了不起的盖茨比人物分析——尼克综述
菲茨杰拉德小说《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物形象解读
摘要菲茨杰拉德的小说《了不起的盖茨比》是以“美国梦”为背景,生动地再现了当时美国社会底层人群为了摆脱自己落后的生活状况,为了更加美好的未来打拼,但是最终不得不向虚幻的梦想屈服的故事。
这部小说具有较强的时代性,深刻地揭示了美国社会的弊端,让人们深刻地认识到“美国梦”的虚幻和缥缈,让我们看到这种梦想的无法实现性,社会的残酷和人性的扭曲,使个人命运发生了极为迅速的转折。
了解小说《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物形象,能够帮助我们更好地了解以“美国梦”为核心的时代背景下对人性的改变。
本文将围绕着小说中几个主要人物对其形象进行解读。
关键词菲茨杰拉德盖茨比人物形象美国梦黛西Interpretation of the Figures in the Novel "The Great Gatsby"by Fitzgerald //Liu DongyangAbstract "The Great Gatsby"by Fitzgerald is a novel based on the background of "American Dream".It vividly reproduces the story about the lower classes of American society at that time,who work with all their might in order to get rid of their shabby living conditions and pursue a better future,but have to surrender to the illusions.The novel profoundly reveals the shortcomings of American society at that time,making people realize the illusion and fantasy of "American Dream",and showing us that it is im-possible to realize the dream.The cruelty of society and distortion of human nature change the individual destiny dramatically.To know about the figures in "The Great Gatsby"can help us better understand the change of human nature in the background cen-tered by "American Dream".This paper will focus on several major figures in the novel.Key words Fitzgerald;Gatsby;figures;American Dream;Daisy1菲茨杰拉德及其小说《了不起的盖茨比》《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德1925年所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的中篇小说，小说的背景设定在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内，通过卡拉韦的叙述展开。
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【摘要】尼克自身拥有良好的品格，受了高等教育，与其他人物有密切关系，这些使得尼克成为最合适的，最公正的，不偏不倚的叙述者。
乔丹作为黛西的闺中密友，非常了解盖茨比与黛西的爱情故事，可以说乔丹是作品中潜在的叙述者，尼克和乔丹是恋人关系，这更增加了尼克作为叙述者的可信度。
尼克既是剧中人又是局外人，既是“目击者”型主人公也是圆形人物。
尼克在作品中具有不可替代的作用，是一位可靠的叙述者。
整个作品通过尼克独特视角的叙述显得真实而又客观。
【关键词】人物关系；潜在叙述者；双重视角；目击者；圆形人物Why Nick in is a Reliable Storyteller？Abstract： Nick himself enjoys unique conditions， he has good education and well-connected relationship with other characters which makes Nick be the most suitable， fair and impartial narrator. Jordan is close friend of Daisy， she knows the love story of Gatsby and Daisy very well. It can be said that Jordan is a hidden narrative character， Jordan is the lover of Nick and this increases thecredibility of Nick who acts as a narrator. Nick acts as the carrier of a double sight， both a participant and a bystander，both the “I” witness and a round character. Nick’ participant plays an irreplaceablerole in the plot development， Nick is a reliable character. The whole work seems real and objective from the perspective of Nick.Key words： relationship；hidden narrator；double-sight；witness；round character【】I106 【】A 【】2095-3089（2014）01-0009-01The Great Gatsby took place following the World War I. During the Roaring 1920s， American society enjoyed prosperity as the economy soared，meanwhile， prohibition， the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol made millionaires out of bootleggers. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. Jazz and dancing rose in popularity， in opposition to the mood of the specter of World War I. This period is also referred to the Jazz Age. The author Fitzgerald is the spokesman of the 1920s， the particular decade that combined the postwar economic boom and the sense of spiritual disorientation. In the novel？