http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ Homework Online: Forum: The Great Gatsby - Recent Posts en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:55 +0000 http://www.homework-online.com/forums/topic/nick#post-18 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:03:33 +0000 PebblesBabyy_x 18@http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ <p>Really?<br /> I felt that Nick as a narrator was very unreliable. In the first chapter, Nick acknowledges that Gatsby represented everything for which he had an 'unaffected scorn', and yet towards the end his language of Gatsby is one of total admiration. The muddled chronology also reflects how unreliable he is; he remembers only what he thinks is important. Also, I don't feel that the audience can relate to Nick, there is an obvious distance between us and him which could be due to Fitzgerald's use of delayed character revelation but ... just my opinion. :) </p> http://www.homework-online.com/forums/topic/nick#post-17 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:32:56 +0000 Kancha 17@http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ <p>Among all the characters, Nick can break down through another's pretenses. Like, for example, when Daisy meets him for the first time in the book, and after she charms him, he comments, "That was a way she had." He isn't vulnerable to other people's charms and so, establishes himself as a rather objective narrator. </p> http://www.homework-online.com/forums/topic/protagonist#post-15 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:56:24 +0000 roberthop 15@http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ <p>The protagonist of The Great Gatsby is, as the title suggests, Gatsby himself. Despite Nick's role as the narrator of the story, he is very much in the background of the plot and does not affect the action of the novel in any way. Nick's purpose is to narrate. There is very little difference between Fitzgerald's role as the story teller and Nick's as the narrator. Gatsby, however, is not only the subject of the play, but changes the action tremendously. </p> http://www.homework-online.com/forums/topic/protagonist#post-14 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:08:28 +0000 Rosytulip 14@http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ <p>Could you help me with this question? I'm wondering who is supposed to be the protagonist in The Great Gatsby. Is it Nick, Gatsby or anyone else?<br /> Thanks in advance. </p> http://www.homework-online.com/forums/topic/welcome-6#post-9 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:51:27 +0000 admin 9@http://www.homework-online.com/forums/ <p>Welcome to the The Great Gatsby forum. This forum is moderated and it requires that you register to post. Please ask questions about the novel, or post responses. Any inappropriate posts will be removed and the poster will be blocked from the system. </p>