So Matter-of-Fact

"I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction." pg. 25. Since Nick is the narrator of the novel, the readers are at his disposal. He is the one who portrays all of the information and events that are happening in the story. Nick has such a matter-of-fact tone that it seems like he is just stating information and illustrating his experiences. His tone puts a casual atmosphere to the novel like the readers are right there along with Nick as he is experiencing the novel's events. Since the story is mostly about Gatsby and not Nick's life, he is explaining the events of Gatsby's life that he is seeing. He doesn't know what Gatsby is thinking or feeling; he only has what Gatsby looks like or how he's acting. Therefore, the matter-of-fact tone is appropriate for this novel because its not about Nick's life. He really is just stating facts.