Fitzgerald successfully uses a new narrative point of view with the theme of the disillusionment of the American Dream. Be full of realism， this novel is not only the peak of Fitzgerald’ achieve ment， but also an important work in American literature. The tragedy character Gatsby； the hallow Daisy Buchanan； the cruel，irresponsible Tom Buchanan； the cynical， conceited Jordan Baker. In terms of these characters， readers can only regret for them. Nick Carraway， the narrator， is the main character and plays an irreplaceable place in the novel.I. Nick’irreplaceable role1.1. Nick‘s characteristicsNick is a young man from Minnesota， after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I，he went to New York City to learn bond business. Honest， tolerant， and inclined to reserve judgment， Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg， a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich， Nick quickly became a friend of hisnext-door neighbor， the mysterious Jay Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick's eyes；his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story. Nick is also Daisy’s cousin， which enables him to observe and assist the resurgent love affair between Daisy and Gatsby. Because of the relationship with the two characters， Nick is the perfect choice to narrate the story， which functions as a personal memoir of his experiences with Gatsby in the summerof 1922. He is tolerant， open-minded， quiet， and a good listener， and， as a result， others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby， in particular， comes to trust him and treat him as a confidant. He often functions as Fitzgerald’s voice， as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream. Nick plays a role inside the narration， and he evidences a strongly mixedreaction to life on the East Coast， one that creates a powerful internal conflict. On the one hand， Nick is attracted to the fast-paced， fun-driven lifestyle of New York. On the other hand， he finds that lifestyle grotesque and damaging. Nick representsanother part： the quiet， reflective Midwesterner adrift in the lurid East. This inner conflict is symbolized throughout the novel by Nick’s romantic affair with Jordan. Nick's description of himself in the opening chapter holds true throughout the novel：he is tolerant and slow to judge， someone with whom people feel comfortable sharing their secrets. His willingness to describe himself and the contours of his thoughts even when they are inconsistent or incomplete—his conflicted feelings about Gatsby，for instance， or the long musing at the end of the novel—makes him seem trustworthy and thoughtful.1.2. Well-connected relationship with other charactersHis position in relation to other characters gives him a perfect vantage point from which to tell the story-he is Daisy's cousin， Tom's old college friend， and Gatsby's neighbor， and all the three trust and rely on him. Though Nick participates in this story and its events certainly affect him， The Great Gatsby is not really his story in the sense of being about him. However， it is his story in the sense that it is crucial to him： he defines himself in the process of writing it. Indeed， he struggles with the story's meaning even as he tells it. Though Nick prefers to admire Gatsby's passion as a lover and a dreamer， Nick's own actions in his relationship with Jordan cast an ironic wither over his admiration： with Jordan， Nick is guarded，cautious， and skeptical. Overall， Nick suggests that Gatsby is an exception to his usual ways ofunderstanding and judging the world， and that his attraction to Gatsby creates a conflict withinhimself.Jordan is a hidden narrative character， we can observe a bystander in the love story of Gatsby and Daisy， and she knows more about the love story than Nick in terms of the time length. In the love story between Gatsby and Daisy， Jordan also plays an important role. Jordan is a hidden narrativecharacter； her narration not only provided some supplementary to the plots， but also conveys the author’ hidden discourse. The transformation of Jordan’ ideology helps Nick know himself better and understand the social reality better after hewitnesses the story of Gatsby and Daisy. Jordan