The Great Gatsby 11

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carroway proceeds through two stages of development as the novel unfolds. Beginning with tolerance of the other characters’ actions; ending with full moral responsibility dealing with their conflicts, Nick Carroway found that immoral decisions lead to harmful situations. In the beginning, Nick Carroway was very tolerant of the numerous affairs happening within his circle of friends and acquaintances. Shortly after Nick was first introduced …

…played a part in bringing each to be. Although Nick Carroway changed his ways, ultimately he could not have altered the fateful events that occurred. His tolerance in the beginning only led to more deceit, and his moral justification in the end only amplified the truth waiting to come out regardless of any effort to change the inevitable. His development through the novel helped add to the irony in which the unfaithful were pray to.