Therefore, Nick is suggesting that Gatsby was striving to be a man he envisions in his fondest dreams, in a sense a perfect human being. ... As Nick Carraway narrates, "I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors" eyes...a fresh, green breast of the new world. ... Perhaps Nick sums Gatsby's fate well when he states, " So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." ... Here, Nick reveals Gatsby's lifelong quest to transcend his past as ultimately futile. ... What was once for Thomas Jefferson - a belief in self-reliance ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Nick states to Gatsby that you can not repeat the past and Gatsby replies " Can't repeat the past?'..."... Gatsby uses Nick Carraway to advance towards his dream. When Gatsby finds out that Nick is Daisy's cousin, he uses Nick by conducting a date for tea at Nick's house in pursuit to acquaint Daisy of his achieved wealth. Gatsby sends a guy to Nick's house to cut the lawn and set up flowers. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nick Carraway, a character originally hailing from the Midwest moves to a very prestigious neighborhood in New York. ... Nick begins to attend the parties thrown by Gatsby and becomes one of his very good friends. It is after this friendship that Gatsby reveals his deep rooted love for Nick's cousin Daisy. ... Nick's first impression when he meets Gatsby is admiration for his overwhelming sense of hope. ... Gatsby was considered a bootlegger by Nick, who lost respe...

• Word Count: 2165
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. ... Nick describes the Buchanan's as careless people, as he says: " They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made- (Pg. 170) Fitzgerald credits the destruction of the American Dream to wealth, privilege, and the lack of humanity that those aspects create. ... Whil...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the book Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. ... Nick describes the Buchanan's as careless people, as he says: " They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made- (Pg. 170) Fitzgerald credits the destruction of the American Dream to wealth, privilege, and the lack of humanity that those aspects create. ... Whil...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the book Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. ... Nick describes the Buchanan's as careless people, as he says: " They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made- (Pg. 170) Fitzgerald credits the destruction of the American Dream to wealth, privilege, and the lack of humanity that those aspects create. ... Whil...

• Word Count: 1310
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Nick Carraway's first vision of Gatsby was when he: Stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have swore he was trembling I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of a dock . ... Nick observes, "Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.... ... Ultimately, the inevitable collapse occurs, as Gatsby loses Daisy and dies almost completely friendless, prompting Nick to refer to Gatsby&#...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School