Is Nick a reliable storyteller, or does his versions of events seem suspect in The Great Gatsby?

is not mature enough at
the beginning of the novel to present an accurate picture of himself. His boasts of being the
most "honest person he knows" and having come from a background where he learned not
to judge others prove to be ironic (if not hypocritical) before the novel's end. 

Though Nick initiates his narrative by proposing to abstain from judgement, it is his
judgements that characterize the tenor of the story. Nick's views onand , from the novel's
outset, create a moralwherein judgement is rather constant. 

This fact makes
Nick's other statement about himself suspect. He cannot be truly honest if he so quickly
abandon's the background he has associated himself with. In this way, Nick a somewhat like
Gatsby, willing to idealize his past to present himself more positively in the
present. 

However, Nick is honest enough as a narrator to change his views.
He is consistent in the amount and type of information he shares about everyone one in the
story, fromto . 

This makes Nick reliable, despite the fact that he is not
completely honest. We can trust that what he says about others, in judgement, is accurate in his
view. He does not tend to exaggerate or to lie about his perceptions.