True Hero in Great Gatsby

Andrew Perry

Mrs. Braford

English 11

March 15, 2005

The True Hero

In the book the Great Gatsby I feel the real hero of the story is overlooked. I feel as though Nick Carraway is the hero of the novel, not Jay Gatsby. The fact that Nick helped Gatsby and Daisy get back together, that he kept Tom’s mistress to himself, and he helped countless people throughout the novel. These are all key points as to why I feel that Nick is the real hero of the book. Hero’s come in many different shapes and sizes.

The fact that he helped Daisy get back together with Gatsby is one major role in his heroism throughout the novel. He almost single handily got them back together. For the fact that they had not seen each other in ages, and to have one person get them back together. I feel as though this already makes him the hero, but I have to write a longer paper so there has to be more reasons. As one line out of the book goes he says “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. And then one fine morning so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Another factor that helped Nick become the hero is the fact the he didn’t tell anyone about Nick’s mistress. He had to keep it a secret throughout the whole novel. He even kept it to himself when he was standing right next to