Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Composition In The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, the reliability of the narrator is very important. The narrator, Nick Carraway, lives next door to Jay Gatsby in New York during 1922. Since Nick is a quiet and shy sort of guy looking for an honest living he has to quickly jump into the fast paced lives of Gatsby and the other characters. ... At times in The Great Gatsby Nick can be a friend to some and secretly distrustful to others.