isclose friend of Daisy， the lover of Nick， andJordan helps Nick clarify the hidden facts， thenNick gives up his original life attitude to leave the long expected New York life and goes back to the east.II.Nick acts as the carrier of a double sightNick is a typically dramatic narrative， thatis， he is the carrier of a double-vision， and he is both a participant and a bystander. He can not onlytell the story， portray the characters from theoutside as a bystander， but also he can be aparticipant to observe other character’s motivation.In the plot development， Nick played anirreplaceable role. Situated in the work， Nick observes and narrates other characters’ intention. Gatsby spares no efforts to meet Daisy， and thereunion is achieved through Nick， and the reunion ofthe two lovers play a vital role in the plot development. It can be said that the plot cannot further on without the reunion and the reunion cannot be achieved without Nick. He put an understanding attitude towards the reunited lovers. At this point，it can be said that Nick is a participant. Nick also narrates the story and portrays the characters from the outside point of view. After the reunion of Gatsby and Daisy， Nick undetached with them and be dedicated in bond business. He devoted to his own business. Later， he found that the all-night parties in Gatsby’ house are no larger existed， and the servants are all leaved. Then Nick remembered to have a look at Gatsby’ house. Nick learned that a ll the changes are for Daisy， she often visits Gatsby but she doesn’t love the talkative servants， and Nick later learned what had happened. Fitzgerald chooses Nick as a first-person narrator makes the whole novel get a very good effect in various aspects. There is one important advantage： Nick acts as a bystander，his narrative makes the reader follows him to see the development of the plot in the reading process. Therefore the readers can realized the objectivity and veracity of the novel.III.Nick i s a“witness”type round characterFitzgerald uses the first-person narrativepoint of view using “the witness type”. He describes the whole story in accordance with the plot development； Nick has richer and perfect images. Thus he becomes a typical round character of the whole work. The novel seems more real and objectivefrom the perspective of Nick. Nick acts as the witness. In terms of the first narrative point of view， there are two categories：（a）“I” as witness （b）“I” as protagonist. In the “I” as witness type，“I” is responsible for the task of the narrative. The “witness” is a participant in the novel and has relationship with the hero to some extent. Fitzgerald creates “I” as witness type narrator， Nick narrates the whole story as a participant to witness what has happened. In The Great Gatsby， Fitzgerald used the memories of Nickto narrate all the stories in flashback form. Nick，as a witness， narrates the most scenes of Gatsby before and after his death. Sometimes， Nick cannot witness what was happening；he relied on others’ description about Gatsby. The most important point is，the “I” witness has a broader vision， and be more flexible than the “I” protagonist， and in the most extreme cases，he can describe the characters’ psychological activities through his own speculation. Therefore， Nick can give a full play to the imagination to speculate about the characters’ psychological activities， in order to make the whole story be logical. For example， after Gatsby died，Nick guessed what Gatsby had thought before his death， no one gave a call， and Nick thought that Gatsby himself didn’t believe that there will be a call. Nick thought that Gatsby lives just for the sake of a dream， and Gatsby has paid high price even his life. As the “I” witness， Nick cannot know Gatsby’s psychological activities， but through thecross-border