Great Gatsby - nick carraway characterisation

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Nick Carraway characterisation:

There are as many ways in which Nick caraway is presented as there are panes of stained glass in our chapel. Many panes of glass make up a window in which we see into another world, this world is the 1920’s and the window we look through is tainted and coloured with who Nick is. As with a leaf Nick is split in two ways, one side is turned to the sun to catch its rays and reflect and the other is more reserved and instinctual it is his ‘well rounded’ side

        When skimmed this book is about the man Jay Gatsby but for every detail we learn about Gatsby we receive nudges and concentrated thoughts about Mr Carraway. We learn more on who Nick is. This information is presented in colour and trains of thought and while the words in the book tell us of Gatsby the feelings, perception, guile and monitored information tells us who we are really seeing and learning about. We are not looking through panes in a window we are looking at the colour of those panes and how they beat and pulse.

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        Nick is a very confusing and insightful character and in this book he reveals conflicting information about who he is, was and wants to be. Nick portrays himself as a man who can be trusted, he refers to his past that at Yale he was approached by all kinds of people so he could hear their problems and become their ‘confidant’. He also quite confusingly writes that while people told his information and relied on him he constantly hid and feigned preoccupation (pg 7). Although he feigns occupation he seemingly without notice reveals to the readers that he is ...

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