Monday, December 11, 2006
Of course, but Marlow is not Nick in the sense that he does not share the same function. Marlow is merely a storyteller, he observes, and does not hold close relationships with any of the other characters in the HOD. Nick instead developes relationships with the people around him and is more involved in the action. Marlow is also a more central character than Nick, and can be compared to Kurtz himself. In fact, it can be strongly debated that Marlow IS the main character in HOD and that his storytelling is actually a self-analysis. Nick instead, firmly reinstates that he is the anti thesis of gatsby and doesnt resemble or follow in Gatsby's footsteps. Mainly because they are about the same age and that Nick has already established his character and that he respects Gatsby as someone who is different than him. Marlow constantly repeats the fact that he and Kurtz are the same, and that they are only different due to slight differences in decision making and consequence. Nick instead is a character of his own, and he represents something different from Gatsby. Kurtz and Marlow are the same, in the sense that Hod is a metaphysical book and that both characters represent European civillisation. However, on a more shallow and literal level, both Marlow and Nick are similiar in the sense that they are gentleman-like, they try to uphold morals, and that they observe and make judgement. The big difference is that unlike Marlow, Nick has less problems trying to deal with keeping up with his own set of rules as they are not the main focus of the story.
Labels: Nick Caraway
bubblebuddy took the leap at 8:24 PM
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