Nick's Reality In the novel, The Great Gatsby, written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character Nick Carraway has a view of reality like many people in today's society. Nick is the type of person who is both unrealistic and realistic at the same time. The realistic part of Nick shows the reader the character flaws of Jordan, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom while his unrealistic nature shows how he opinionated himself to be better and …
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…is cheating on her. Nick acknowledges everything, but he can't apply it to himself. Nick looks at everyone else and judges them to feel good, like Daisy who looks at money to feel better and Tom who looks at domination to get his way. By reading the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald allows the reader to understand that we too are similar to the character of Nick Carraway who is corrupt and misunderstanding in life.