Balance

     By the end of chapter three of The Great Gatsby Nick tells himself that he is "one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (Fitzgerald, 59).  He talks about how Jordan Baker is a dishonest woman but that he forgets about it easily.  I believe that moving to New York has made him want to be more adventurous and outgoing.  This experience for him is new and intriguing.  However,  I think that he has to learn to balance his new New York life with his morals and standards of his old midwestern life.  I feel like this will cause him some trouble in his future with making the right choices.  F. Scott Fitzgerald does a great job of showing me that there is a lack of balance in his life at the moment.  There are good and bad qualities that New York possesses that will impact Nick as he continues living there.  He is so caught up in this fascinating life that he is forgetting what really matters.  I wonder what will happen with him and Jordan.  Will he overlook her dishonesty and continue to see her or will he realize that she is not what he wants? I hope he stays true to himself because I really like Nick.  Hopefully he will learn to take into consideration his morals but still enjoy his new life.