The Great Gatsby's Most Precious CharacterNick Carraway holds a special place in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is not just one character among many; it is through his eyes and ears that the story unfolds. Even though the novel takes its title from Gatsby, Nick examines the actions of others and presents the story in a way that the reader can understand the theme. Throughout the novel, Nick symbolizes a golden thread, used to stitch together all the pieces and characters to learn about Gatsby. Nick is the only character who changes in the novel from beginning to end, making him arguably the most important character in The Great Gatsby. For starters, Nick is the golden thread, to which every important character in the story is directly tied. A. For example, the first time Nick meets Jay Gatsby at one of his big parties, he realizes that he and Jay were in the same division during the time they both served in the war. Furthermore, he later discovers that his bond with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, with whom Nick went to Yale, ...