Text snippet: Nick Carraway. Direct: " He was blonde, spiritless man, anemic and faintly handsome." Pg. 43. Indirect: Myrtle has two personalities since she starts to act ...

Text snippet: Nick Carroway, the narrator of the story, describes himself as more level-headed and open-minded than other characters in the story. Daisy Buchanan is Jay's ...

Text snippet: The novel's narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond ...

Text snippet: At first she is presented as innocent, sweet and intelligent, “… A stirring warmth flowed from her”, however underneath the pretty 'white dress' lays a sardonic ...

Text snippet: Direct characterization is when the narrator plainly states a character's traits. Since The Great Gatsby is told through the first-person point ...

Text snippet: Fitzgerald begins with Nick Carraway who seems to be narrating the story. Nick describes himself as highly moral and highly tolerant. Later, Carraway mentions ...

Text snippet: In many ways, Nick is an unreliable narrator: he's dishonest about his own shortcomings (downplaying his affairs with other women, as well as his alcohol use), ...

Text snippet: Nick Carraway, the protagonist and narrator, starts The Great Gatsby by sharing a lesson his dad taught him: not to judge others, as most haven't had the ...

Text snippet: NICK: Direct Characterization: Daisy's cousin. ... Indirect Characterization: "Nick is a bit of a hypocrite since many times he says that he doesn ...