Friends?

I don't think you could say that Nick and Gatsby were close friends. I think in reality Nick wanted it to be true but really who knew very little about Gatsby. Nick was obsessed with Gatsby and I think he was concerned about Gatsby dying as a man who killedan inocent women. Nick was the only person besides Gatsby that knew Daisy was driving the car and killed Myrtle. I also think that Nick was interested in Gatsby's friendship because he knew no one else where he lived.

I think Nick may hae also felt obligated to stay at the funeral and get more people to attend becasue before that time he had never met or heard of any of Gatsby's family. And when he did meet Gatsby's dad he found out that Gatsby had not spoken to him in two years. I think Nick felt he owed Gatsby something. No I would not call them close friends at all.