by F. Scott Fitzgerald
chap I, pgs 1-11
At the very beginning of this novel, I quickly discovered that the narration and perspective, and the point of view of the main character would all be very different than in The House of Mirth. Even the diction and style of writing appeared more relaxed and easier to comprehend. I believe that Fitzgerald uses this simpler style of writing in addition to the first-person narrative to convey the down-to-earth nature of the protagonist and narrator, Mr. Carraway. This form of writing makes Mr. Carraway more approachable and draws the reader deeper into the story, instead of feeling like an uninvolved bystander. Something that caught my attention was the almost godliness with which Gatsby is referred to. Everyone seems to know of him, but no one seems to have met him personally. At the opening of the book, this vague but obviously important character lends some intrigue, and some anticipation for encounters to come.
"No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men" (Fitzgerald, 2).
Nothing like a little ominous foreshadowing to get you diving headfirst into a book!
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