The Dilemmas of Nick Carraway Part 2 of 3

There are a few actions and proceedings that Nick Carraway could have gone along with to better his situation. Nick Carraway had to have been honest with himself and come to terms with the fact that he is attracted to his friend’s wealthy and carefree lifestyle. Once he would have done this he would have felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders. He would have faced the truth that he is not so different from the people and friends he has come to care so much for and idolize.

The truth is that he enjoys the concept and reality of having the freedom of leading an ambiguous lifestyle, not pertaining to a defined and uniformed set of standards. He is attracted to the hedonistic life. This freedom of self is an enticing way of life to ponder. Realizing that he actually enjoys the ideas behind the way of life he sees as immoral and yet freeing would have helped him for the sake of his future. In realizing this he could have applied the standards he constantly stirs into his judgmental criticism toward his friends and people he surrounded himself with and instead directed it at himself. By doing this he would be able to determine once and for all what he chooses to be his way of life and what he wants from life.

This is one of the most crucial proceedings of his current state of life. Now that he faces the harsh reality that he has suffered a tremendous loss and is grief stricken from the death of his closest friends. Nick needs this time to really reflect on how much and how drastically his life has changed and that he is a different man now from the time he left his family, home, set standards, and ideals especially considering he is a war veteran. He is at a crossroads that has and will forever change his life and this is where he should have reevaluated his life to relive it and see how every interaction, excursion and adventure with his friends has been an experience that has allowed him to learn who he really is and how he feels regarding the fallacy of how he believed he should live according to the way he was raised and who he really has become and decide who he really wants to be.