The narrator is Nick Fuzzypants, the one who only loves.
No, I'm kidding.
The narrator is Nick Carraway, who, like most people of any given time, believes himself to be an honest person. However, through the book, you can see that he tends to look at people differently than he might think he does - he looks at Tom as someone who is dominant and absolutely has to be in charge, and he looks at Daisy as someone... eh, he knows her, but he kinda wishes he didn't... at least, that's the message that I pick up. He also seems to have feelings for Jordan, and doesn't quite know Jay just yet.
I think it gives the air of mystery. It gives the idea that you're actually experiencing it, rather than just watching it unfold, and the 'Great Gatsby' is completely shrouded in mystery. You don't even get an idea of what he looks like, and with someone like Nick, you get a kind of neutral position as far as West/East Egg goes. He is also descriptive but that's just the writing so it doesn't really count...
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