perspective to observe Gatsby's psychological activity. And in this way， Nick gets the readers’ deep sympathy for miserable Gatsby and the reflection for that time. As “I” as witn ess type character， Nick acts as a narrator coins with this type of character， and makes readers think that the contents that are the narrators’ witness，experience and feelings， that is so vivid， bright and moving. In short， Nick plays an important rolein the development of the whole story， that is to say， without his presence the story will be dull，even unable to continue. In The Great Gatsby， the narrator Nick makes the structure of the novel to be quite compact and the novel is actually what he saw and heard in the recording. As a round character，Nick’ evaluation toward other characters changes under the plot development， including Daisy， Mr. Tom， Gatsby， and Jordon. According to E.M. Frost， the characters can be divided into round characters and flat characters. A flat character is relatively uncomplicated and does not change throughout the course of a literary work. A round character is complex and undergoes development，sometimes reaches the point that the reader is surprised. In The Great Gatsby， the development of the plot drives Nick’s images to develop and be round. Nick acts as a round character and the basis lie in the chapter one； Nick expresses his aloofness attitude toward all people and all things through stating the ways how his father educates him. “In consequence，I’m inclined to reserve alljudgments， a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not afew veteran bores.” With these traits， Nick is needed by other characters in the novel， and the complex relationship draws the foreshowing of the ups and downs of the plot development. Throughout the whole story，Nick’ images changes surprisingly，but neither let readers fell abrupt nor discredited，so Nick should belong to the typical rounded figures.ConclusionNick himself enjoys unique characteristics. Honest， tolerant， open-minded， quiet， and a good listener inclined to reserve judgment， Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. Nick has a good education and from thetalking of Nick’ father， Nick is well-formed. Nick has a well--connected relationship with other characters，he is Gatsby’ neighbor， Daisy's cousin， Tom's old college friend，Jordan’ lover. His position in relation to the other charactersgives him a perfect vantage point from which to tell the story and all trust and rely on him. Nick’ participant plays an irreplaceable role in the plot development. In The Great Gatsby， Nick acts as the carrier of a double sight， both a participant and an outsider， he can not only tell the story and portray the characters from the outside as a bystander， but also he can also be a participant to observe theother character’s motivation. And in the process of the development of the whole story， Nick played an irreplaceable role in the plot development. Nick is a“witness” type round character， Nick acts both as the witness and Nick is a round character. From the above analysis，Fitzgerald created the new “I” witness type narrative point of view， coupled with the plot development， this makes Nick become an Epiphany of life and an irreplaceable narrator. 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《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物形象解读
了不起的盖茨比中的人物形象解读引言《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德于1925年创作的一部文学名著。
故事以20世纪20年代为背景，通过主人公盖茨比及其周围人物的生活描写，展现了美国大萧条时期社会阶层分化和追逐梦想的主题。
本文将对《了不起的盖茨比》中几个关键人物进行形象解读。
1. 盖茨比 (Jay Gatsby)盖茨比是小说中最重要的角色之一，他是一个神秘而富有的百万富翁。
尽管他在社交场合表现得自信且风度翩翩，但内心深处却隐藏着孤独和渴望。
盖茨比追求着属于过去时光中的美好回忆，他希望能够重建与前女友黛西（Daisy）之间破碎的感情。
然而，在他看似浮华的生活背后，其实也暗藏着着虚荣、孤寂和无尽苦恼。
2. 尼克·卡拉威 (Nick Carraway)尼克是小说的叙述者和主角之一，他是一个理性和善良的年轻人。
作为盖茨比的邻居和好友，尼克在故事中担任着观察者和解释者的角色。
