Why I Befriended Nick Carraway

When Nick Carraway first moved next door to me, I watched him intently. I believed he could be the solution to all my problems. My intentions at first were very selfish. I knew he was a cousin of Mrs. Daisy Buchanan and for five years I had been infatuated with meeting with her again. My neighbor, Nick Carraway, was my easy way in. My first request of Mr. Carraway was to invite Daisy to tea. As a very wealthy business man I thought I could offer Nick to help me with a sort of job on the side to help him make a bit more money. Mr. Carraway reassured me that my request of him was a favor of friendship and I didn't owe him a cent. At that moment I knew he was a man of his word as am I. The more time I spent with Nick the more I realized I could confide in him. I shared my true identity with Mr. Carraway as James Gats, a man from a very poor family who found his way out of the dust and into riches. As my love for Daisy grew, my friendship with Nick did as well. I knew my affair with Daisy was a large secret for him to keep as her cousin and Tom’s college friend but he believed in our love and our friendship. Mr. Carraway reassured me every day of his devoted friendship to me. He brought me back the love I thought I had lost forever, and for that I am forever in debt to him.