Narration Structure and Stlye

eying all impressions and ideas from one perspective, that is of narrator Nick Carraway's, Fitzgerald unifies his composition. All values and judgements are those of Nick’s which helps to maintain simplicity and give the novel its cohesiveness. Fitzgerald continues to keep his novel simple by being highly selective in the material which he chooses to include into the plot. He creates a series of scenes, most of them parties and any gaps in the plot are effectively filled with brief passages of analysis and overview. Dialogue is sparse but when used, is very effective in in shedding light on the disintegrating values of the society. An example of this is at the party of Tom and Myrtle, wealthy Mrs. McKee says "i almost made a mistake...almost married a little tyke...I knew he was below me". The snatches of dialogue that Nick selects are extremely effective in displaying how America's upper class determined a person's value by their social status. Additionally, being selective with what was included in the plot by using the technique of delayed character revelation emphasises the theatrical quality of Gatsby's life a

Some topics in this essay:
Tom Myrtle, STRUCTURE Told, Daisy Jordan’s, Carraway's Fitzgerald, Tom Daisy’s, Egg Additionally, Ultimately Tom’s, Daisy Jordan, East Egg, Nick Caraway, plot using, convention structure, narrative style,