An Unlikely Friendship

In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a very wealthy man who never seemed to show any interest in his neighbor.  This neighbor, Nick, would turn out to be his only true friend by the end of the story.  Nick initially saw Gatsby as this mysterious man who got what he wanted immediately through the means of wealth, and who wasn't interested in interacting with a lesser class.  Yet the reader sees Nick eventually break down on these preconceived assumptions throughout the story.  He gains respect enough to want to meet Gatsby after being invited to one of his parties personally.  He then becomes extremely involved in Gatsby's love life, as he tries to set up Gatsby with a married woman.  Nick coaches Gatsby through awkward moments and convinced Gatsby he needs to be cool around Daisy.  Nick stuck by Gatsby throughout the car crash incident, and at the funeral proved to be one of only a couple true friends Gatsby ever had.  Nick showed his devotion to Gatsby by posthumously telling him "'I'll get somebody for you, Gatsby.  Don't worry.  Just trust me and I'll get somebody for you-'" (Fitzgerald, 164).  Nick was genuinely distraught by the loss of his friend, and was the only person to go out of his way to make the funeral happen. For somebody that was constantly surrounded by people, Gatsby's life boiled down to one singular friend.