Throughout the whole novel‚ Fitzgerald uses Nick Carraway as the narrator to tell everything‚ and let the readers understand the characters and incidents from Nick’s point of view. Nick has a vivid imagination that he uses to interpret people’s reactions and feelings‚ this is especially found in the chapter eight in which Nick creates the past of Gatsby and Daisy; and the last movement of Gatsby at the end of the chapter. When Fitzgerald is presenting Gatsby and Daisy’s first meet‚ ‘he had never
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Setting Analysis: How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien Set in 1965-1974 era‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” by Tim O’Brien utilizes reoccurring stories set throughout the jungles‚ mountains‚ and deserted villages in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Written in a meta-literary form‚ and based on what can be defined as a self-conscious work‚ O’Brien uses the art of story-telling with a keen sense of detail to insert the reader alongside for the dramatic beauty and inevitable hardship that comes
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The gift of magi The story tells of a young married couple‚ James (Jim) and Della Dillingham. The couple has very little money and lives in a modest apartment. Between them they have two possessions that they consider their treasures: Jim’s gold pocket watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s‚ and Della’s lustrous‚ long hair that falls almost to her knees. It’s Christmas Eve‚ and Della finds herself running out of time to buy Jim a Christmas present. After paying all of the bills
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Fitzgerald chooses to narrate the story of the beginning of Daisy and Gatsby’s first relationship to us twice throughout the novel: once in chapter 4 and once in chapter 8. Although this structural decision will have been multifaceted‚ perhaps the most significant reason will have been to highlight the fact that due to the use of a narrator most of the information we are given is subjective to Nick’s opinions. Through the use of Jordan’s storytelling to Nick in the first section of exposition we
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Chapter I introduces us to Edna (the protagonist) and Leonce Pontellier (her husband)‚ the couple who live on Grand Isle (main setting) and are one of the main focuses of the book‚ Robert Lebrun (a young Frenchman who is attached to Edna)‚ and some minor characters‚ like Madame Lebrun (Robert’s mother). Chapter II has Edna and Robert talking and expanding their character while Leonce is away at a hotel. Chapter III has Leonce returning home to Edna‚ criticizing her for acting unlike a common Creole
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Whirligig Chapter 8 Jenny feels helpless as someone that she loves and close to is dying her grandmother. When the old woman tells Jenny to give her a ride around town‚ Jenny decides to help her because her mom wasn’t there‚ and she somehow desperately needed to see this place. So Jenny and her grandmother get into the car‚ and drive around the town. Her grandmother tells her to go places that don’t even make any sense‚ like a birch tree‚ and an old run down house. This old house was
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which Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter2 of The Great Gatsby? Chapter 2 is the chapter in which Tom takes Nick to meet his lover Myrtle; they meet in the Valley of Ashes which is home to Myrtle and George. The Chapter then changes scene to New York where Nick attends a party; during this party Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose by punching her. The Chapter is used to portray the true colours of Tom Buchanan and to emphasis the mystery surrounding Gatsby. The narrative voice in the chapter is
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‘How does Fitzgerald tell the story?’ questions Chapter 1 The novel takes the form of a 20th century romantic tragedy‚ this is revealed by contextual means. In chapter 1 Fitzgerald highlights the tragic form of the novel as Nick says ‘what foul dust that floated in the wake of his dreams’. this creates the effect of foreshadow the tragic events of the novel especially as the writer uses the past tense to refer to the eponymous character which creates tension as the impression is given the narrator
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CHAPTER 8 How Did They Make And Use Tools? Technology Summary The physical remains of humanly made artifacts form the bulk of the archaeological record. The artifacts that are found by archaeologists may not represent the range of objects actually used because certain materials preserve better than others. For this reason‚ stone tools and ceramics dominate the archaeological record. Objects made of fabric‚ cord‚ skin‚ and other organic materials no doubt date back to the very earliest archaeological
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Chapter 8 Strategic Management ANNOTATED OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION Effective managers recognize the role that strategic management plays in their organization’s performance. Throughout this chapter‚ students discover that good strategies can lead to high organizational performance. 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Managers must carefully consider their organization’s internal and external environments as they develop strategic plans. They should have a systematic means of analyzing
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