"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart" (Fitzgerald 96). F. Scott Fitzgerald states this quotation through Nick Carraway's narration in The Great Gatsby. Nick comments on the values, qualities, or ideals that people will invariable hold true to themselves. In Fitzgerald's novel, not only can the reader identify a character by their ... individual speech patterns that define the characters in his novel aids in furthering the renowned characterization in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel, is characterized by his hones...

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... . Tom Buchanan, Daisy's hulking husband, is bathed in a spiteful tone by Fitzgerald, who shows contempt for this character's materialistic values and disregard for good character. While describing the meeting between Nick Carraway, the narrator, and this arrogant man, Fitzgerald describes this haughty man's eyes as "shining, arrogant- and that they had "established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of ... ...

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