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Great GatsbyTHE GREAT GATSBYIn todays society, many mass like to follow the current. They want to catch the wave. Which means, it does not head if things are good or bad, right or wrong, they just follow and do it without any thinking. Therefore, there are not too many people who are normal, thoughtful nor neutral. However, in the novel, The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, one of the characters name is Nick Carroway, he was the good and neutral narrator. It was because, in the novel, he analyzed every things with regard to accuracy of observation.In The Great Gatsby, when Mr. Gatsby told Nick he wanted to return the past over again with his lover- Daisy, Nick Carroway warned him to give it up, because it was impossible. Unfortunately, Mr. Gatsby did not gestate it. So at the end, Mr. Gatsbys dream still had not came true because Daisy did not break up with Tom and go with him. It can be seen in the stretch forth chapter in the novel, when Gatsby was murdered, Daisy went so meplace else with her husband, and did not go to Gatsbys funeral. I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. Butshe and Tom had gone outdoor(a) early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.Therefore, Nick Carroways analysis was right by these clear observations. However, Nick was a good narrator, he sees everything happen and does not believe everybody easily. So when the townspeople gossip about the latest rumor, he does not believe it is true. After he proves it, only thus will he consume the truth. Moreover, when Nick went to Gatsbys party, there was a drunken lady telling everyone Gatsby killed a man before. Also, there is another lady that claimed Gatsby was a German spy It is more(prenominal) that he was a German spy during the war. Nick heard it, but when he had a chance to have a lunch with Gatsby, he told Nick, he was an Oxford man and showed him that fought in World War One. Then Nick knew Gatsby wa s neither a German Spy nor a murderer. Furthermore, at the end of the novel, when Daisy drove Gatsbys car and killed Mrs. Wilson in a car accident, Nicks first thought was the Gatsby killed Mrs. Wilson. But after Gatsby told him all of the things at that moment, Nick realized that his first thought was wrong and then made his own conclusion.