¶ … Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby in the Great Gatsby. The writer examines the beginning relationship and the way it changes as the story unfolds. There were five sources used to complete this paper. Before one can begin to understand the relationship between Nick and Jay one must have an understanding on the plot of the story itself. The Great Gatsby is a story about Jay Gatsby still being in love with Daisy Buchanan. He does everything he can to try and win her back and she is so selfish and absorbed that she allows him to make the effort, knowing she is not going to leave her husband Tom. Tom has an affair and Daisy kills the mistress with Gatsby's car. In the end Gatsby is still doing anything he can for Daisy because he takes the blame for driving the car. The mistress's husband comes to Gatsby's house and kills Gatsby. The entire story is told from the narration of Nick Carraway who has moved to Long Island to become a bonds worker. He is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan.

The end of the story is about Gatsby's funeral and the fact that three people show up after all the parties and deals he did in life.

The relationship between Nick and Gatsby is a complicated one because it begins with one mindset and as the story unfolds it changes dramatically.

Jay Gatsby starts out as almost a big brother figure to Nick. He rose from poverty in North Dakota to one of the wealthiest men in the Long Island area. He does this by taking part in many acts of organized crime and underhanded deals that most law abiding citizens would have no part in.

Nick initially views Gatsby as the epitome of success. He is wealthy, he has friends,...

He is confident, cocky, owns a beautiful home and wears fantastic clothes. As Nick narrates the story the relationship and its changes are obvious as the story unfolds. In the beginning of the story Gatsby appears to be everything he wants the world to believe that he is. This is because of the way Nick views him and presents him to the reader. Everything the reader believes about Gatsby is what Nick is showing the reader.
As Nick gets to know him and sees that he is really an insecure man who only wants the love of a woman he cannot have, Nick begins to see the tarnish on Gatsby's coat of armor. It is this change in relationship between the two men that take the reader through the unveiling of Gatsby's true self. It is directly because of Nick realizing what he really is that the reader is allowed to see so as well.

Nick uses his open honest nature to impress Gatsby who in turn confesses and confides in him constantly.

The relationship between Nick and Gatsby begins as Nick idolizing Gatsby and all that he seems to represent. The flashy cars, the big house the fun parties are all things that Nick believes prove Gatsby is a good and successful person. As Nick begins to observe the desperation that Gatsby has with his love of Daisy he begins to see some of the flaws in the man he started out admiring. It is within the context of that eye opening that the relationship between them begins…