"So far, Nick Carraway has made two statements about his principles. At the beginning of the book, on page 1, he states, "I'm inclined to reserve all judgements..." Then, a the end of chapter 3, on page 59, he claims, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." Comment on whether you believe these statements to be true about Nick. Include evidence from the text."

"So far, Nick Carraway has made two statements about his principles. At the beginning of the book, on page 1, he states, "I'm inclined to reserve all judgements..." Then, a the end of chapter 3, on page 59, he claims, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." Comment on whether you believe these statements to be true about Nick. Include evidence from the text."

I believe that the statements that Nick said about himself are false. The first statement he makes, " I'm inclined to reserve all judgments..." In my opinion, they are false due to the text in Chapter 1, on page 2, he states that "Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope." He says that it is not possible to save your judgements because it is human nature. Also, there is several examples where he judges people. An example would be in Chapter 3, on page 48, "I had expected that Mr.Gatsby would be a florid and corpulent person in his middle years."  Also, I believe that Nick is not honest as honest as he says he is. First of all, we see the whole story through his perspective, so we would never really see if he lies. In Chapter 2, on page 24, "Though I was curious to see her, I had no desire to meet her - but I did." He should be honest and certain about wanting to meeting her, so it wasn't honest. The statements were not true about his principles, and I wonder what other principles he will mention throughout the story.