The Great Gatsby: Is Nick Carraway A Liar?

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Nick Carraway a Liar? Gatsby, Jordan, Daisy, Nick, which one do we know the most about? Well the obvious answer is Nick due to his role as the narrator and “friend” throughout the book, therefore we are given a special insight to how he thinks versus how he acts and behaves with others. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway decides to be very passive and let events transpire that didn't have to occur while lying to himself and others closeby. Nick Carraway can’t completely be classified as an honest person, he constantly says bad things and makes remarks towards people he says he's friends with. We only know his thoughts because he is the narrator, he rarely acts on the thoughts that he has as a narrator and becomes

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