THE GREAT GATSBY THE STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM by M M Green‚ Rand Afrikaans University The final belief is to believe in a fiction‚ which you know to be a fiction‚ there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and believe in it willingly. - Wallace Stevens The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas -in the mind at the same time and still retain the abi1ity to function. – F Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Crack Up Miles Donald
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The Great Gatsby Narrative Technique The narrative technique employed by Fitzgerald is believed to have been derived from Joseph Conrad‚ a writer Fitzgerald admired‚ who used a similar technique in Heart of Darkness (1902). Type of narrator First person narrator (Nick Carraway) Everything narrated by Nick is coloured by his character. His narration is not a neutral affair. The narrator is a participant in the story who is‚ however‚ more of a spectator than a protagonist.
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In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald presents all three women in a vilifying manner; Daisy is weak and careless‚ Jordan is dishonest and haughty‚ and Myrtle is unfaithful. Nick describes Jordan as “incurably dishonest”. This introduces the ideology of distrust of women in the novel. In 1922‚ American women did not have the same rights as men and were often trapped in oppressive marriages and seen as the inferior sex. This inferiority is reflected through the way in which women have a secondary role in
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Blink: the power of thinking without thinking Malcolm Gladwell When I saw the title‚ Blink: the power of thinking without thinking‚ I have decided in a blink of an eye that I have to read the book. And it was the best thing to do. The book opens with a very interesting case study: an unusual piece of art (korus) has been discovered and brought to a museum for selling. There‚ the museum’s group of art experts‚ after having studied and analyzed thoroughly the statue‚ elicits it is an
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Academic Reading and Writing I Discursive essay Thin-slicing for Citizens of Kazakhstan Instructor’s name: Brad Comann Student’s name: Ruslan Assanbekov “There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in month of rational analysis” ~Malcolm Gladwell‚ Blink (9). Every day we are faced with decisions. The quality of them often determines the pattern of our lives. There’s the question:
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“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚” he told me‚ “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantage that you’ve had” (P.1) In the begging of The Great Gatsby‚ the author introduces the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ as someone who is honest and reliable. From the start‚ we know that there are differences between social classes‚ and those who don’t have control over their status‚ should not be judged. Throughout the book‚ we learn that Nick’s family was wealthy from the
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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In society today‚ generally people are taught to put a lot of thought into the decisions we make through deliberation‚ and also taught to consider the future consequences or benefits of a decision. From a young age‚ parents‚ teachers‚ and other adults in society teach children to "never judge a book by its cover‚" in terms of many aspects of life‚ which range from judging particular situations to making judgements about other people. Malcolm Gladwell’s main idea in his book‚ Blink: The Power of Thinking
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we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past” The ending line in The Great Gatsby‚ spoken by the narrator Nick Carraway‚ who reflects upon Gatsby’s life‚ likening him unto a boat against the current of the times. Nick’s avid description of the hardships Gatsby faced has more dimension than the utter surface it surmises. Nick’s farewell is infused with Gatsby as a character that further examination pinpoints the underlying meaning that Fitzgerald clearly wrote. Gatsby’s
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