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This 5 page paper analyzes the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Great Gatsby" with regard to the point of view, and the tone; it argues that the main thesis of the book is that wealth corrupts, and great wealth corrupts absolutely. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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It has been read and reread by countless numbers of people, discussed, and even filmed numerous times. This paper argues that Fitzgerald, in writing the book, showed us that wealth
corrupts; the extent of the corruption depends upon the character of the person who becomes wealthy. To examine this proposition well consider by point of view and tone. Discussion The
book has a narrator, Nick Carraway, so we are in the mind of a limited omniscient narrator. Within the first two pages he tells us he came back home from
the East Coast "last autumn" and that he wanted "no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby ... was exempt from my reaction" (Fitzgerald 2).
Thus we know that Nick (we dont learn his name until later) knows the whole story, which hes about to relate to us. But we also know that since we
do have a narrator instead of someone telling us in first person ("I walked") or having an omniscient narrator (he knows what all characters and thinking and doing at all
times), he can only tell us what he saw, or what he thinks. He doesnt know things that happened when he wasnt present, nor can he do more than guess
about the characters thoughts and motivations. So we are going to read the story and see what happened through Nicks eyes, which means that we will get a biased view.
Nick seems to be a clear sighted fellow, even somewhat unemotional; and since hes Daisys cousin, and becomes completely disenchanted with her, its possible that his description of events
is close to what actually happened. Despite the fact that hes related to Daisy, the two are not particularly close. He sees both her and her husband for what they
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