Great Gatsby
In today society, many people like to follow the current. They want to catch the
wave. Which mean, it does not matter if things were good or bad, right or wrong,
they just follow and do them without any thinking. Therefore, there are not too
many people would like to be a normal, thoughtful nor neutral person. However,
in the novel, The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, one of the character name
is Nike Carroway, he was the good and neutral narrator. It was because, in the
novel, he analyzed all of the things with regard to accuracy of observation. In
The Great Gatsby, when Mr.Gatsby told Vick he wanted to return the past over
again with his lover- Daisy, Nike Carroway warned him to give it up, because it
was impossible. Unforturately, Mr.Gatsby was not believe it. So at the end,
Mr.Gatsby’s dream still had not came true because Daisy did not break up with
Tom and go with him. It can be seen in the last chapter on the novel, when
Gatsby was murder, Daisy went to somewhere else with her husband, and did not go
to Gatsby’s funeray. I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called
her instinctively and without hersitation. But she and Tom had gone away early
that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. Therefore, Nike Carroway’s analysis
was right by these clear observation. However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator,
he sees everything happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the
people discuss about something at a time, he does not believe it is true. After
he proves it, he will accept the truth. Moreover, when Nike went to Gatsby’s
party, there is a drunk lady telling everyone Gatsby killed a man before.
Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once. Also, there is one more lady
said that Gatsby was a German spy: It is more that he was a German spy during
the war. Nike heard it, but when Nike had a chance to have a lunch with Gatsby,
he told Nike, he was an Oxford man and show him that fought in World War One.
Then Nike knew Gatsby was not a German Spy nor a murderer. Furthermore, at the
end of the novel, when Daisy drove Gatsby’s car and killed Mrs.Wilson in a car
accident, Nike’s first though Gatsby killed Mrs.Wilson. But after Gatsby told
him all of the things at that moment, then Nike was thinking and discuss between
Gatsby and Tom’s speaking, and make his own conclusion. Therefore, Nike was a
thoughtful man and his is not afraid to face anything around him. By these
facts, he had a clear mind and reliable in his observations, so it can make
people believe Nike Carroways was a neutral and clear mind narrator of this
novel, because this can be seen in Nike’s personality. In the novel, Nike was
also a neutral narrator too becasue he is the narrator who described everything
clearly and accurately. He was trustful because he described everything without
any personal point of view; By the way, throughout the whole story, he didn’t
defenses for any characters nor put any of his self-feeling in it. That’s why he
is a character who strived for neutrality. On the other hand, when Mr.Gatsby
tells Tom that Daisy will leave Tom because she loves Tom no more, it’s full of
fire’s atomsphere and emotion. ” I’ve got something to tell you, old sport-
” began Gatsby. But Daisy guessed at his intention. ” Please
don’t!” she interrupted helplessly.” Please let’s all go home. Why
don’t we all go home?” ” That’s a good idea.” I got up. “
Come on, Tom. Nobody wants a drink.” ” I want to know what Mr.Gatsby
has to tell me.” ” Your wife doesn’t love you,” said Gatsby.
“She’s never loved you. She loves me.” At that time, if Nike was not
in a neutral position, he must help Gatsby or Tom. But, he did not join in the
argument between Gatsby and Tom. He just put himself in a corner, keeping quiet
and see whatelse would happened in page 131 to page 135. Therefore, we can see
that Nike was a neutral man and a narrator who just care on the truth
observation for sure in here. It is so clear that Nike was a trustful man, so,
by his unjustice information, and his truthful and accurate observation, the
reader were sure that he is standing on neutral position, and the person who
does not follow other people. By his Fantastic personality – does not believe
everything nor what most other people said easily, it shows that Nike can
standing on neutral position truly because of his knowledge and clever.
