Compare And Contrast Jay And Nick Carraway

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Throughout the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is very apparent that Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway are both searching for love. Therefore these characters are similar to one another in the fact they both are looking to find love in their lives. However, Jay and Nick pursue this want in many different ways. Jay Gatsby seems to know what he wants and is reckless and obsessive in the manner. While Nick Carraway looks for love in a more reserved, modest way. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are both searching for love throughout the entirety of the novel, but the ways they try to achieve this goal are unalike. Jay Gatsby is reckless in his ways of finding a woman to love. He also does not choose to think realistically once
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