Compare and contrast Nick and Brian by Anne Browning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b Made with swagger en-us 2020-09-07 19:00:56 UTC 2025-12-25 11:00:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Nick and Brian character traits similarities (provide evidence - quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725304499 2020-09-07 19:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725304499 Nick and Brian character traits differences (provide evidence - quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725304769 2020-09-07 19:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725304769 Nick - character flaws - consider his reliability as a narrator (provide quotes and examples) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725315798 2020-09-07 19:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725315798 Brian - character flaws (provide quotes and examples) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725316115 2020-09-07 19:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725316115 Compare Brian and Nick's romantic relationships in the novel and film (provide evidence - quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725324289 2020-09-07 19:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725324289 Nick and Brian's function in the text - similarities (provide evidence - quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725325727 2020-09-07 19:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725325727 Nick and Brian's function in the text - differences (provide evidence - quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725326194 2020-09-07 19:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725326194 Nick - character strengths (provide quotes and examples) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725359114 2020-09-07 19:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725359114 Brian - character strengths (provide quotes and examples) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725360099 2020-09-07 19:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725360099 Compare how Nick and Brian change throughout the texts (provide quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725399162 2020-09-07 20:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725399162 Compare what Brian and Nick are seeking in this new world - what do they find? (provide quotes and examples from both texts) annebrowning https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725401518 2020-09-07 20:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725401518 Nicks Flaw angusware https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725666511 Nick is a judgemental person, who needs to be told to 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had.' this implies that Nick does judge people.]]> 2020-09-08 00:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725666511 Traits similarities - Nick and Brian gracekeath https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725671127 “He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sun material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.. like that ashen fantastic figure gliding towards him through the amorphous trees”

Nick has the ability to look into Gatsby’s life and to have empathy towards him, which is somewhat similar to how Brian may try to put himself in Sally’s shoes, or how he strongly opposes antisemitism.


]]> 2020-09-08 00:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725671127 Nick and Brian similarities angusware https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725675071 Both Nick and Brian are educated, fairly well off characters. They both also ]]> 2020-09-08 00:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725675071 Nick and Brian's function in the text. https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725683451 Nick and Brian act as observers, who judge the scenes around them. When Nick comments on Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's daughter "Afterwards he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had every really believed in its existence before." 
At the end of the 'beer garden' scene, when Brian asks Max "Do you still think you can control them?" ]]> 2020-09-08 00:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725683451 Brian's flaws. alextautkus https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725687822 Brian ]]> 2020-09-08 00:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725687822 Nick/Jordan & Sally/Brian https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725689215 When Nick meets Jordan in Chapter One, his physical attraction to her is clear as he "enjoyed looking at her". Similarly to Gatsby being attracted to Daisy's voice and wealth, Nick is pulled to Jordan by her posture and her "wan, charming, discontented face". Later in the chapter, when Daisy claims that she'll "sort of—oh—fling you together [Nick and Jordan], Nick doesn't protest and this perhaps could be because Jordan can be considered a step up in money and status for Nick. This shows the reader that he is ambitious and class-conscious, despite the way he describes himself as someone who "reserves all judgements".   

When Sally meets Brian, his lack of shock regarding her appearance and voice causes her to continue to amplify the false aspects of her past.
Brian's calm approach towards Sally at the door of the apartment evokes the response "you're meant to think I'm a woman of international mystery", and Brian still doesn't respond how Sally is used to people reacting to her.

]]> 2020-09-08 00:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725689215 Brian's strength angusware https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725696018 Brian is a considerate and honourable character, who volunteered to live with Sally to care for the baby even though he did not intend to beforehand.]]> 2020-09-08 00:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725696018 How do Brian and Nick change throughout the text. https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725708778 When Nick arrives he wants to be part of the wealthy New York set. By the end he realises its superficial reality and wants nothing to do with them. Brian at first is unaware and naive of the Cabaret morality. Much like Nick, he returns to his home country with worldly knowledge on German politics and sex!]]> 2020-09-08 01:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725708778 compare brian and nicks romantic relationships https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725713062 theyre both bisexual, and they both have relationships with men and women throughout the course of the film/book.
at the end of the movie and book they both end up ending their relationships and going back to the place where they started.]]> 2020-09-08 01:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/725713062 Nick's flaws angusware https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729833417 Nick is dishonest with himself and other people. He judges people even though he says he doesn't.]]> 2020-09-09 03:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729833417 Brian's character strengths gracekeath https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729834765 Brian has a strong sense of justice, and even lashes out at the Nazis and ends up being beaten up.]]> 2020-09-09 03:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729834765 Differences in function in the text. https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729837894 Nick serves to be an objective narrator of the issues happening in the book, whereas Brian serves as more of a blank slate character that you are supposed to project yourself onto.]]> 2020-09-09 03:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729837894 Differences https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729837984 Nick remains constant in his high opinion of his interactions and associations with people throughout the novel whereas Brian allows himself to be changed by the events that occur in Berlin. This is evident towards the end of the film where Brian is willing to sacrifice his education for Sally and their child, but when Sally returns to her old, flamboyant life - Brian also returns to the life he was accustomed to. ]]> 2020-09-09 03:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729837984 Brian's weaknesses https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729844127 Brian is easily led by Sally and Max. As an example he accepts the blue sweater and the gold cigarette case from Max.]]> 2020-09-09 03:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729844127 Brian's flaws angusware https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729846251 Brian is dishonest and cheats on Sally, even though he knew it was wrong.]]> 2020-09-09 03:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729846251 Brian and Nick character differences gracekeath https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729849406 Brian is mostly honest and straightforward, whereas Nick can be dishonest to himself and others.

Nick also says that he is 'inclined to reserve all judgement', but he is overall quite judgmental despite saying this. Brian on the other hand does not set standards when he first meets Sally, and does not harbor any prejudices against her.

Another difference between Brian and Nick is that Nick remains steadfast in his beliefs and opinions throughout the novel, whereas Brian is more open to new ideas. He allows himself as a person to be changed throughout the movie as he takes in new information.]]> 2020-09-09 03:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729849406 Nick's weaknesses https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729853163 Nick contradicts his own assessment of himself when he says he reserves judgement. When in fact he judges everyone he meets as well as being easily led for example Tom manages to push into coming with him to meet Myrtle. Jordan pushes him into inviting Daisy for tea.]]> 2020-09-09 03:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729853163 HEnrY henrymurphy https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729855864 Brians flaws consist of him being very easy to persuade into doing risky things.]]> 2020-09-09 03:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/annebrowning/q73dm2xc6r7q9g4b/wish/729855864