In 'The Great Gatsby', what is the name of the narrator?

In “The Great Gatsby,” the narrator is Nick Carraway. Nick is a Midwestern Yale graduate and World War I veteran who moves to Long Island in 1922 to work in the bond business. He rents a modest house in West Egg beside Jay Gatsby’s mansion and becomes the observer through whom readers encounter Gatsby’s extravagant parties, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and the novel’s moral decay.

Nick tells the story in the first person, but he is more than a detached witness. He is Daisy’s cousin, Gatsby’s neighbor, and the person who helps arrange Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy. His judgments also shape the novel: he claims to avoid judging others, yet gradually becomes disillusioned by the carelessness of the wealthy East Coast characters.

A common mix-up is choosing Jay Gatsby because the novel centers on Gatsby. However, Gatsby is the mysterious millionaire at the story’s heart, while Nick is the narrator who recounts Gatsby’s rise and tragic fall.