The Consequence of Nick Carraway

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The Consequence of Nick Carraway Being influenced is basically just reacting to what’s going on and people around. People can be in influenced by their family, friends, or even the environment around them and many people can’t even realize the changing in themselves because of those influences around them. In The Great Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway also got influenced by the people and relationships around him so much that he couldn’t even realize he has spent a long way in life. Because of his characters, personalities, and complex relationship around, Nick is easily got influenced by others around him. Nick got involved and influenced easily by others’ just because of his temperament character. As Nick had commented himself “In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bones.” (pg1), he characterized himself as a tolerant, opened- minded, trustworthy, quiet, and a good listener. As a result, he became someone with whom people feel comfortable to share and everyone else tend to share their “big” secrets to Nick. Tom tells him about his affair, Gatsby tells him about his love in the past with Daisy and even the secret of cheating at golf of Jordan is being told to Nick too. And also because of his nice, caring character, Nick couldn’t ignore and abandon but care and help out for those secrets. That’s how Nick slowly got involved and influenced by those secrets. Nick’s personality is the reason why his character is slowly changing throughout the book. The complex relationships between Nick and everyone else make Nick seem to be the central character that got involved and influence a little bit to everyone’s living. Because Nick is Tom’s old college friend, he couldn’t reject but follow Tom and joined in the crazy party in the apartment.

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