At the beginning of the story it seems that Jay and Nick will be very good friends. It seems that Gatsby is sincerely interested in being Nick's friend. However I wonder if he knew from the beginning that Nick was aquainted with Daisy. If he was then it would be that their relationship was planned from the beginning so that Gatsby could at one point see Daisy again.
I believe Nick is also asking himself these questions as he starts to doubt whether anything that Gatsby says is the truth. It seems he starts to become annoyed with Gatsby as he starts asking questions about Daisy and meeting her for lunch. So far it's still hard to determine whether their friendship is real or whether it's just part of the plan including Daisy.
I agree that Gatsby seems to be using Nick, but I find that a bond does begin to form as he relies more and more on Nick's opinion when he is indecisive.
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