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A 7 page paper
which examines how Fitzgerald makes use of time through flashbacks and non linear
progression. No additional sources cited.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAgattm.rtf
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narrator and the main character Jay Gatsby. It is a novel on the decaying condition of the society of the United States as honor and integrity and hard work get
lost in the desire to reach the new materialistic American Dream. To further support this particular theme the author clearly does not wish to fill the pages of the novel
with simple day to day events, but rather wishes to get to some of the most interesting and important aspects of the story as they relate to this theme as
it concerns just a few people. In doing this Fitzgerald does not always provide the reader with a continuous line of events, describing them as they happen, but rather seems
to jump around, even taking us far back in time to detail the life of Gatsby so we understand where he is coming from. Bearing that in mind the following
paper examines Fitzgeralds use of time in "The Great Gatsby." Time and "The Great Gatsby" In the very beginning of the story, in Chapter 1, Nick provides us with
the beginning of the narration, subtly taking us back and forth through time. He begins by discussing his father, and his family, and thus establishes some of his ideals and
his personality. He then discusses how he in the present, and why, then shifts to discussing the people who are Daisy and Tom. He briefly tells us of who Tom
once was, allowing us into the situation better prepared to know the man he will be interacting with. "Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most
powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven--a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward
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