Nick as Narrator When the novel first begins Nick begins telling us how he reserves all judgments for people, reflecting on his father’s words of advice, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (5). He holds true to this statement throughout the beginning of the novel. As a narrator, Nick reserves his final judgments for each of the story’s characters until the very …showed first 75 words of 699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 699 total…unjust of the characters in the novel. His initial enthusiasm for success and wealth is lost in the reality of good versus bad, and his dream of wealth and success is replaced with contempt and justice for those who cross the line. In the end Nick walks away with a new found insight into his own happiness and well being, and as he turns thirty he has lost some innocence, but discovered a new level