F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Gatsby turned out all right in the end
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, we meet Jay Gatsby through the story's narrator, Nick Carraway. The plot starts at the end of the story: Nick has moved back west after having become disillusioned with his life and the people at Long Island Sound. He reveals that he disapproved of Gatsby's lifestyle, yet not of Gatsby himself. In fact, Nick looks back on their time together and states that "Gatsby turned out all right in the end." He ended up liking and respecting Gatsby despite his lifestyle. This approval was greatly due to the fact that Nick finally realized the true value of his friend. Although there were some changes in their relationship as time passed, Nick's perception of Gatsby was largely based on Gatsby's actions from beginning to the end.
Already from the beginning of the book we are compelled to believe Nick. He comes from a good family with a father who taught him not to judge others...