Gatsby Response

Nick’s initial impression of Gatsby might not be as accurate as he would like to have thought. Being that it’s the first personal impression that Nick receives, it’s almost like Nick has decided that Gatsby is a really considerate and personal man that truly cares about others. I think that Nick is a little bit quick to judge, though I am not extremely far in the text, so his assumptions could be correct. But it could be that Gatsby is just being polite to his guest. So to me it shows that Nick is very quick to trust a complete stranger, almost as though he has found somebody that might truly care, unlike the other people that he has met at other parties and shindigs. So in that sense, Nick’s description reveals Nick’s perception of Gatsby, but it reveals more about Nick, since we are only getting his person take on Gatsby’s care for complete strangers. When we read something that has come from somebody else there is always a bias to be considered. It’s almost as though Nick would like us, the readers, to feel that he is important in the eyes of Gatsby. These are my thoughts on the matter.