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Why do you think Nick Carraway is so attached to Jay Gatsby? Is it just admiration and true friendship or something else?
Ali Well I think Nick is so attached to Gatsby not that much because of loneliness but I think Nick was a great idealist and perfectionist in an age of pr…moreWell I think Nick is so attached to Gatsby not that much because of loneliness but I think Nick was a great idealist and perfectionist in an age of profanity and excess. Nick claimed in the beginning that he wouldn't judge people but after going through so many lives and meeting people with so much imperfections he finally got tired of people. Loneliness is in fact, the result of such idealism. After going through so many people he finally saw only one perfect soul worthy of true friendship THE GREAT GATSBY.(less)
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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