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    about the life and actions of Nick Caraway. It will include what kind of character he is‚ whether he’s a reliable character‚ and the points he comes across in this book. Nick is the narrator of this book‚ it is written in a way that is complicated for many people in this era‚ because of the era it is written in. Nick is one of the best characters in this book‚ in my opinion. First‚ talking about Nick‚ who he is as a person‚ and what role he plays in this book. Nick Caraway is a young man from Minnesota

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    The Great Gatsby Essay Discuss Nick Carraway’s character. How reliable is he as a narrator? What aspects of his character make him an effective narrator? Nick Carraway is not only a character in the novel The Great Gatsby‚ he is also the narrator. This is very important because it makes him a central figure‚ like Gatsby. He is so involved in the plot that he becomes quite important and significant in the story. The whole novel is told by Nick and in a way he discovers his own development

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    “The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on a prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island’s north shore—began planning the novel in 1923‚ desiring to produce‚ in his words‚ "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.".”(Wikipedia.org) The novel is written in

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    Unreliable Narrator Essay Gothic literature intends to thrill readers leaving them confused‚ or to dwell on the thought that there is something beyond us. Two widely known gothic literature authors and their works are “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. Poe and Bierce not only write gothic literature‚ but both authors utilize unreliable narrators in their works to their advantage. Poe and Bierce had different intentions for the effect

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    Nick Carraway serves the important roles of narrator and arguably the main character of The Great Gatsby‚ as he judges the actions of other characters while still playing his own role within the plot. Also‚ as Nick analyzes the actions of others‚ he attempts to make judgements using his “cardinal virtues” of honesty and fact. He does so while keeping in mind his father’s advice of thinking before criticizing others‚ as many “haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” Throughout The Great Gatsby

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    Nick Carraway plays a rather unique role in The Great Gatsby for he is the narrator but not the main character. Nick is a silent observer‚ the readers’ eyes‚ ears‚ and processor of the raw events that he is documenting. Therefore as all of the information the reader receives is filtered through one brain‚ the reliability of Nick as a narrator is naturally brought into question as one progresses through the novel. To understand Nick Carraway as a narrator one must first understand Nick Carraway as

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    Nick Carraway’s Role in The Great Gatsby: It is important to keep a few things in mind about the structure of the novel and about Nick himself. It is through his observations that our opinions of the other characters are formed. Some of his opinions‚ particularly those of Gatsby‚ are biased and therefore flawed. He is still a character and is important to the novel in many other respects‚ as well as being the narrator. Although there are some similarities between Fitzgerald’s world and the fictional

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    Is there more of Fitzgerald in the character of Nick than in the character of Gatsby? It is of popular opinion that The Great Gatsby is a novel with an autobiographical feel to it. If this is the case and this was Fitzgerald’s purpose‚ his own character would have to be illustrated in that of one of his fictional characters in the novel. Firstly‚ we may assume that as Nick Carraway is the narrator‚ he is the most likely to resemble the author as his views on things will most likely reflect Scott

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    The Cask of Amontillado In the horror story The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe ‚the author‚ made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s

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    NICK THE FLAWED NARRATOR NICK CARRAWAY has a special place in this novel. He is not just one character among several‚ it is through his eyes and ears that we form our opinions of the other characters. Often‚ readers of this novel confuse Nick ’s stance towards those characters and the world he describes with those of F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s because the fictional world he has created closely resembles the world he himself experienced. But not every narrator is the voice of the author. Before

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