NARRATIVE STYLE AND STRUCTURE Told in retrospect, the novel is a first person narrative in chronological order of the events of the summer of 1922 with Gatsby's personal history revealed through various flashbacks spaced intermittently throughout the plot. ... If this evaluation was placed at the end of the novel, responders may have developed their own personal opinions on the value of these characters contrasting to the portrait which Fitzgerald was trying paint of them. ... By conveying all impressions and ideas from one perspective, that is of narrator Nick Carraway's, Fitzge...

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The objective point of view is like being a fly on the wall and the narrative voice records only what is visible. ... There are a handful of shifts throughout the novel in which the point of view switches from third person objective to first person participant when Winston is telling about his personal feelings about Julia and the Party. ... Her rebellion against the Party is small and personal, for her own enjoyment, in contrast to Winston's ideological motivation. ... The environment is described within the city as confused with the Party's thoughts and ideas on ruling the...

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When the audience is able to draw it's own story around an author's narrative, the experience is more satisfying than when every detail is presented through the cinematic medium - an active audience is happier than a passive one. ... The novel installs all these ideas, but it also allows the reader to use their creativity. ... Portrayed in both the novel and movie is Mary Anne's change in personal hygiene. ...

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• Grade Level: High School