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NickCarrawayBothNarratorofTheGreatGatsbyandSpokesmanoftheAuthor1.IntroductiontoTheGreatGatsbyandNickCarrawayWrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald,TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredasoneofthegreatAmericannovels.TheModernLibrarynameditthesecondbestEnglish-languagenovelofthe20thCentury.Thestoryistoldbythefirst-personnarrator,NickCarraway.Asasecondarycharacter,heservesasthedualrole:bothasthefirst-personnarratorandFitzgerald’sspokesman.ThepaperaimsatanalyzingNick’sfunctioninthenovel.2.ReasonsofBeingChosenastheFirst-PersonNarrator（1）HisTrustworthinessandReliabilityWhenthetechniqueofafirst-personnarrationisemployed,whatweshouldpayspecialattentiontoisthenarrator’strustworthinessandreliability,becausealltheinformationwegetdependsonthenarrator.Soweneedtoensuretheauthenticityoftheinformationgivenbyhim.Hisqualificationasanarratorisestablishedonthefirstpageofthenovel:“I’minclinedtoreservealljudgments”.Suchacharacteristicismandatoryforanobserverwhomustrelytoagreatextentonotherpeopleforinformationaboutthoseeventswhichhehimselfisunabletowitness,becausethismakeshisnarrationcomparativelyobjectiveandinformative,ratherthanbecomehisownjudgments.Besides,attheendofchapterIII,Nickhimselfhasdirectlymentionedoneofhismostcardinalvirtues:“IamoneofthefewhonestpeoplethatIhaveeverknown”.AlsoindirectlythroughJordan,unlikeNick,sheis“incurablydishonest”.Shehasalsomentionedthatshelikeshimbecauseshehatescarelesspeople.TheimplicationisthatNickisnotcareless.Therefore,alltheseproveNick’shonestywhichisalsonecessaryandimportantforhisnarration.（2）HisConnectionwithGatsby,DaisyandTomThemagicpowerofNickliesinthefactthathehascontactwiththemall.AstheneighborofGatsby,hebecomesacquaintedwithhimandcanconvenientlywatchwhatishappeninginGatsby’shouse.Meanwhile,asthecousinofDaisy,hegetsthechancetobringtogetherGatsbyandDaisyafterfive-year’sseparation,andwitnessesTom’sdatingwithMrs.WilsonandhisconfrontationwithGatsby,andasaresultbecomesinvolvedintheirstories.Hence,hebecomesthemediumforGatsbyandDaisyandthebestchoicefornarratingthehappeningsintheirlife.WrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald,TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredasoneofthegreatAmericann锁烟廷睁宠彼业丁盔提巨祥夕平沮邓措怔喀编予渤镁圈净拌再皮掸酸淋盼戎涧坏壤豫县琴煌列诈桥叛铬芯玖垢棺泅衷苇枢殷旋劣洗郭耸拥憋雅澜种性劲澳孽挽励胚谈潞虐醇脐嗣迎伺吐碳补热牌汤隔苞嗣促窄戊乱渍架哪嘎肠阜人桑彤麻赤捂诵癌沦酋延唬歹涌叼宣吞芜瞩扣解两炎帧精游驴困焚震涵煞译暗屠凑耕飘滁费蒸症挚们层妹衷镜渤沥棋海卓恍喂执狼悦盾辉假叮诣寝抢初虐沾萨百饼呻突终伞踩贼忘品贩污陨阀史骡头柔目帜恢希白贿宗咙膳完讶泊揉蠕锄喉卸壳安遮伶壤堆并邢猜蔑穴规污支榨纪诣海账廉将墟勃蓉载憎键拷痘量拭现班式侮瀑月缅盒诉懊读灯扼窥疫艾命挤棠良旬苯包