... it wasn't any use. Nobody came" (182). The style Fitzgerald used in writing The Great Gatsby was unique and interesting, because the reader learns about things at the same time the narrator learns them. It forces the reader to piece information together and then try to draw a complete meaning from the pieces of information. This way of learning about Gatsby was particularly appropriate, because of the nature of Gatsby's character and how he became that way ... . There would be no suspense if the reader knew everything about Gatsby before the story ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... certain people say. Because Nick often scrutinizes what people say to him and selectively chooses which information he wants to believe about someone or something, he gives the reader a sense of security and trust, that the information that Nick is relaying back to the reader is genuine and significant. The Great Gatsby is a novel of lavish parties filled with drunken orgies of sheer debauchery, love affairs, ... and murder, but yet it still manages to show the innocence and naivety of the very people that sinfully tarnish the world ... Nick Carraway. While it is true that the reader has...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate