Examples Of Nick Honesty In The Great Gatsby

When you read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for your class, you go, “Oh Nick is a liar, a coward, and a narcissist!” and you get an A on your paper. However, I present another argument: Nick is actually one of the few honest people in the novel. “What? There is no way!” I imagine you say. I do see the evidence is stacked against me is solid, or so it would seem. It is obvious Nick knows about Myrtle. In addition, Nick is the one who invites Daisy to meet Gatsby and get back together, even though Daisy is a married woman. There is also the argument that Nick is keeping information from the readers. There might be a strong evidence for these arguments; however, it falls apart when analyzed further. Furthermore, Nick is honest compared

It is true Nick knows about the affair between Tom and Myrtle however, it does not mean Nick is actively involved. Since the affair is public knowledge, everyone knows that, “Tom’s got some woman in New York” (15). If everybody knows about the affair, does that mean everybody is a liar? “What about that the fact that Nick knows whom is Tom cheating with, and he won’t tell Daisy about her?” It is accurate that Nick knows about Myrtle, but he has no choice but to know about Myrtle since Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle. Nick did not know what was happening until Tom tells Nick, “I want to meet my girl” (7). In addition, there is no reason for Nick to tell Daisy about Myrtle since Daisy already knows about the affair so even if Daisy knows about Myrtle it would not make a

Nick has accepted from his father, "Whenever you feel like criticizing someone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had all of the advantages you've had" (1). This advice has turned Nick into a decent person and an honest narrator. Using the advice given to him, Nick presents his information in a proper and honest manner and letting us judge the characters. Instead of questioning Tom’s morality with his affair, Nick simply states Tom is in an affair showing Nick’s use of his father’s advice.
Nick also tells us everything we need to know and we get to judge based on the info. For instance, he documents all the rumors about Gatsby's past. Nick records Lucille’s comment, "Somebody told me that thought he killed a man once… It's more that he was a German spy during the war" (44). Moreover, Nick' reliability can be shown by him bringing readers to the scene where Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan fight for Daisy at the Plaza Hotel, and how Daisy's response releases how selfish and careless she