"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In his novel "The Great Gatsby", author F. Scott Fitzgerald had the main character Nick Carroway stand out as being overall, a decent person. Nick stands out especially when being compared to the other characters in the story. It is Nick's honesty with himself and toward others, his morality, and his unbiased, slow to judge qualities that make him the novel's best character. The chain of events that occur in the story begin with Nick …

…the only decent character, and his ability to maintain that character once he is surrounded by immoral, corrupt individuals makes him even greater. The fact that he seems so reasonable, and having him be the narrator gives someone for the reader to relate to throughout the story. Without a narrator like Nick, the novel would seem irrelevant and impossible, but what makes The Great Gatsby so incredible is that Nick makes the novel completely realistic.