The Great Gatsby Analys
The Great Gatsby Analysis
In this essay I will analyze how Nick Carraway is too deeply involved in events and relationships to be a reliable narrator. I intend to show how far and in what ways I agree with this view of “The Great Gatsby” .
The story’s based on the main character Nick Carraway’s perspective. In the first chapter F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the reader that Nick goes to West Egg to visit his beloved cousin Daisy Buchannan, her husband Tom and their little baby Pammy. Through Nick Carraway, F. Scott Fitzgerald lets the reader see Daisy as the charming irresistible woman “Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth.” When he meets Tom for the first time, Nick sees that Tom’s “Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.” He is a rich man with respect in his riding clothes. Before he gets to know the characters, Nick describes them straight forward from their appearance.
When Nick later in chapter two, meets Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress, his view of Tom is more negative and tells us how he bosses Nick around. Tom is described as a heartless man which fame and reputation’s the only thing that matters in his life, not his wife or his baby girl. Nick Carraway highlights the bad actions Tom does because Nick doesn’t want to like him; he cares too much about Daisy’s feelings to accept the fact that Tom has an affair with Myrtle. But if F. Scott Fitzgerald was telling this story instead of Nick Carraway of what happened when Nick visited his cousin Daisy Buchannan in New York, he would have told the reader a straightforward story with no contrast of the characters traits and appearances. Daisy and Myrtle would be two women that happened to be chosen by Tom Buchannan. This is why Nick Carraway is not a reliable narrator.
According to Nick, Jay Gatsby is a man who has the ambitions to do anything to reach his
In this essay I will analyze how Nick Carraway is too deeply involved in events and relationships to be a reliable narrator. I intend to show how far and in what ways I agree with this view of “The Great Gatsby” .
The story’s based on the main character Nick Carraway’s perspective. In the first chapter F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the reader that Nick goes to West Egg to visit his beloved cousin Daisy Buchannan, her husband Tom and their little baby Pammy. Through Nick Carraway, F. Scott Fitzgerald lets the reader see Daisy as the charming irresistible woman “Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth.” When he meets Tom for the first time, Nick sees that Tom’s “Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.” He is a rich man with respect in his riding clothes. Before he gets to know the characters, Nick describes them straight forward from their appearance.
When Nick later in chapter two, meets Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress, his view of Tom is more negative and tells us how he bosses Nick around. Tom is described as a heartless man which fame and reputation’s the only thing that matters in his life, not his wife or his baby girl. Nick Carraway highlights the bad actions Tom does because Nick doesn’t want to like him; he cares too much about Daisy’s feelings to accept the fact that Tom has an affair with Myrtle. But if F. Scott Fitzgerald was telling this story instead of Nick Carraway of what happened when Nick visited his cousin Daisy Buchannan in New York, he would have told the reader a straightforward story with no contrast of the characters traits and appearances. Daisy and Myrtle would be two women that happened to be chosen by Tom Buchannan. This is why Nick Carraway is not a reliable narrator.
According to Nick, Jay Gatsby is a man who has the ambitions to do anything to reach his