The Great Gatsby Journal February 5.

2. Personally, I do not believe that Nick is reserved from making judgements like he says on page 1. "In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgements," (The Great Gatsby 1). I don't believe that he holds back judgments because when Tom and him go to visit Tom's mistress in the "valley of ashes", Nick seems to make multiple judgmental statements against the conditions in the "valley of ashes." For example, on page 25, Nick states, "The interior was unprosperous and bare; the only car visible was the dust-covered wreck of a Ford which crouched in a dim corner. ...When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes." To me, this statement seems very judgmental because not only does Nick critique the interior of this shop by saying that it is unprosperous, but he also implies that this certain man is so poor, he becomes hopeful when he sees well-off individuals walk into his shop. Yet this could be an example of him just being honest and not judgmental, as he claims to be one of the only honest people that he has ever met. I don't believe that we know enough about Nick to tell if he really is honest or not. We've seen, so far, that Nick has been honest, but we've only just met him.