Nick Carraway is the novel’s narrator and author. After attending Yale and serving in World War I, Nick moves from Minnesota to New York in 1922 to learn about the bond business. He moves next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby who is in love with Nick’s married cousin, Daisy Buchanan. After becoming friends with Gatsby, Nick helps him reunite with his long lost love. Nick possesses a very high tolerance level, he is a good listener, and he can keep secrets to himself; in the story Nick acknowledges his good qualities for he states I am one of the few honest peo