Jay & Nick

Hey everyone,

Well, I'm feeling slightly less festive today, so NO new art.
However, I got my grubby mitts on a copy of Nerdaclysm, so that's good.
Now let's return to our regularly scheduled programming.

Now, Gatsby and Nick have a lot in common. For one thing, they're both "new money" types, trying to fit into the "old money" society. Also, Gatsby also has Nick's politician-like charm, as evidenced in the party scene, where Gatsby smiles and Nick instantly thinks better of him. I actually think that Gatsby reminds Nick of the qualities of himself that he hates, which is why he says he dislikes him at the beginning of the book.

I also think that, at first, their relationship is false, and that Gatsby's using him to get to Daisy. But later on, I think that they become more like friends.

Nick and Gatsby, however, have some differences. #1, we've already seen that Gatsby has some shady connections, as evidenced by the guy that rigged the World Series in 1919. Also, Gatsby lies about his past, mainly the whole "San Francisco is in the Midwest" thing. Honestly, I can think of various people that would be ROFLing because of that statement. So, he definitely has something he wants to hide. Also, I'm going to use some logic here, and say that he's a bootlegger. Why? because everyone at his party has huge amounts of alcohol. During Prohibition.

Just food for thought.

--Noah