The Great Gatsby- narrator

When you hear The Great Gatsby and you read the back of the book, would you think this book is all about? Gatsby, right? Well yes and no, Gatsby is the focus of the book, but not the narrator. Confused… you should be.

            Nick. He is the narrator of this book. However, he is not the focus of the story. Nick is like that awkwardly quite kid that barely says anything at the lunch table. Nevertheless, he hears everything. Nick is always at the events, but he never really says much.

            A great example of this is chapter five. Nick invited Gatsby and Daisy over for tea because Gatsby asked him to. Gatsby needed an excuse to see Daisy. However, the whole chapter Nick only says like three lines. He just describes their actions and dialogue. Almost like, he is writing a story. After Gatsby took a phone call, he quickly abandoned it when Daisy said, “’Come here quick!’ cried Daisy at the window. The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea… ‘I know what we’ll do,’ said Gatsby. ‘We’ll have Klipsinger play the piano.” (Fitzgerald 99). This is just parts of a long conversation between Daisy and Gatsby. As you could see in the middle with Nick narrating, he had great description of the rain and clouds.

            Nick may not be the main character of the book, but he is still that character that brings it all together. He is the person that is watching all the dramatic things happen. Who is the Nick in your life?