Explain what Fitzgerald achieves by using Nick's point of view to tell Gatsby's story.

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answers exist to your question about what the author gains by creatingas the narrator
of .  He gains a narrator, a narrator who is a part of the action, and a
narrator who on the surface is an outsider who can objectively describe the shortcomings of the
eastern .  The author gains a persona who can contrast his midwestern ways with the eastern ways
of the other characters.  The author gains a persona who experiences for the first time much of
what he describes:  parties like