Blog 14: Analysis of Nick Carraway

    As The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald draws to an end, I believe Fitzgerald uses pathos to reach out to the reader's emotions. Nearing the final moments of this novel, there is more focus on the narrator of Nick Carraway. For the gist of this novel, Mr. Carraway has been overshadowed by the other characters. After following the complicated relationship of Daisy and Gatsby, with Tom interfering all the while, there is suddenly a look into Nick's inward feelings and his relationship with Jordan Baker. Although, the relationship comes to a depressing halt when Nick himself stops it, I enjoyed the character of Nick and the brief look readers got to see of him. "Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away," (Fitzgerald,177). Even though I wish the relationship could have worked, I admire Nick's courage in setting free the woman he loved. I believe Nick's ability to walk away from her to be the most heroic actions in the book. Nick deserves more respect from the other characters and more emphasis by the author. However, the lack of spotlight on him makes him that much more difficult to decipher.