old lover and Nicks second cousin. As time went on, Nick learns that everything Gatsby has told him about his life was "glamed" up to impress Daisy. Nick having faith in Jay, leads to the consequence of him losing his personal morals and being left alone at the end.