Mainframe computers analyze information and present it so that the observer is

able to make accurate observations. In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald,

the narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a story in which Jay Gatsby tries to attain happiness

through wealth. Even though the novel is titled after Gatsby, Nick, just as a mainframe

computer, analyzes the actions of others and presents the story so that the reader can

comprehend the theme. Therefore, Nick is the hero in the novel. Throughout the novel,

Nick is the vehicle used to gather all of the pieces together to learn about Gatsby. Nick is

a one of a kind in the novel. He also, is the only character that changes in the novel from

Nick is the literary device that is employed to learn about Gatsby, which

ultimately tells the theme of the story. Throughout the novel, flashbacks are inserted to

reveal piece by piece about the mysterious Gatsby. Nick patches the pieces of the puzzle

together regarding Gatsby's past and lack of a future. Nick is like the box of a puzzle; the

puzzle is impossible to put together without it. Without Nick, the reader's opinion of

symbolically take a trip to Europe. This portrays the idea that the rich buy out of trouble

I forgot"(Fizgerald,p63). He also goes around with Tom and Myrtle to try to fit in at their

made"(Fitzgerald,187-188). He finally realizes how selfish and irresponsible the rich are.

"friends" cannot attend the funeral because he is "tied up in some very important business

and their carelessness. Nick comments that "The rich are careless people, Tom and Daisy

blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him"(Fizgerald,189). Without Nick, Gatsby's

progresses, Nick learns and changes. When Myrtle and Gatsby die, Tom and Daisy

Nick sticks out of this crowd like a "sore thumb". Nick was raised in the "friendly"

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