Discuss Nick Carraway's character. How reliable is he as a narrator? What aspects of his character make him an effective narrator? already answered

• is
  an unreliable narrator because he falls for 's desires instead of his own.


• retells the story from home
• uses the opportunity to construct
  himself
• contradictions make him an unfocused lens


• claims objectivity but uses judgmental lang
• distances himself as
  dispassionate observer (ch. 1)
• then virtually equates himself with Gatsby
  (ch. 2)

 

• Gatsby's desires are
  focused, specific =
• Nick is working through Gatsby's desires, not his
  own
• For Nick, relationships are too much trouble -- curb fantasies, resist
  all strong connections

 

• Nick's
  vulnerability
• always falls for Gatsby's lies, Gatsby's smile, Daisy's
  voice

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