establishes
himself as being somewhat an outsider, a native of the midwest who has migrated to the East for
his career, which allows him to assume a detached view of the habits and values of the
easterners he encounters. Nick is able to observe and analyze the actions, reactions, faults,
and potentials of , , , andbecause he is "inclined to reserve all judgments" and
because he sees the New York attitudes and habits for what they are - empty practices with no
real substance or lasting meaning.
Fitzgerald uses Nick's commentary on
theand events in to voice his own personal feelings and opinions.
Throughout his life, Fitzgerald met many people from many walks of life and agreed with Nick's
reluctance to judge any person too hastily. Fitzgerald and his wife enjoyed the lifestyle of the
well-to-do and the intellectual elite; Nick allowed him to reflect on the beauty and the
shallowness of that era.
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