The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby is a book full of dynamic characters, written by a dynamic person. Throughout the book, themes and situations occur on many symbolic levels. The Great Gatsby is such a novel that the hero is portrayed to the reader by a man who, seemingly effortlessly, will not easily judge a man. He perceives it, welcomes it and analyzes it. This man's name is not, in fact, Gatsby, but Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story. The man who is perceived, of course, is Jay Gatsby, our hero. Our story, The Great Gatsby, begins when Nick, a stock trader, moves to West Egg. West Egg is a part of Long Island where the "new" rich live. "Nouveau riche" is a term used to describe people who have recently acquired their wealth and have no ties to East Egg, where the people who established their wealth live. Gatsby befriends Nick for good reason, to meet his long-lost love, Daisy, Nick's cousin and resident of East Egg. Unfortunately for Gatsby, Daisy is married to Tom, a loud man who has taken a mistress and everyone in the novel knows it. Throughout the novel, Nick serves as Gatsby's confidante. A confidant is a person who is there when a hero needs someone to listen to their situation. We know Gatsby, even though he is evil because of the illegal liquor bootlegging operation he runs. We know Gatsby because we like the confidant. If Nick, the confidant, is Gatsby's friend, then Gatsby will also be our friend. This is true for all relationships that have to do with Nick. For the most part, we will feel the same way about a character as Nick does. The novel ends with an explosion and an uproar. Nick, knowing Gatsby's passion for Daisy, brings the two together for tea. They rekindle their lost love and, for a long time, hid their love for each other from Tom, Daisy's husband..