Introduction Paragraph
“There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives,” (Todd Rundgren).
One can have known the truth and speak a lie, like committing omission or one can know a lie and speak a lie, like spreading rumors. Throughout The Great Gatsby, the narrator receives information from others and becomes a secret holder for all. But some secrets he holds are rumors and other secrets cause he to commit omission.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway, believes himself as an honest man but his honesty waives throughout the book, demonstrating …show more content…
“‘You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.’ ‘I'm thirty,’ I said. ‘I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor’” (Fitzgerald 177).
Nick knows he is not an honest person anymore, keeping secrets, not speaking the truth of what he knows.
This proves that Nick is unreliable throughout the story.
The narrator becomes more unreliable throughout the story and has not been honest with himself of the ones around him.

Conclusion
The narrator's reliability is questioned as his honesty throughout The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is abandoned showing that some may not be as decisive as some believe.
Rumors and omission cause a deceptive narrator that speaks lies told to him or holds in the truth.
Many honest people get tricked or judged from ones that are dishonest, but even an honest person can become dishonest at one time or another.
Although the narrator is seen honest at times, the narrator of The Great Gatsby should be considered