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Bagga
Rishu Bagga
Mrs. Mozzone
English
11 January 2016
Nick Carraways Dishones in !he "rea "as#y
$n %rancis &co %izgeral's no(el) The Great Gatsby) %izgeral'
shows he li*e o* a +an
na+e' Jay "as#y) hrough he eyes o* Nick Carraway. Nick has ,us
+o(e' in o his new ho+e
in -es Egg) New ork) an' "as#y is his neigh#or. "as#y is a (ery
rich an' /o/ular +an)
hough no one knows how he has #eco+e rich) an' +any hy/oheses
ha(e #een +a'e #y sociey.
"as#y is in lo(e wih a wo+an na+e' Daisy) who ha//ens o #e Nicks
cousin. "as#y use' o
see Daisy years ago *ro+ he i+e he #ook is se in. "as#ys lo(e
*or Daisy re+ains
uncon'iional) e(en hough Daisy is now +arrie' o a rich /olo
/layer na+e' !o+) who is e(en
richer han "as#y) an' is +uch +ore res/ece' as he resi'es in a
+ansion in Eas Egg) he
classier o* he wo eggs) an' has a /ros/erous an' res/eca#le
*a+ily. 3s "as#y ges in(ol(e'
wih Daisys li*e again) con*lic occurs) an' Nick *in's hi+sel*
ra//e' in he cener. !he rea'er
+ay iner/re Nick as a relia#le narraor *or un'ersan'ing he
con*lic) as Nick a//ears o #e
(ery wise *ro+ early on in he #ook. 4owe(er) alhough Nick see+s
hones an' also clai+s ha
5he is one o* he +os hones /eo/le ha 5he has e(er known 789)
here is a+/le e(i'ence
ha /ro(es ha Nick /ossesses insea' a raher 'ecei*ul
characer.
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Bagga
-hen Nick *in's hi+sel* in ense siuaions) he en's o #e 'ishones
a#ou his inenions
o a(oi' con*lic. %or e:a+/le) Nick +enions (ery casually o he
rea'er ha he was in a
relaionshi/ wih a girl) #u her #roher #egan hrowing +ean looks
in 5his 'irecion) so when
she wen on her (acaion in July) 5he le i #low ;uiely away. 769
$* Nick was a ruly hones
characer) he woul' ha(e a leas ol' his /arner he was lea(ing
her) insea' running away he
+o+en she wasn here o see hi+. Nick lies o hi+sel*) an'
conse;uenly he rea'er a#ou his
relaionshi/ wih a girl #ack ho+e 7
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Bagga
Ferha/s %izgeral' was ae+/ing o show in his #ook no only he sory
o* "as#y) #u
o also show a /heno+enon o* hu+an naure) ha e(eryone has heir
own (iew/oins an'
,u'g+ens. No +aer how +uch a /erson #elie(es hi+ or hersel* o #e
hones) he way Nick 'i')
i is i+/ossi#le o +ake sense o* he worl' wihou ha(ing so+e
,u'g+ens or #iases. 3s
con*lics e+erge o'ay) e(eryone has heir own o/inion) an'
e(eryone #elie(es heir (iews are
he hones) an' un#iase' ones) ,us as Nick 'i'.
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