Nick Carraway In The Great Gatsby

Manny Adeniyi
Professor Bonnie Adams
English 1102
21 June 2011
The Three Downfalls of break off Carraway
I am inclined to reserve all judgments (Caraway 6). A reliable narrator is one who sticks to his word, and leave all judgments close. But is break off a reliable narrator? In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses prick Caraway, a character within the fable to act as the narrator, giving the impression that ding is an wise character. But Nick is rather viewed as an irresponsible narrator whose attains three main downfalls, that boosts the claim of him been an unreliable narrator. Nicks lack of information about the characters in the play, his contradicting form of allegory and his inability to stick to his words of not passing judgments, portrays him as an unreliable narrator.
The narrators lack of information is as a result of the limited cognition he has for the character. Nick seeks information from other characters, therefore limiting his ability to pee-pee a full narration. Nick asks Gatsby who he is and reply Gatsby says, Im Gatsby (Gatsby 53). But having limited familiarity on who Gatsby is, he goes further in asking Jordan who he is, after Gatsby has already told him: Who is he? (Caraway 53).



By asking the same question to some other character, this shows the limited knowledge Nick has on Gatsby. In addition, Nick states, I wondered if there wasnt something a little shameful about him (Caraway 69). By using the word wondered, he makes it hold out as if he is unsure about his thought. This additionally shows Nicks lack of information on Gatsby. The limited knowledge Nick has as a character, diminishes his narration, therefore twisting his beliefs and make him contradict his initial thoughts.
Nicks limited knowledge as a character causes him to contradict himself as a narrator. Nick is unsure about his narrations, therefore he changes his judgments about the character. He states, Gatsby who represented everything for which I have...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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