"The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald.

The Great Gatsby

Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald's, "The Great Gatsby", Nick's the narrator reassigns he loyalties as he learns more about the other characters. He starts to see them through different perspectives, and realizes who is true and who has good or bad morals. Not only do his loyalties change towards the characters, but they also change towards his own outlook on life.

When Nick Carraway first moves to West Egg, he basically despises Gatsby. He is jealous of him because of the fact that he has great wealth. Nick thinks that people with money are all rude and arrogant. Just by looking at Gatsby's house and seeing all of his belongings, such as his swimming pool, Rolls Royce, and yacht, Nick immediately conjures certain thoughts about Gatsby. However, to Nick's surprise he is wrong. He learns that not only is Gatsby a nice guy, but in reality they have many things in common.

The grave of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzger...

The cover of the first edition of The Great Gatsby...

The Great Gatsby (1926 film)

Nick and Gatsby were both born in the mid-west, where they grew up on farms, living lives of average non-wealthy people. Later on during adulthood they both attend well known colleges. Nick attends Yale University while Gatsby attends Oxford. They are both highly intelligent individuals. After college, they both precede on to fight in World War I. After the war they both end up living in a part of Long Island called West Egg. Even though, to Nick, Gatsby represents everything he scorns; he later exempts him completely from his usual judgments. He possesses a great admiration for Gatsby.

As for Tom, things are slightly different. Nick has known Tom for quite some time because they both were students are Yale. Tom is one of those guys that everyone likes. So naturally, the two of them got along well. He was described as being, "a...