[1] “In my younger and more vulnerable years,my father gave me a word of advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.” Thus begins F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,a novel that many regard as one of the fmest literary works of the twentieth century.It's certainly one of the most popular.The words are uttered by Nick Carraway,the narrator,through whom the entire story is told.His father's advice is to refrain from judging people because not everyone has had the advantages he has had.But what of those who had all the same advantages and then some,the people who make up Carraway's milieu in the novel? Carraway proceeds to condemn them,though perhaps pulling his punches when it comes to the eponymous hero.