Monday, November 15, 2010
When I first started reading 'Great Gatsby', I thought of Nick Carraway as someone who isn't judgemental as he said 'I'm inclined to reserve all judgements'. I thought he was a considerate person until he contridicted himself and nearly everything he said sounded judgemental. This made me think of Nick as an unreliable person who says things he doesn't really mean just to make himself sound good. Nick seems to be from an upper class as he graduated from an highly respected Posh university 'New Haven' which is Yale University. Also the fact that his father could afford to finance him for a year makes him look like his from a quite rich family. I, from what I have read, think that Nick Carraway is a stuck up person and was very spoilt by his parent; he even has a servant to who makes his bed and cooks his breakfast. I, personally, so far do not like him.
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He definitely contradicts himself several times within the first section. And I agree that he says things to make people like him or make himself seem impressive and that he was spoilt. I don't like him either :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that he did contradict himself-but does this make him a bad person? I think that although he may be judgmental, maybe this could be because of his own insecurities, and we should try and understant the character a little bit more before we judge him. I think that your view is good though, and Nick Carraway does appear to be a bit silly tbh by saying he's not judgemental :D
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