At the
beginning of the story,describes himself as a fair, tolerant man who is inclined to reserve all
judgments. According to Nick, his peers seem to always gravitate toward him because of his
tolerant, sympathetic personality and divulge their most personal secrets to him in confidence.
Nick admits that more often than not he has no desire to listen to these "intimate
revelations" but nonetheless allows his peers to freely express themselves. Nick proceeds
to mention that, despite his impressive capacity for tolerance, he does have a limit. He says
that when he returned from the East, he wanted "the world to be in uniform and at a sort of
moral attention forever." He then briefly comments on his affinity forbefore elaborating on
his background.
Nick informs the audience that he hails from a rather
wealthy, revered family and grew up in the Midwest. He says that the Carraways are descendants
of the Dukes of Buccleuch and that his grandfather's brother immigrated to the United States in
1851. Instead of participating in the Civil War, Nick's great-uncle founded a wholesale hardware
business that his father continues to run to this day. Nick then mentions that he graduated from
New Haven in 1915 and participated in the Great War (World War I). Once he returned home from
overseas, he became restless and moved to the East, where he entered the bond business. Nick's
background and personality portray him as a level-headed, tolerant man who is practical, caring,
and astute.
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