Lyndon B. Johnson

Form, Structure, and Plot: The novel is organized in an effective way which allows the reader to be able to understand and keep up with the plot. There are only 9 chapters, 180 pages in total. The lengths of chapters barely differ. In the beginning of the book, there were only 2 to 3 chapters that fell under 20 pages. The rest were fairly long in length. Fitzgerald used numerous flashbacks within novel, going back to different times in Gatsby’s life in order to let the reader have a better understanding of what is going on. The story’s events have a scrambled order, but there is still some time of artistic order that we eventually begin to understand towards the end of the novel. Foreshadowing is evident inside the novel, for example, the car wreck after Gatsby’s party in chapter 3 and again in chapter 7 when Nick states, ”So we drove on towards death through the cooling twilight” (Fitzgerald 136), effectively foreshadowing Myrtle’s, and eventually Gatsby’s, death. There is a parallel in relationships shown throughout the novel. Gatsby and Daisy are presented as an idealistic past dream, while Nick and Jordan represent a more realistic romantic relationship filled with more problems most encounter. Tom and Daisy are both having affairs, creating new relationships. Tom and Myrtle are more physical and materialistic, while Gatsby and Daisy are more romantic and affectionate.
Point of View: Main character Nick Carraway narrates the story in both first and third person. He narrates in recent perspective written in mainly present tense, although sometimes reminiscing of Gatsby’s past. Caraway is a mostly objective narrator, although sometimes subtly inserts his own views on Gatsby and his decisions. Point of view is switched between Nick Caraway and Gatsby. Through the unique point of view through the different characters, Fitzgerald creates dramatic effects, positively strengthening his novel’s concepts.
Character: Each character is neutrally round and