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To What Extent Is Nick A Dynamic Character In The Great Gatsby

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Some characters are static; they remain the same from start to finish. Others are dynamic; they emerge at the end, having undergone a substantial change.
Is Nick a static or dynamic character? Does he change? If so, how? If not, why not?

Lopez 1 Nick Carroway is the main character of the book “The Great Gatsby”. The significance of this character being in the story is that he is an ordinary person who lives a regular life. The author expresses Nick Carroway as the main guy throughout the story. In the beginning, he lives in a regular home and works in the bond business. Coming to the end of the story, Nick turns dark realizing what happened in his life. The author describes Nick Carroway in the novel as a dynamic character because he changes from one person to another in situations. Nick differs from the rest of the people at Gatsby's parties. He stands out from the parties; all he could see is people of upper class. Nick and Jordan Baker have a secret romance, so he has the feeling that they will get married one day. In the book, Nick said “I looked at Miss Baker, wondering what it was she “got done” I enjoyed looking at her” (pg. 100). This describes Nick’s feelings for Jordan Baker. He has this sense of peace while they …show more content…

In the beginning of the novel, Nick could have been one of those people who did not attend Gatsby’s funeral because he didn’t know who this man was. Since Nick started to have feelings for Gatsby, he tried to see the good in him. Nick says in the book “When I came back from the East last autumn, I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”

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