Lying is not honest (also called being dishonest) because you … As readers, we should be suspicious when a narrator makes this type of claim. Honesty is speaking the truth. Nick says he’s among the most honest people he knows, but at this point in the novel the reader only has his word to go on. Explain what nick means when he says suddenly i guessed the truth? Nick is telling us about his scrupulous honesty a second after he's revealed that he's been writing love letters to a girl back home every week despite wanting to end their relationship, and despite dating a girl at his office, and then dating Jordan in the meantime. He ends up dead, with the person he had spent his entire adult life chasing turning away from him, and has almost no one that cared enough to attend his funeral. We should have no problem with this.... right? An honest person has the habit of making accurate, trustworthy statements about life, self, others and God. An honest person represents himself just as he is and tells others the truth about themselves. Nick declares honesty to be his “cardinal virtue” at the end of Chapter 3. Answer: Honesty is truthfulness. After rereading this book more times than I can count, I've come to believe that Fitzgerald did in fact have something specific in mind here. It is a great quote to teach a lesson that one should give value to his friends in their lives instead of winning praises at their funerals. What is honesty? We need you to answer this question! He reminds Nick memories of Gatsby but when he asks him to attend Gatsby’s funeral. – the first part of honesty is about what you say. Saying things that aren't true, or that you think might not be true, or that you are making up to hide the truth are all types of lies. He is attracted to her vivacity and her sophistication just as he is repelled by her dishonesty and her lack of consideration for other people. Why does Nick say this? Does he mean that its better for Gatsby to be dead that to become people like Tom or Daisy? Nick states that there is a “quality of distortion” to life in New York, and this lifestyle makes him lose his equilibrium, especially early in the novel, as when he gets drunk at Gatsby’s party in Chapter 2. In this video Adi and I recreate one of Tal and Short's (Adi and Tal's old YouTube Channel) best videos. He simply refuses with these remarkable words. So honesty to Nick doesn't really mean what it might to most people. Question: "What does the Bible say about honesty?"