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. However, before delving into the past, Fitzgerald starts his novel in the present where he evaluates the four main characters in the novel. 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. Subsequently, the composer managed this problem by influencing the composer's judgements from the very beginning of the plot using the convention of structure. Responders sympathise with Gatsby because they have been told he "turns out to be alright in the end", feel contempt for the Buchanans (even before it is made clear exactly what they have done) because they are described as "foul dust" and respect and trust Nick as storyteller as he is self described as honest and non-judgemental. .
By conveying all impressions and ideas from one perspective, that is of narrator Nick Carraway's, Fitzgerald unifies his composition. All values and judgements are those of Nick's which helps to maintain simplicity and give the novel its cohesiveness. Fitzgerald continues to keep his novel simple by being highly selective in the material which he chooses to include into the plot. He creates a series of scenes, most of them parties and any gaps in the plot are effectively filled with brief passages of analysis and overview. Dialogue is sparse but when used, is very effective in in shedding light on the disintegrating values of the society. An example of this is at the party of Tom and Myrtle, wealthy Mrs. McKee says "i almost made a mistake.almost married a little tyke.I knew he was below me". The snatches of dialogue that Nick selects are extremely effective in displaying how America's upper class determined a person's value by their social status.
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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE - The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby's narrative structure involves retrospective recounts of events. ... The sense of mystery is further amplified through 1st person narration. ... Fitzgerald does not waste any space by telling readers all the events that happened in that time frame but rather structure it in small episodes, pieced together. ... Through flashbacks of the past and narration of the present, Nick and Gatsby's life stories intertwine and correspondence. ...
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," by Mark Haddon, integrates unique elements of structure, language style and character narration to really deliver a rare, wonderful and one of a kind book that truly brings up thought provoking issues and is overall a satisfying read. ... An interesting and distinctive point of the structure is the development of chapter length from short to long as the book progresses. ... Exceptionally exclusive facets of structure such as these certainly set the standard for an appealing and pleasing novel. With great accomplishment Mark Haddon has used ...
Narration in a movie is what most people rely on to know what's going on and what is true or not. The narration sets the tone for a movie so we never really try to question or argue what the narration saying, Without narration in a movie its hard to figure out who's right and who's wrong. ... Seeing this film raises many questions about narration. Many people after seeing this film may think to themselves how reliable is narration. Is narration supposed to give the facts or is it just supposed to tell a one sided story. ...
From the beginning we have to grasp the film structure and structure of actions. ... Concerning the narration and time, the whole film is immersed in the past. ... What are effects of the narrative structure of the film? For answering this question I used Bordwell's apprehension of this term from his book Narration and the Fiction Film. ... The film Memento has a complicated, time fragmented, structure. ...
Lockwood's narration. ... Dean's narration is a narration of the past set inside the present narration of Lockwood. ... Dean's narration come other narrations as well. ... Another narration within Nelly's narration is Isabella's and it comes in the form of a letter sent by Isabella to Mrs. ... Lockwood's narration could be considered the 1st frame (a present narration) within which comes...
Often in literature, the structure significantly contributes to the development of the meaning of the work as a whole. ... This structure allows the reader to understand many different interpretations of the actions of the novel, specifically concerning the nature of the Creature. However, at the same time that this structure offers several distinct and opinionated voices, it also makes the events of the narrative less plausible. ... Furthermore, by sheer nature, the absence of an omniscient knowing being as a narrator in Frankenstein, as in any first person narration, allows for the vario...
Dramatic structure is the basic form in which a presentation is set up. ... I believe that Nolan used these specific structures for a variety of reasons... ... It helped the audience understand Leonard's situation since most of the black and white scenes were used for narration. ... In conclusion, I believe that the dramatic structure Christopher Nolan chose to use greatly enhanced the film's appeal. ... It all depends on the dramatic structure that you use and I commend Christopher Nolan....
The narrative structure of The Bluest Eye is important in revealing just how pervasive and destructive social racism is. Narration in novel comes from several sources. Much of the narration comes from Claudia MacTeer as a nine year old child, but Morrison also gives the reader the insight of Claudia reflecting on the story as an adult, some first person narration from Pecola's mother, and narration by Morrison herself as an omniscient narrator. ... In addition to narrative structure, the structure and composition of the novel itself help to illustrate how much and for how long white ideas...
