Nick Carraway In The Great Gatsby Essay

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is the main character and also the narrator of the novel. Nick represents the color blue in The Great Gatsby for several reasons. He is the only one that shows loyalty and sincerity as well. The color blue is mostly known for as being friendly and caring, both of which apply to Nick’s traits as loyal and sincere. Nick is seen as these traits throughout the novel, making him a true blue. Loyalty is a trait that is often broken in The Great Gatsby. Nick seems to be the only one that is honest and loyal to others. In The Great Gatsby, Nick, himself, states that “Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59). Tom and Daisy, who are married to each other, are cheating on each other without the other one knowing. Tom is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle, a lady who lives in the Valley of Ashes, while Daisy is …show more content…
He understands every character and what they are all going through. This makes him the most sincere out of everyone. Although Nick is the least bias of all of the other characters, he still has a special liking of Gatsby above everyone else. He is very sincere to Gatsby because Gatsby chased after what he believed in, and Nick respected that. In the last chapter of the book, Nick tells the reader that “I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it” (Fitzgerald 180). Although Gatsby had died, Nick still thought of him. He still thought of Gatsby and his struggle to get with the girl he loved. This is why he was sincere to Gatsby, because Nick knew what Gatsby had gone through to win Daisy back. He had gotten so close, yet he could not quite achieve his