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Mr Gatsby's Illusory Greatness

How the narrator creates the “something gorgeous” in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

Author

  • Johanna Svensson

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

Document type

Student publication for Bachelor's degree

Topic

  • Languages and Literatures

Keywords

  • Gatsby
  • Fitzgerald
  • unreliable narrator
  • Carraway

Supervisor

  • Eivor Lindstedt (PhD, Senior Lecturer)