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What Role Does Nick Carraway Play In The Great Gatsby

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Nonetheless, a few of the lessons included in The Great Gatsby are not considered politically correct by any standard. The narrator, Nick Carraway, tends to surround himself with folk he isn’t particularly fond of, including Jay Gatsby. At one point in the novel, he thinks, “It was the only compliment i ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end” (pg 162). Nick obviously never liked Gatsby, which doesn’t add up because throughout the novel, Gatsby appeared to be Nick’s best friend; he did favors for him, hung out a majority of the book, kept secrets for him, and yet Nick must have been faking it. If Nick didn’t like Gatsby, why did he put up with him all the time? The only reason for Nick’s involvement with Gatsby is
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