GATSBY ESSAY

                 ESSAY PROMPT!
In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result is, as Henry James remarked, that the confidant or confidante can be as much “the reader’s friend as the protagonist’s.” However, the author sometimes uses this character for other purposes as well.

What are the various ways Nick Carraway functions in The Great Gatsby?  How does he help give us the tour through Gatsby's world?  How does he help us get to know Jay Gatsby?  How does his presence change the course of the plot, the interactions between other characters, and/or the reader's understanding of the tone and theme of the novel?  What else (if anything) do you think Carraway's character accomplishes?  How would the book be different if the narration was provided by an anonymous, omniscient voice?

                  RESPONSE!!!!
Nick Carraway helps us tour through Gatsby's world when he meets him at his party. As soon as the narrator tells us that Gatsby had remembered him from some place ut gets us to realize that we will most likely be hearing from that character a lot more throughout the story. He helps us see who Gatsby was to people when they hang out and talk. We realize how deep his love for Daisy is almost immediately. Nick to me was always kind of like a cupid. He tried helping his great friend out with seeing Daisy. He always tried getting them together even though the youn lady was married.

Nick helped us reveal how all characters were Throughout the story, not only Gatsby. Funny thing is, with all the parties and love affairs in it, it seems so similar to a teenage life of this generation. So much drama.

Carraways' character accomplishes telling us hoe a typically rich persons life was back then. He described everybody's life so perfectly. He helped us picture the actual scenes happening.

"The Great Gatsby" Ch. 4 Notes

Notes
-Naming off a lot of people so we know he has a social life
-thinks he's good enough to hang out with Gatsby
-a lot of people are drunk
-trying to get drunk a lot because it's the cool thing to do
-alcohol is being outlawed at that time
-doing it to not feel lonely
-Getting drunk because they're not happy, not because it's fun
-everyones aldo killing themselves
-Tone is light hearted
-Shows how people cope
-Gatsby is a annoying because he's done it all and shows off
-Gatsby is a quiet guy but says a lot through his actions
-Has done a lot of bad things but trys making up for it