THE GREAT GATSBY CHARACTERS: NICK CARRAWAY Nick Carraway is the narrator of The Great Gatsby; he is also a character in the novel. When you think about him, you have to think about what Fitzgerald is using him for. You also have to look at him as a person. Nick, is first of all, Fitzgerald's means of making his story more realistic. Because Nick is experiencing events and telling us about them in his own …showed first 75 words of 2856 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2856 total…two worldly people of the time. If you want to explore the Nick-Jordan relationship and the possible reasons why Nick becomes involved with her and then brea ks the relationship off, you'll need to look particularly at three passages: Nick's comments toward the end of Chapter III; the phone call between Nick and Jordan in Chapter VIII; and their final conversation in Chapter IX. We'll take a close look at thes e passages later on.