So far, Nick Carraway has made two statements about his principles. At the beginning of the book, on page 1, he states, "I'm inclined to reserve all judgements..." Then, a the end of chapter 3, on page 59, he claims, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." Comment on whether you believe these statements to be true about Nick. Include evidence from the text.
I don't think Nick is as honest and as nonjudgmental as he thinks he is. He specifically says on page 1 that "...frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon..." If feigning isn't lying then I don't know what is. It seems like every time Nick describes someone he makes at least one judgment about their person or personality (p. 25 and 7).
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