Nick Carraway initially claims to not be a judgmental person and then proceeds to spend the next few chapters passing judgement on almost everyone he meets. Considering his place in the story, this makes perfect sense. He is the narrator, we see the world through him and we see the characters through him. If he does not judge the other characters, we would not get as detailed a description. Tom to us is the sleazy scumbag who cheats on his wife, throws awful parties, and will never be as cool as he was at 21. We would not get quite this much information had Nick not immediately passed judgement and we wouldn’t be as familiar with the character. Him immediately denouncing Jordan as dishonest gives her a flaw and gives us more insight into her character and making us interested in her story. If he wasn’t so judgmental, we wouldn’t have as vivid a world as we do.
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