How Is Nick Carraway Told In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is evident that the narrator throughout the novel is Nick Carraway. There is only one point in the novel where there is a shift in voice, which goes from Nick Carraway to Jordan Baker in chapter four. Jordan Baker has a flashback that gives the reader more insight to who Daisy Buchanan is and her previous relationship with Jay Gatsby. The shift in narration is not only significant because it only occurs in chapter four but because it shines a romantic light on Jay Gatsby which is not how he has been perceived prior to Jordan’s brief narration. Before the narration switched from Nick Carraway to Jordan Baker, Jay Gatsby was viewed as a mysterious, rich man who was hiding something. Although the idea of who Jay Gatsby truly is did not completely change after Jordan Baker’s narration, it did bring a new insight of who he could honestly be. Whereas the narration switched from Nick to Jordan, while Jordan is narrating she is talking to Nick about Daisy. Jordan talking to Nick is significant because Jordan as the narrator gives Nick the main narrator insight to Jay Gatsby, which changes Nick’s view on …show more content…
Nick now views Gatsby as a real, truthful and honorable man rather than a mysterious, rich individual who only threw parties to portray a spurious image. Nick learns that Gatsby was truly, deeply and unconditionally in love with Daisy, which completely changes what he thought Gatsby, was like. The fact that Daisy was about to call off her wedding to Tom shows the love she shared with Gatsby. When Jordan asks Nick to invite, Daisy over he realizes that Gatsby has been throwing parties with hope that his love Daisy will one day show up at his doorstep. Nick now understands that Gatsby has been upholding an ideal image, which adds to his mystery, all for his one true love