Point of View: The Great Gatsby

1: http://www.studymode.com/essays/Point-Of-View-In-The-Great-1188643.htm

2: http://studyquestion.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-narrative-techniques-in-great-gatsby.html'

3: http://therumpus.net/2010/05/52542/

4: http://www.skyminds.net/american-literature/structure-and-narration-in-the-great-gatsby/

Group 4:

·         The best way to create mystery is t narrate the story from Nick’s pov as we do not know about Gatsby’s past.

·         Nick is not a reliable narrator as he is self-questioning

·         When Nick relates Gatsby ‘s romance he quotes Jordan Baker (who may be biased herself)

·         Nick sees everything and informs us how e should feel.

Group 3:

Writing in a first person creates a lot of limits. For example, it prevents the author from having a character who can display the ‘genuine’ feelings of all characters (which you would get with a third person narrator), yet Fitzgerald manages to overcome this by using the transgressive first person narrator who allows Nick’s narrative voice to stray into the minds and perspective of other characters, such as his depiction of the death of Gatsby.

Group 2:

Advantages of a first person narrator is that Nick sees everything from outside—this is important given the crazy events of New York society over that summer. Bu the limitations again are that he has to imagine details of the real depth of emotion regarding Gatsby’s feelings for Daisy.  Nick sits aside from the dialogue, but he is a narrator who provides us with two perspectives as he is not always sure what is going on.

Group 1:

As the reader experiences the events through Nick Carraway’s point of view, but Fitzgerald also inserts his own viewpoint through Nick, and critiques aspects of New York society including class dichotomy. (Marxist critical theory).