Author(s)

Wenyi Qian ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Wenyi Qian

ABSTRACT

In The Great Gatsby, Nick Caraway's setting as a narrator is a major innovation of Fitzgerald's work in the novel narrative. Nick is neither a traditional narrator nor a first-person narrator who is completely separated from the author. Its particularity lies in its personal value is to be discussed, but its value judgment is super guiding. Through the role of Nick, Fitzgerald tries to make innovation in form and passes on values in content. As the witness and the narrator of the story, Nick has a comprehensive understanding of the story and characters, and is able to examine the overall situation and judge the value. His firm moral concept and comprehensive perspective make him an important carrier for Fitzgerald to convey ideas and values in the novel.

KEYWORDS

The Great Gatsby; Nick Caraway; narrator; form innovation; value transmission

CITE THIS PAPER

Wenyi Qian, The Advantage of the Narrator in the Great Gatsby. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 76-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070811.

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