Explore the presentation of Nick as a narrator in the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby

dent comes across as an unreliable fibber by means ofout the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby, especially during Chapter cardinal at the party, where his use of ellipses suggests to the reader that his knowledge is distorted. Also, nick is unable to give an stainless account of what has occurred in the society he has become acquainted with out front he moved to West Egg and therefore his insights into events are found on hearsay and rumours. Jordan has become a source of nicks intelligence, and he demands information from her at Gatsbys party about Gatsby himself yet he then goes on to describe her as incurably double-dealing, casting doubt on everything she has said previous to this. Further more(prenominal), dent does not confirm whether the information he has been told is truthful or not, he exclusively states what he has been informed without expanding on this, thus it is unclear to the reader if Jordan is a reliable source of information.Nick himself is going with an internal conflict, implying that he cannot give an accurate, unbiased account of what is going on in other(a) peoples lives. It is clear that he is struggling between two contrasting lifestyles the pleasure-orientated, fast-paced life of New York and the conventional, fairly nondescript priming he came from where, he believes, honorableity is still valued. This suggests that he is so concern with his own problems that he cannot afford to think through the events of other people. in spite of this, Nick seems puzzlen towards the garishly ostentatious lifestyle that he is introduced to at Gatsbys party and appears to for choose his morals and ideals on my way to put roaring drunk this story is set whilst prohibition was in place, and so to get roaring drunk was to go against the law.This contradicts his earlier statement, wanting the beingness to be in uniform which implies that he wants the strict discipline and accord of society during the Great War back, despite him participating in umpteen activities that would strongly go against this for instance, his drunken fiasco at Myrtles apartment. Incidentally, the morals he so strongly believes in are questioned through his meeting with Myrtle she is Nicks cousins husbands mistress and yet he seems to have no objection to their affair, despite the seemingly close birth he has with Daisy. Furthermore, the expertness at which he has adapted his guinea pigistics is similar to the ease that the disciplined society of the Great War changed at its sudden brusk balance although he is being critical about the changes that have happened since that oral sex in time he is actually changing in the said(prenominal) way, thus emphasising his hypocritical mannerisms.Nick seems to have been caught up in the moral decay of the society the only mention of his engagement is from Daisy in Chapter 1, and in the form of the certain girl that played tennis at the end of chapter three, but the lack of detail given about her suggests that he doesnt believe that fact to be entirely important especially considering that Nick is writing about past events. Based on the amatory resourcefulness that he uses one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance and the romantic ideals he appears to believe in, it seems out of character for him to skip over his engagement, thereby suggesting that he has been caught up in the moral decay within the society.Nicks character portrays something different to what Nick as a narrator thinks. Nick believes he is inclined to reserve all judgements, however he immediately contradicts this by stating he has been made victim of not a few old hand bores, reiterating his obvious hypocrisy. This is the narrators attempt to make the reader sensitive that although many opinions are not voiced, they are still there and different techniques are used passim to novel to allow the reader to draw their own conclusion especially symbolism.Whilst Nick realises that Tom, Daisy and Jordan are dishonourable people, he still spends a great deal of time with them, choosing to neglect their faults it is more important for him to fit in with these rich, sophisticated people that to risk his companionship with them by pointing out their imperfections. It is this reservation of the truth that leads the reader to question Nicks reliability and honesty, and it is also this that makes him conform to the majority of society or so people are dishonest and they sacrifice their honesty to fit in with the rest of society.Nick seems to be a bit of a wallflower throughout the first three chapters in that he doesnt get involved in the events that are happening all around him and appears to unite in with the background. This is especially apparent in Chapter Two whilst Nick is at Myrtle and Toms apartment he merely sits and watches everyone else in the room. It implies that he doesnt have a mind of his own he would rather sit and watch from the s ide-lines than actually get involved and this is forceful when Tom drags him off the train to meet Myrtle, I followed him.The valley of ashes appears to beguile and repulse Nick almost simultaneously this is made apparent through his use of imagery, spasms of dust. This is perhaps because, whilst Nick thinks that he has seen the real foundation he has in fact only seen a shaded version of man as he comes from a reasonably well-off background implies through his great-uncle being able to send a substitute to the obliging War in his place, which was something that only the rich could achieve.Part of Fitzgeralds scientific discipline in The Great Gatsby shines through the way he cleverly makes Nick a focal point of the action, whilst simultaneously allowing him to remain sufficiently in the background, thereby being able to comment on what events were unfolding throughout the novel, Nick functions as Fitzgeralds voice.