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A commentary on “THE GREAT GATSBY” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A commentary on "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby" is based in the time right after the First World War, around 1920. It is the story of a businessman by the name of Jay Gatsby. It begins with the narrator, who goes by the name of Nick Carraway, telling us about an advice that his father had bestowed upon him when he was a young child. It was "'whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,'..., 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had.'" He uses this advice and throughout the novel does not immediately judge people, but is patient. One such person whom he meets but is patient with is Gatsby. The novel begins with Nick moving to live in the "West egg" in Long Island. His neighbour is Gatsby, though he does not know it yet. Soon he does...
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