The Great Gatsby: Chapter 1 cont.

In chapter one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses first point of view for his novel.  The reader can deduce this by paying attention to the diction Fitzgerald uses.

"I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two," (Fitzgerald, 3).

In this quote Fitzgerald defines who the narrator is.  The narrator is Nick Carraway.  He is also the main character of the novel.  The reader only knows as much as Nick knows.  Nick does not know everything so Nick and the reader will have an intimate relationship as they go through the story together, learning things at the same time.  At this point in the novel I believe that Nick may be a little naive in how his friends lead their lives.  He also seems lonely and that he does not have very many friends.  Maybe his naivety is only because of his lack of friends.  I think that if he acquires more friends and spends more time with them he will learn more about how the wealthy function.