通过他对盖茨比及其他人物行为和动机的描写，读者可以更好地理解并体会到小说所传达的主题和情感。
3. 黛西·布坎南 (Daisy Buchanan)黛西是小说中另一个核心角色，她是一个充满魅力却也深受虚荣心驱使的女人。
黛西与盖茨比曾有过一段恋情，然而出于社会地位和家庭压力选择了与当时的丈夫汤姆·布坎南（Tom Buchanan）结婚。
尽管如此，她内心深处仍然对盖茨比抱有情感，并最终造成了故事悲剧性的结局。
4. 汤姆·布坎南 (Tom Buchanan)汤姆是黛西的丈夫，一个富有且强势的男人。
他代表着那个时期上流社会男性所拥有的阶级优越感和保守观念。
汤姆对黛西不忠，同时也经常表现出种族主义和傲慢的态度。
汤姆的形象暴露了社会阶层之间的差距以及那个时期男性主导社会中存在的性别问题。
结论《了不起的盖茨比》通过对盖茨比及其他关键角色形象的描写，展示了奢华与虚荣、爱与背叛、社会光鲜背后的冷漠和空虚等主题。
《了不起的盖茨比》中尼克的叙述者角色分析
《了不起的盖茨比》中尼克的叙述者角色分析作者：赵广州来源：《新教育时代·教师版》2018年第41期摘要：两次世界大战之间，美国由农业社会逐渐过渡到工业社会。
在此转变过程之中，旧与新之间出现了许多激烈的碰撞，旧的传统和道德不断受到新的潮流和思想的撞击。
经济上的短暂繁荣和精神上的长期贫乏之间出现了一定的矛盾。
这个特殊时期在美国历史上被冠之以“爵士时代”。
《了不起的盖茨比》被认为是记录这个时代的最好作品。
本文拟通过叙述者——尼克这一重要人物来分析小说记录时代的成功之处。
关键词：《了不起的盖茨比》叙述者尼克人物分析引言小说本是虚构，但是作者在虚构之时会采取多种技巧和方式力图让作品给读者以真实可信的感觉。
在众多方式之中，叙述者在小说的真实性方面扮演了一个非常重要的角色。
①一次世界大战之后的二十年代也被称为“喧嚣的20年代”和“爵士时代”，前者侧重于美国快速的工业化、城市化带来了激动的震颤和混乱的骚动，热闹的喧嚣之声处处可闻。
而后者则侧重于破陈规，标新异，反传统，求变革的急剧社会观念和文化意识的转变。
《了不起的盖茨比》一直被公认为是书写美国二十世纪二十年代的代表作品，时代的印迹自然是在书中处处可见。
此前研究侧重于从美国梦角度分析盖茨比，从女性主义角度分析黛西，但是小说中的另一个主要人物----叙述者尼克则较少得到应有的注意。
不管是从人物重要性，还是从小说时代性，本文都觉得汤姆这一人物具有重要意义。
本文拟从尼克在美国社会巨变之时的处境来进行人物分析。
《了不起的盖茨比》以父亲对叙述者尼克涉世未深时的建议作为开篇，即“每逢你想要批评任何人的时候，你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你那些优越条件。
”此后，叙述者将该建议记在心中，时时想起。
该建议自然对叙述者产生了重要的影响。
父亲建议的大致意思是让尼克不要轻易批评任何人，尼克因此也就习惯于保留多所有人的判断。
尼克的此种习惯让周围朋友乐于向其吐露心声和秘密，不仅是乐于表达，而且是毫无保留地向尼克倾述。
浮华阅尽别见天——《了不起的盖茨比》中尼克的成长解读
浮华阅尽别见天——《了不起的盖茨比》中尼克的成长解读隋亚男
【期刊名称】《中南林业科技大学学报（社会科学版）》
【年(卷),期】2012(006)005
【摘要】在《了不起的盖茨比》中,菲茨杰拉德通过叙述者尼克卡络威,向读者呈献了一阕华丽的＂爵士时代＂的挽歌。
尼克既是一个特殊的叙述者,即对叙述的完整性与主题的突显发挥着不可替代的作用;同时,他又是小说的主人公——盖茨比的故事也是关于尼克成长的故事。
尼克的东部之行使他完成了人生路上的成长礼,获得了认识论上的成熟。
【总页数】4页(P112-115)
【作者】隋亚男
【作者单位】山东大学外国语学院,山东济南250100
【正文语种】中文
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《了不起的盖茨比》中尼克形象分析
摘要尼克作为《了不起的盖茨比》中的主人公，是作者以高超的艺术手法精心塑造的人物。
尼克形象的性格特征主要有理智、宽容、对立三个方面，他在文中充当许多重要作用，他是连接着众多人物的核心，是参与小说关键事件的重要人物，是承担叙述全文的叙述者，同时，他还拥有“见证者”、“代言人”的特殊意义。
分析尼克的形象有助于读者对他有一个全面的认知，这对于理解文章的主旨有着很大提升。
关键词：尼克性格作用意义AbstractNick, as the protagonist in the Great Gatsby, is a character carefully created by the author with superb artistic techniques. Nick's characters are mainly rational, tolerant and antagonistic. He plays a lot of important roles in the text. He is the core of many characters, an important person who takes part in the key events of the novel, a narrator who undertakes the narrative. At the same time, he also has the special significance of "witness" and "spokesperson". Analyzing Nick's image will help readers to have a comprehensive understanding of him, which will greatly improve the understanding of the main idea of the article.Key words: Nick；character；Effect；Significance目录一、引言 (2)二、尼克形象的性格分析 (2)（一）理智 (3)（二）宽容 (5)（三）对立 (7)三、尼克形象的作用 (9)（一）连接者的作用 (10)（二）参与者的作用 (11)（三）叙事者的作用 (11)四、尼克形象的意义 (13)（一）作者的代言人 (13)（二）时代的见证者 (15)五、结语 (16)参考文献 (16)致谢................................. 错误!未定义书签。
《了不起的盖茨比》尼克人物形象分析 尼克是怎样的人
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- 250-校园英语 / 文艺研究confrontation with the group represented by Tom and Daisy promotes his image immensely.On one hand, Gatsby has gone a long way on the civilized side. Tom is a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shiny arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward …. It was a body capable of enormous leverage —a cruel body(Fitzgerald, 9). However, Gatsby is a gentleman with an understanding smile and a modest air around him. He always speaks in a polite manner and doesn ’t want any trouble with anybody. Tom ’s foul tongue humiliates himself in the presence of Gatsby ’s courtesy.On the other hand, people like Tom and Daisy dwarf in front of Gatsby. “Tom and Daisy have neither dream nor aspiration for their life. The only matter bothering them is how to spend the time as Daisy cries ：‘What ’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon ？And the day after that, and the next thirty years ？’”