The beginning of chapter 6 seems to shift to third person limited point of view. Nick is still the narrator but he is not involved in the story and he does not know what is going on in the minds of those he is narrating for. James Gatz is introduced but is not really all that important to the story or at least not yet. James seems to bee a flat stock character which is just used to fill some space in the story. He also seems to be used as a lead into telling a part of Gatsby’s past. James is portrayed to treat Gatsby as a roll model. However he over exaggerates his qualities as a be all end all of a god person to be. “But it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a row-boat, pulled out to the Tuolomee and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour” (Fitzgerald 104). This segment of the book gives a break from the current situation that Gatsby is in. it show some of the good he did in his past and also sets the record strait on what he actually did somewhat. This story also shows that he is not actually all that rich.
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