Mr Gatsby's Illusory Greatness
How the narrator creates the “something gorgeous” in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Summary, in English
This essay explores the theory that Nick Carraway is an unreliable narrator, who creates the "greatness" of Mr Gatsby, based on the hypothesis that Carraway is partial to Gatsby for various reasons.
Department/s
Publishing year
2009
Language
English
Full text
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Document type
Student publication for Bachelor's degree
Topic
- Languages and Literatures
Keywords
- Gatsby
- Fitzgerald
- unreliable narrator
- Carraway
Supervisor
- Eivor Lindstedt (PhD, Senior Lecturer)