... very drunk at two of them (Tom and Myrtle's apartment and Gatsby's mansion). In chapter two, Nick tells us that he has only been drunk twice in his life, but can we believe him? In fact, while Nick is drunk, can we believe anything that he tells us? In a half-page response, explain whether or not you believe Nick's story. How does an unreliable narrator affect us as the reader? Or, does it not matter?
So far in the text our narrator, Nick Carraway, has been to three parties, and has decided to get?
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Nick is an interesting narrator choice from Fitzgerald, for the majority of the novella Nick seems to be in the middle of every scenario - as does Jordan - for example when Daisy and Gatsby are re-united, Nick is essentially third wheeling and when Tom realises Daisy is in love with Gatsby - to refresh; "you always look so cool". What is so interesting about this is the fact it is from Nick's point of view and us as the readers are mislead into believing everything Nick says (most certainly Fitzgerald's purpose) we do not know if he is being completely biased, even at the end of the novella. Tom could be a great man and Nick could be a terrible one. It is all from his interpretation which is quite a scary thought. More directly to your question, I would say its quite hard to believe Nick has only been drunk twice, considering the amount of gatherings he attended in the novella.