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> characters are all unpleasant What about Nick is unpleasant?
by everybodyknows 2y ago
> characters are all unpleasant
What about Nick is unpleasant?
- jfengel 2y agoMostly in that he hangs around with so many unpleasant people. He's rather passive -- the story isn't about him. He loves Gatsby, and I really can't say why. I think I'm supposed to identify with the way he gawps at the opulence and the experience of being around the ultra-wealthy. His feelings are mixed, and I think I'm supposed to share that -- on one hand wanting to live that way myself, on the other hand being horrified by how vapid and idle it all is. But I get a lot of the latter and very little of the former, so I get a rather negative view about Nick as well. I will say, I rather enjoyed “The Chosen and the Beautiful”, a magic-tinted retelling of the story from the point of view of Jordan Baker. I find her a rather interesting character.