Nick Carraway is the most important person in the novel and also plays an important role. Nick is the character who knows everything about everyone. He knows Gatsby more than anyone else. It is said to be the reader's entry into Gatsby's life. However, he has no idea about the lies and rumors that are going around about Gatsby and some of the other things that are happening (Doreski). Nick tries to stay out of other people's business but still always finds himself caught in the middle (Hermanson). Nick is not considered the perfect, innocent character in this book. He is a manipulator and an excellent liar (“Great”, Scott). Nick thinks he is above each character's mistakes. For example, he feels superior to Tom's infidelities, Jordan Baker's lies, and Gatsby's criminal acts. However, he does not know that he takes part in some of these crimes (Hays). Nick can also be confusing at times. There are times in the book when Nick thinks that Gatsby has something to hide and that Gatsby is mysterious. Then, there are other times when Nick believes that Gatsby is the only honest character (Roulston). Therefore, it can be concluded that Nick is not a very stable individual. It has been proven to turn on the reader. He acts and says one thing, but then his actions are totally opposite. Nick is the only character who can understand life as Gatsby sees it. The other characters simply live the life that Gatsby sees. This is why Nick only likes Gatsby and doesn't really care about the other characters in the book. Furthermore, Nick is smart enough not to hide lies from anyone (Cartwright). Even if Nick fails to hide the lies from the rest of the characters, there are times when he is found there... in the middle of the paper... and."The Great Gatsby." F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kenneth E. Eble. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 86-107. Twayne United States Authors Series 36. Literary resources from Gale. Network. January 14, 2014. Hays, Peter L. “Oxymoron in the Great Gatsby.” Articles on Language and Literature 47.3 (2011): 318+. Literary resources from Gale. Network. January 23, 2014. Hermanson, Casie E. “An Overview of the Great Gatsby.” Literary Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Literary resources from Gale. Network. January 14, 2014.Roulston, Robert and Helen H. Roulston. “The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Opulent Summary (1925).” The Winding Road to West Egg: The Artistic Development of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1995. 155-169. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Jelena Kristovic. vol. 176. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literary resources from Gale. Network. January 23. 2014.