It is due to Nick’s desire to convey a positive image of Jay Gatsby, the image which he himself withheld, that inclines him to vary from his use of chronological order during chapter six, suddenly adopting the use of anachrony by unexpectedly deviating from the main plot. During this sudden digression, Nick illuminates the reader with the life of James Gatz – Jay Gatsby’s former self – with the intention of ‘exploding those first wild rumours’. This variation in the order of events makes use of the aspect of narrative ‘time and sequence’. However, Nick’s account of how Gatsby met his ‘destiny’ in the form of Cody is questionable as he states that together Gatsby and Cody journeyed ‘three times around the continent’ within the space of five years; a concept that seems implausible. By explaining the alleged truth about Gatsby’s past - such a wildly imagined and crucial event – in an indirect way and through making obvious use of exaggeration, Gatsby and his past remain ambiguous, maintaining Fitzgerald’s structural device of arousing the reader’s interest in Mr Jay Gatsby.
Following on from this Nick highlights that he will not judge a person before he has the chance to learn more about the individual. Although hypocritically passes judgement in the same paragraph as he describes the veterans as ‘bores’, by doing this Nick caraway starts to form an unreliable but considerate narrator as he tries to prove to the reader that he doesn’t pass judgements but as the readers are able to see through him, he gives off a prejudiced outlook. In Addition, setting is a huge importance in chapter 1 as the readers are able to learn a background reflection of Nick. Nick talks about the Middle Western city as being old fashioned, dull and tedious as he is unable to reach his American dream. Nick describes the Middle West as the ‘warm centre of the world’ the adjective ‘warm’ depicts that the Midwest is too comfortable for him and that he will be unable to pursue his American dream.
Write some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter One Chapter one begins with Nick, our narrator, talking about his upbringing. He talks of his strong relationship with his father and how he taught him to reserve judgement about other people, because if he holds them up to his own moral standards, he will misunderstand them. On the first page of the chapter it is clear that the story has already happened, his first paragraph includes words like “When I came back...” and “last autumn...” suggesting events from the past. Also in these first few words we gain an understanding into the ideas he has and a judgement into the past. When he came back he says “...I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention for ever” This suggests that he experienced immoral behaviour and wants change.
Choppy execution and obvious breathing into the microphone give authenticity to the underground, homebrew style that Lil B has become famous (or infamous) for. Rhyming in every bar is not the standard for Lil B, which could be off putting for traditionalist Hip Hop fans. Complex themes being expressed with an arguably simple style create a cohesiveness that can be easily appreciated by a thorough listener. Freedom from forms of mental slavery like racism, stereotypes, and homophobia is the only recognizable theme occurring in all tracks excluding the overall positive message the album tries convey. To be "Based" according to Lil B himself is to be "Positive and Free" and his musical works have these themes dispersed throughout them.
He had been taught to reserve judgements about other people as if he was to compare them to himself he may misunderstand them. The readers learn more about the narrator in the form of a character as nick caraway reveals his past, education, social knowledge etc. The reader also realises further in the opening chapters that the narrator/character Nick Carraway goes against his words and upbringing in the brief mention of jay Gatsby and he judges him “there was something gorgeous about him”. This therefore gives the readers the impression that nick is a hypocritical character and could possibly be a biased narrator. F Scott FitzGerald presents Nick Carraway as a character and narrator by showing in Nick’s own way that he has come “back from the East last autumn” fed up off his experiences there.
Although Thady Quirk claims to be true and loyal to the family, key moments during the narrative depict his intentions as being quite possibly the opposite, due to his effective assistance in his own son's takeover of the estate. At the beginning of the story, Thady takes prides in how he’s called by everyone “honest Thady.” If he’s truly honest, then his account of every event would be reliable, true, and accurate. He also has a tendency to only share the good characteristics of people with the reader, even if they are a drunk, in debt, have a gambling problem, or any the above. One Lord of the Rackrent estate, Sir Kit, is described as being an abusive husband for allowing his wife stay locked away in a room “upon which my lady shut herself up in her own room, and my master said she might stay there, with an oath; and to make sure of her, he turned the key in the door, and kept it ever after in his pocket.” (29)
He’s skilled at getting along with everyone in public, and in private, he judges them in private. Nick may be polite and easy to get along with on the outside, but he’s not afraid to tell it like it is. Nick still seems to see himself as a good Midwestern boy with high standards for everyone he meets, and tries to maintain his standards, even in fast-moving world of the East coast high society. Nick makes the perfect narrator because he is stuck in the middle of Daisy's and Gatsby's worlds. During the course of the novel, Nick gradually gets sucked into the world
Fitzgerald aims to build a sense of trust and so portrays characters as well educated and enlightened, as such that Nick is ‘inclined to reserve all judgments’ and being ‘privy to the secret grief of wild, unknown men’. This forces the reader to trust Nick’s retrospective recollections; and the fact that the reader is aware of how his perceptions may have been altered by future knowledge or the erosion of memory through time indicates this memoir may be an edited version that is not completely reflective on the true events. Fitzgerald clearly sets the setting of the whole novel: the West Egg and East Egg, it is arguably said that it could be referred to the history of the Christopher Columbus story. This enhances the imagery of an egg as the start of a new life; Nick felt that ‘life was beginning over again’. Moreover, Fitzgerald allows Nick to point out the superficial similarities between the two communities, revealing differences gradually; extravagant wealthy people populate both Eggs and to the outsiders they are a source of ‘perpetual wonder’.
It resembles a type of self-confidence. They believe that they can do better, and get better with faiths. Take Jeremy Lin is an example. His career in NBA is not a smooth road. Although he usually tolerates some ridicules from others because of racial problems, he did not give up on pursuing his own dream.
In the novel the characters trust Nick and confide in him quite a bit. He thinks of himself as an open minded non-judgmental, non-partial person. I think that it is almost impossible to live your life and not judge others and also not be partial and judge different individuals with different standards. Nick wants the readers to believe that the way he was raised gives him the right to pass judgment on an immoral world. He says, that as a consequence of the way he was raised he is "inclined to reserve all judgments" about other people (page 5).