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Lobstergirl asked this question about The Great Gatsby:
Is Nick Carraway transgender? I couldn't tell.
Candela Diaz Pacheco My opinion as a Literature student is that, if we focus on the character-building, Nick is not deep enough for us to be able to classify him as 'anyth…moreMy opinion as a Literature student is that, if we focus on the character-building, Nick is not deep enough for us to be able to classify him as 'anything', actually. He is just Fitzgerald's tool to tell us about Gatsby in a wannabe-unbiased way.
The only thing we can say about Nick is that he is not as impartial as he believes himself to be.

My opinion as just-a-reader is that, at most, Nick is gay and has the hots for Gatsby.
BUT the awesome thing about literature is that it is subjective and interpretations vary depending on the reader! Most of the times it is necessary for us to interpret a story/character in a more personal way so as to identify with it, and that is good. Every opinion is valid!

As a professor of mine used to say: fu*k the author! just see what you wanna see.(less)
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