(Fitzgerald, 65) Nevertheless, Gatsby has been running out of breath after his American Dream. He values self-made success and builds up his wealth with his own hands. On the contrary, Tom ’s value is commensurate with hedonism. “He sucks on his inherited money, squanders at his own will and takes the enjoyed privileges for granted.”(金莉, 秦亚青, 142页)In short, whereas Tom appears arrogant, pretentious and aggressive, Gatsby is modest, honest and amiable. Whereas Tom and Daisy plot to evade the responsibility, Gatsby heroically takesup the consequences. Gatsby ’s dedication to his ideal outrivals their meanness and depravity.IV . ConclusionGatsby has come a long way from the West to the East. Underneath his rough appearance lies his romantic ideal, pure good wishes and his consistent pursuit of that ideal. His entire life dwells on a noble aspiration. His unswerving belief, strong hope in every possibility and his innocence rivets him in his ideal world of goodness and purity, and presses him to build up a “paradise ” in the corrupted society. Gatsby ’s life is no tragedy. Gatsby in tears and blood rolls out a dramatic heroic epic in the Dollar Age. Thanks to Fitzgerald, we have the opportunity to see with our own eyes the marvelous scene —the greatness buried in an ordinary yet unusual westerner. 参考文献：[1]Fitzgerald,F.Scott.The Great Gatsby.Qingdao:The Qingdao Press,2003.[2]金莉,秦亚青.美国文学[M].北京:外语教学与研究出版社,1999.[3]李宜燮,常耀信.美国文学选读(下册)[M].天津:南开大学出版社,2002.[4]谢冰.论盖茨比爱情悲剧的成因[J].安徽文学(下半月),2016 (6).[5]张曌.浅析盖茨比的伟大精神[J].现代交际,2017(11).作者简介：孙金丹(1982-)，女，汉族，江苏靖江人，硕士，讲师，主要从事英语语言文学及英汉翻译研究。
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Nick
Fitzgerald’s voice
The Great Gatsby begins with Nick, a poetic bond trader, recalling some advice from his father: “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the peoplein this world
Nick travels to New York in 1922 to learn the bond business. He lives in the West Egg district of Long Island, next door to Gatsby. Nick is also Daisys cousin, which enables him to observe and assist the resurgent love affair between Daisy and Gatsby. As a result of his relationship to these two characters, Nick is the perfect choice to narrate the novel, which functions as a personal memoir of his experiences with Gatsby in the summer of 1922. Nick is also well suited to narrating The Great Gatsby because of his temperament. As he tells the reader in Chapter I, he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby, in particular, comes to trust him and treat him as a confidant.
Dream shattered , after presided the Gatsby 's funeral, he finally understood the life of
the eastern United Stateslike a beautiful
bubppointed, deeply life is like drama, eventually left New York with disgust. He is a morally upright honest narrator.
great , everyone else added together can
not match ." The whole story , Nick had always maintained a calm and rational
judgment , witness Gatsby 's American
haven't had the advantages you've had.”
Nick changes profoundly over the course of the novel.
Chain
Gatsy's Neighbor,Friend
Daisy's Nephew
Tom's Classmate Jordan's Lover
If Gatsby represents one part of Fitzgerald's personality, the flashy celebrity who pursued and glorified wealth in order to impress the woman he loved, then Nick represents another part: the quiet, reflective Midwesterne r adrift in the lurid East.
the emptiness and depravity of human
nature under the hedonistic lifestyle, but also realized Jordan was just another Daisy .
In the end, Nick loudly shouted, " Gatsby is
In fact, like with Fitzgerald , Nick also
came from middle-class families, joined
the army in a battle , and retired to New York to develop. Nick fell in love with another rich girl- Daisy 's friend Jordan, had amazed and pleased to enjoy the luxurious life in New York high society. With Gatsby 's death , he clearly recognized