"A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about...like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees." - Nick Carraway, page 161.
"When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man. I doubted that, though there were several she could have married at a nod of her head, but I pretended to be surprised." - Nick Carraway, page 177.
Is it possible for a story to have two protagonists? I believe that this story does in fact have two protagonists. It is hard to distinguish between Nick and Jay who the true protagonist is. Therefore, I believe they both hold the position. For obvious reasons, Gatsby could be considered the protagonist. He loved Daisy and she didn't ever show the same love for him back. Then, he was wrongfully blamed for killing Myrtle. This resulted in him being murdered by Myrtle's husband. That sounds like a lot of forces negatively acting against Jay Gatsby if you ask me. On the other hand, Nick could also be considered the protagonist. He never really fit in with the lifestyle of New York City. This would be one of the main reasons he went back to Minnesota. Also, it seems as though Nick never really had any true friends. Finally, he became really close to Gatsby only to lose him as the result of a murder. Another reason he could be considered the protagonist is because of how Jordan treated him after everything went down. They used to really like each other. Then Jordan went off and got engaged to someone else, or at least pretended to get engaged to someone else.
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