Jay and Nick

Jay Gatsby and Nick Carroway have an intersting relationship, that I think has many levels.  The only reason Jay is so very intersted in befriending Nick is that Jay is in love with Nick's cousin, Daisy, and wants somebody who knows her very well to re-introduce the two.  On the other hand when they first met, Jay seemed to be very friendly to Nick, and he at first didn't know that Nick and Daisy were related.  Jay starts showing Nick around the city and to meet people he knows, and the two seem to get along very well and become good friends.  When Nick first brings Daisy to his house Jay starts to freak out a little, and Nick pulls him together, in a way one would usually do with a good friend, Jay gets his mojo together, and shows Daisy around his house and estate, which impresses her very much.  When Nick keeps on making advances to leave the two alone, they both ask him to stay, as both Jay and Daisy know Nick, and in Jay's point of view, he was asking Nick to just help him out a little, like nowadays saying something like "hey dude, I just need a little support to get this girl, then you can leave." Jay even offers Nick a better job that can get him better money than he is making.  Overall, I think that they are starting to form a genuine freindship, and Jay might not only hang around with Nick just because of Nicks relationship with Daisy.  This great book just keeps on getting better, Fitzgerald really know how to write!