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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 1 month ago. Active 1 year, 1 month ago. Viewed 77 times. Improve this question. Nico Damascus Nico Damascus 2 2 bronze badges. Jay had one soul purpose for inviting Nick and that is to have Nick help Jay get back together with Daisy. Now, while he does have this agenda and that is mainly why they became friends, Jay does treat Nick with the utmost respect and kindness.
He is very generous to Nick to show him that he is worthy and so that Nick believes that he is a good person. He also tells Nick his true story, he confides in him with every secret he has ever held in. Through his friendship with Huck we can see his heroic nature, even in small and seemingly insignificant moments. Dimmesdale is a minister in the Puritan town. He is a very respected and likable man. From this description Dimmesdale is almost like the perfect Puritan.
But he is not. His passiveness sparks complications early on, such as when Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle in secret. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, could be considered an autobiographical novel in many ways. From the events that happen to the people themselves, Fitzgerald had represented himself throughout the novel. He had given both characters, Nick and Gatsby, qualities that he had himself while he was alive.
This is a great thing to have in a friend. From the first time he interacts with others Daisy, Tom, and Jordan in Chapter 1 , he clearly isn't like them. He is set off as being more practical and down-to-earth than other characters. This essence is again brought to life in Chapter 2 when he doesn't quite know how to respond to being introduced into Tom and Myrtle's secret world notice, however, that he doesn't feel the need to tell anyone about his adventures.
In Chapter 3, again Nick comes off as less mercenary than everyone else in the book as he waits for an invitation to attend one of Gatsby's parties, and then when he does, he takes the time to seek out his host. From these instances and others like them spread throughout the book it becomes clear that Nick, in many ways, is an outsider.
Nick has what many of the other characters lack — personal integrity — and his sense of right and wrong helps to elevate him above the others. He alone is repulsed by the phony nature of the socialites.
He alone is moved by Gatsby's death. When the other characters scatter to the wind after Gatsby's death, Nick, unable to believe that none of Gatsby's associates will even pay their last respects, picks up the pieces and ensures Gatsby isn't alone in his death. Through the course of The Great Gatsby Nick grows, from a man dreaming of a fortune, to a man who knows only too well what misery a fortune can bring.
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