Nick Carraway

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fictional character literary character narrator protagonist

Nick Carraway is the reflective Midwestern narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," whose observations frame and interpret the story’s events and characters.

Aliases (2)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character → literary character → narrator → protagonist →
appearsIn	The Great Gatsby →
associatedWithSetting	Long Island → New York City NERFINISHED → Roaring Twenties →
classBackground	upper-middle class →
cousinOf	Daisy Buchanan →
createdBy	F. Scott Fitzgerald →
describesCharacter	Daisy Buchanan → George Wilson → Jay Gatsby → Jordan Baker → Myrtle Wilson → Tom Buchanan →
education	Yale University →
firstPublicationIn	The Great Gatsby →
firstPublicationYear	1925 →
friendOf	Jay Gatsby → Jordan Baker → Tom Buchanan →
gender	male →
homeRegion	Midwest NERFINISHED →
homeState	Minnesota →
literaryFunction	moral commentator → witness to Gatsby’s life →
literaryRole	frame narrator → observer-narrator →
literaryThemeAssociation	American Dream → moral ambiguity →
moralTrait	judgmental → reflective → tolerant →
movedFrom	Midwest NERFINISHED →
movedTo	New York City →
narratesEventsOf	The Great Gatsby →
narrativePointOfView	first-person →
nationality	American →
neighborOf	Jay Gatsby →
occupation	bond salesman → writer →
residence	West Egg →
servedIn	World War I →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Great Gatsby (1974 film) → The Great Gatsby (2013 film) → The Great Gatsby (opera) →	character
Jay Gatsby → Valley of Ashes →	narratedBy
The Great Gatsby (1949 film) → The Great Gatsby (2000 film) →	narratorCharacter
Owl Eyes → Tom Buchanan →	relationshipTo
Myrtle Wilson →	appearsAlongside
Meyer Wolfsheim →	associatedWith
The Great Gatsby (1949 film) ("Nick Carraway – Macdonald Carey") →	characterPortrayedBy
Daisy Buchanan →	cousinOf
Jay Gatsby →	friendOf
West Egg →	inhabitantInFiction
George Wilson →	knows
The Great Gatsby →	mainCharacter
The Great Gatsby →	narrator
Jay Gatsby →	neighborOf
The Great Gatsby (opera) ("Nick Carraway – baritone") →	notableRoleVoiceType
Jordan Baker →	romanticRelationshipWith