Nick Carraway is the most important person in the novel and also plays a major role. Nick is the character who knows everything about everyone. He knows Gatsby better than anyone. It is said to be the reader's gateway to Gatsby's life. However, he has no idea about the lies and rumors that are going around about Gatsby and some other things that are happening (Doreski). Nick tries to stay out of other people's business but always finds himself caught in the middle anyway (Hermanson). Nick is not seen as the perfect, innocent character in this book. He's a manipulator and an excellent liar ("Great", Scott). Nick thinks he is above all the characters' wrongdoings. For example, he feels superior to Tom's infidelities, Jordan Baker's lies, and Gatsby's criminal acts. However, he is unaware that he is participating in some of these wrongdoings (Hays). Nick can also be confusing at times. There are times in the book where Nick thinks that Gatsby has something to hide and that Gatsby is mysterious. Then there are other times when Nick thinks Gatsby is the only honest character (Roulston). We can therefore conclude that Nick is not a very stable individual. It has been proven to turn on the drive. He acts and says one thing, but later his actions are completely opposite. Nick is the only character capable of understanding life as Gatsby sees it. The other characters simply live the life that Gatsby sees. This is why Nick only likes Gatsby and doesn't really care about the other characters in the book. Plus, Nick is smart enough not to lie to anyone (Cartwright). Even though Nick can't lie in front of the rest of the characters, there are times when he finds himself in the middle of a sheet of paper......e. “The Great Gatsby.” F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kenneth E. Eble. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 86-107. Twayne's United States Authors Series 36. Gale's Literary Resources. Internet. January 14, 2014. Hays, Peter L. “Oxymoron in The Great Gatsby.” Articles on Language and Literature 47.3 (2011): 318+. Gale Literary Resources. Internet. January 23, 2014.Hermanson, Casie E. “A Glimpse of The Great Gatsby.” Literary Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Gale Library Resources. Internet. January 14, 2014. Roulston, Robert and Helen H. Roulston. "The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Opulent Synthesis (1925)." The Winding Road to West Egg: The Artistic Development of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1995. 155-169. Rep. in Youth Literature Review. Ed. Jelena Krstovic. Flight. 176. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Gale Library Resources. Internet. January 23. 2014.