“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.” (Fitzgerald 2) Throughout the life of Nick Carraway, he is known as a person who reaches the minds of many people no matter how selfish the person is. Nick is the confidant of his friends, mainly Jay Gatsby, who choose to confide in him about their secret past, love, and infidelity.
Nick is Gatsby’s confidant because Nick is always there to listen to Gatsby with zero judgment. Nearing the end of Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, Gatsby confides in Nick about his deep love for her, “‘I can’t describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport…’”(Fitzgerald 150) Through the story on Gatsby's past, Nick found that Gatsby was really doing it all for love. Gatsby could trust Nick enough to tell him things that he had never once told anyone else, throughout the novel it seems as though Gatsby has never thought that Nick would expose his secrets to anyone. Gatsby saw Nick as someone to offer him support, guidance, and motivation as his confidant.
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Gatsby had no fear in asking Nick to do this for him because of the fact that Nick is an understanding person and Gatsby trusts him to not reveal this to Daisy. After Jordan and Nick talked about the plan, Gatsby waited patiently for Nick to let him know if he was okay with it, “He waited, looking at me with suppressed eagerness.” (Fitzgerald 82) Although Gatsby was really hoping that Nick would accept his plan, he still wanted it to be on Nick's terms. Nick and Gatsby’s relationship has a mutual respect for each other's boundaries and it seems like they both trust each other with