Nicholas Nick Carraway is a Yale graduate originating from the Midwest, a World War I veteran, and, at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg, who is aged 29 (later 30). He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. He is Jay Gatsby's next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. Easy-going, occasionally sarcastic, a...
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Nicholas Nick Carraway is a Yale graduate originating from the Midwest, a World War I veteran, and, at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg, who is aged 29 (later 30). He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. He is Jay Gatsby's next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. Easy-going, occasionally sarcastic, and initially optimistic, though this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. [courtesy of Wikipedia]
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