F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby - Nick Carraway as Narrator Essa

The history point of cyclorama follow by F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby supports the smarts reproach of the upper class and the importance of wealth in society. Fitzgerald uses cut off Carraway as the narrator who suck ups the upper class as entirely superficial. Through his honoring of concourse at Gatsbys party, at the beginning of chapter three, Nick seems to feel that the squiffy are clones of a stereotype accepted and created by themselves. To him it seems as though this society is based on appearance and recognition and judges plenty according to how much they own rather than what they believe in. Nicks criticisms are accepted by the reader as impartial because Nick is the just major character who is not preoccupied with wealth. This is established in the first some pages of the novel where Nick describes himself and his upbringing in a manner that instantaneously inviolates the trust of the reader. This allows Nick to act as a measure for different c haracters who are in a relentless pursuit of money and power. Fitzgerald creates a particular impression of Nick in the first few pages of the novel in station for Nick to present himself as honest and to secure the trust of the reader. Fitzgerald does this by describing Nicks upbringing and his opinion of himself. Nick states that he is inclined to countenance all judgments which is a matter of infinite hope. This has the immediate effect of presenting Nick as an unbiased narrator. When he states that his tolerance has a limit, the reader feels that he would only judge citizenry if they have gone too far. The importance of this is that Nick does form very strong opinions of characters later in the novel. This encourages the reader to view these characters so that they will develop ... ...ween the reader and Nick in order for the reader to accept Nicks opinions as impartial. He places Nick in a typical situation where wealthy people interact. The reader is encouraged to view th e upper class as superficial and as a gathering of clones who choose to fit into a single self-created stereotype. By focusing on only a few individuals at Gatsbys party, Nick presents the entire class pretentious behaviour quickly and effectively to the reader. The importance of appearance and recognition to these people is noted several times by Nick when he describes groups of people behaving in their typically superficial manner. The narrative point of view adopted by F. Scott Fitzgerald thoroughly supports this novels criticism of wealthy people and how they choose to study their lives. Works CitedFitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York Macmillan, 1992.