Chapter Summary:
Two years later, Nick reminisces the days and weeks after Gatsby’s death. Nick had a hard time piecing together exactly what happens and feels in debt to Gatsby. He cannot find many people to attend the funeral and once again Nick feels like he is falling short of what he owes Gatsby. Nick finally is introduced to Gatsby’s father; Nick is still stunned that Gatsby has family still alive, because his father was never aforementioned. Gatsby’s father is surprised by all of Gatsby’s material wealth when Nick shows him his house. Later, Nick runs into Tom after Gatsby’s funeral and at first, refuses to shake hands with him. He finally complies, and they discuss why Wilson killed Gatsby and Nick concludes that Tom and Daisy are careless people who do not care about anyone but themselves.
Character Choice:
I. Nick Carraway
II. “Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away ” (Fitzgerald 186).
III. Nick’s greats attribute is that he reserves judgment on a person before he decides to like them or not. As our narrator he is very honest and he cares about Gatsby and tries to help him.
IV. Nick is our honest narrator; he tells things like he sees them, with no exceptions. The downside to this is the harsh reality of those situations. Nick is Gatsby’s only true friend. Although he is our narrator he is barely involved in the story at all making him a static character.
Quote Selection:
“I couldn’t forgive him or like him but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused” (Fitzgerald 187).
This shows Nicks true and honest character in this novel. He has reserved judgment on most of the characters, and now that he has an informed conscience in regards to Tom and Daisy, he cannot morally be okay with what they have done. He never wanted to like Tom and Daisy, but in the end they gave him no choice but to not like them. They were careless, selfish people which is the exact opposite from Nick.
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