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An 8 page essay that focuses on the character of Nick Carraway as the narrative voice in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The writer argues that Nick Carraway, as Gatsby's friend and Daisy's cousin, is the ideal choice for providing the narrative voice of the novel, for a number of reasons. First of all, because the reader learns about Gatsby as Nick does, this gives the novel a definitive structure, which concentrates on the illusion that Gatsby has created in the opening chapters and then slowly reveals pertinent details of Gatsby's life as Nick discovers them. Nick's character also provides Fitzgerald with a means of commenting, interpreting and evaluating the action of the novel. In this manner, Nick's narration gives the reader insight into both Gatsby and Daisy that would otherwise be unavailable if Fitzgerald had chosen either one of these characters for providing the main point-of-view. Furthermore, Nick gives the reader someone with whom they can readily identify, as his emotional progress throughout the novel offers a hopeful template for reconciling the negative features of the era with a traditional past. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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as the defining characteristic of a persons identity. The novel reveals how Jay Gatsby reinvented himself from his humble beginnings as James Gatz in order to obtain his hearts desire,
which he embodied in the person of the unattainable Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, as Gatsbys friend and Daisys cousin, is the ideal choice for providing the narrative voice of the
novel, for a number of reasons. First of all, because the reader learns about Gatsby as Nick does, this gives the novel a definitive structure, which concentrates on the
illusion that Gatsby has created in the opening chapters and then slowly reveals pertinent details of Gatsbys life as Nick discovers them. Also, Nick is objective, but also skeptical. Therefore,
he provides Fitzgerald with a means of commenting, interpreting and evaluating the action of the novel. In this manner, Nicks narration gives the reader insight into both Gatsby and Daisy
that would otherwise be unavailable if Fitzgerald had chosen either one of these characters for providing the main point-of-view. Furthermore, Nick gives the reader someone with whom they can readily
identify, as his emotional progress throughout the novel offers a hopeful template for reconciling the negative features of the era with a traditional past. The reader sees Gatsby
through Nicks eyes Nick provides the voice by which the other characters are heard. As such, he serves as a "translator of the dreams and social ambitions of the people
who surround him" (Giltrow and Stouck 476). Gatsby, the reader is told, represented everything for which Nick expressed "unaffected scorn" (Fitzgerald 2). However, also early on in the novel, Nick
explains, rather enigmatically, that Gatsby "turned out all right at the end" and it was "what preyed on Gatsby" that resulted in Nicks eventually disillusionment with rich, Eastern society.
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