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'The Great Gatsby' by F.Scott Fitzgerald.
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THE GREAT GASTBY The book which will be studied within this essay is 'the Great Gatsby' by F.Scott Fitzgerald. The method of narration within 'the Great Gatsby' helped me to appreciate two important aspects of the text - theme and symbolism. The author successfully used the development of narration throughout the book in the form of the first person. I found this to be effective because of the narrator's (Nick) unbiased stance towards every situation in the book, as he says: "I am one of the few honest people I have ever known." (PAGE 66) There is also a second method of narration used within the book; this is in the form of breaks in narrating. During flashbacks, other voices chare the job of narrating - for example; Jordan Baker tells us about the time when Gatsby asked her to help him in his quest to win back Daisy. The plot within 'the Great Gatsby'...
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