As stated above, Nick becomes more than a narrator. He establishes a second role throughout the novel. He preferably describes events rather than dominate in action. He shows us how events occurs rather than applying himself to it; making the novel more striking. Evidently, he gradually attains a character as we glimpse his personal attachment to Jordan Baker. He becomes attracted to her sophistication and good qualities but repels her dishonesty. Nick states that there is a quality of distortion in New York. This seems to make him lose his equilibrium; as in Chapter two where he becomes drunk. On one hand, Nick is attracted to the fast-paced, fun-driven lifestyle of New York. On the other hand, he finds that lifestyle grotesque and damaging. He realizes the fast life he was involved in as a cover for the moral emptiness that the valley of ashes symbolizes. "On the last night with my trunk packed, and my car sold...I went over and looked at that huge incoherent failure of a house once more", evidently explains

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Approximate Word count = 685
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)