Nick and Gatsby. What are they? Friends, enemies, or merely acquaintances? One could argue that they are any one of those. Personally I think that they are genuine friends but do not fully understand that they are yet. Gatsby at first views Nick merely as a gear in a giant machine of a plan that involves him meeting Daisy again. Nick's first impression of Gatsby is a rich man who blows all of his money on parties and people. After reading through chapter five in the book I think that even though they may not have thought they were true friends at first, I believe that through all of the difficulties and controversy that they will go through together they will bond and they will become genuine friends.
Gatsby does not think that Nick is equal with him in society seeing as he is not nearly as rich and known to the world as Gatsby is. Nick thinks that Gatsby is mysterious at first but once he gets to know him he starts to get a better understanding of what Jay Gatsby does. Nick still finds Gatsby mysterious but he gets used to it in a way. All in all I think Nick and Gatsby are genuine friemds but they just haven't figured itt out yet.
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