The Great Gatsby-Point of View

"I lived at the West Egg, the-well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them" (pg 5). Nick Carraway is the narrator in the story and it is told from his point of view. We, the readers, see the other characters the way he perceives them to be. He is writing about past events in his life and reflecting on a few people in particular. Nick witnesses different dimensions of the characters. He sees Tom and Myrtle together as well as Tom and Daisy together. Daisy does not know much about Myrtle, but Nick knows more. Nick knows many things about the different characters that even the other characters do not know about each other. Nick also meets Gatsby, an elusive host unknown to many of his party guests. With the use of first person, the reader experiences Nick's perception of these characters.