What is the name of the protagonist in 'The Great Gatsby'?

The protagonist and narrator of The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway. He tells the story in the first person, describing his move to Long Island, his encounters with Jay Gatsby, and the social world surrounding Gatsby’s doomed romance with Daisy Buchanan.

Nick comes from the Midwest and moves to West Egg in 1922 to work in the bond business. His modest house places him beside Gatsby’s mansion, making him a close observer of the extravagant parties and hidden tensions of the novel’s wealthy characters.

Jay Gatsby is the title character, but Nick is the narrative viewpoint through which readers learn about him. This distinction causes a common quiz mistake. Nick presents himself as unusually tolerant and observant, yet his judgments are selective and sometimes contradictory. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel was published in 1925 and later became one of the defining fictional portraits of the Jazz Age.