Honesty

    "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known"(59, Fitzgerald). 

    Nick saw himself as an honest person maybe because he was surrounded by so many lies. Out of all the people he knew in his life, Nick saw himself as the most honest because he kept no secrets. Every other person in his life, told lies and kept secrets. Everybody to themselves, has one pleasant trait that they keep to themselves and Nick's is being incredibly honest. At this point in the novel, Nick did not know much about Gatsby, Jordan had a secret to herself, Tom was lying to Daisy and Daisy retained much to herself. This quote foreshadows the ending to this novel because it shows how Nick was alone again and how he could only rely on himself. Daisy was not even truly honest to Gatsby because she did not tell him how she was madly in love with her money as well. No one was as down to Earth as Nick was in this novel because everybody else was way over their heads. This quote brings an unforeseen importance to Nick in this book because it shows how different he is then the people that surround him. He is a loyal, smart and honest person who does not really fit in at West or East Egg. He plays a key role in every relationship in this novel. It is obvious that everybody goes to him for advice and wishes for his help because he is like the "connecting road". An example is when Gatsby wants Daisy to come to Nick's house because Nick was Gatsby's "road" to Daisy.