Nick serves as a representative of every man who could
peek into the world of the 1920s. Nick's not really rich, or overly popular or
completely successful as a businessman. He is middle class and from a working class
family in the Midwest. This is a majority of America.
The
lens through which he looks helps us see characters for who they are and with
appropriate and necessary judgment. Although as a narrator Nick claims he doesn't really
judge people, his words are dripping with adjectives and adverbs that place value
on other characters actions.
His relationship with Jordan
shows a natural effort at a relationship and the bumps of a not necessarily successful
dating relationship. He is a good all-American boy.
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