The great Gatsby

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hope Sincere, natural, polite ·personality that makes the narrator feel valued reflective person who tends to talk in a sophisti- cated way ·shy, romantic lover •dubious means: tries to establish an upper-class identity (Oxford), knows about the effect of his omile and was it deliberately, is connected to outright crim- inals NICK CARRAWAY Silent, reluctant and objective doserver • honest, tolerant inclined to reserve judgement • Speaks little o could be a third person narrator CHRONOLOGY о 1917: courted by many officers, esp. • deep sorrow about his absence marries Tom in spite of her love for G. tries to distract herself unhappy marriage still interested in G. good listener-o others tend to talk to him about their secrets · patient, open-minded - 1914: her parents prevent her from going to NY • 1918: "gay" - happy again 1919: marries Tom LANGUAGE ・imagery, emotive words, vivid ・long sentences extremely wide range of words The novel is written in a first-person limited perspective from Nick Carraway's point of view. He describes events as he experienced them and uses the personal pronoun "I". Nick is not the main protagonist who recounts his own story but Nick as a secondary character describes a stage of Mr Gatsby's life. The narrator writes the story mainly in the past tense since he is retelling his story. • 1919: seems in love with her husband who is already having affairs 1921: Chicago - 1922: hears the name Gatsby again