Fitzgerald also uses Nick to add his personal opinion which is displayed as Nicks, this however is contradictory to the construct of Nick as he states at the start of the chapter he states that he is ‘inclined to reserve all judgement’ Fitzgerald uses irony here as Nick is very judgemental throughout the whole novel. The start of chapter 1 is told as a brief summary of Nick caraways life until it moves onto introducing and describing Gatsby, we can see that it is a reflectional summary of Nicks early life as it simply says ‘in my younger and more…’ we see that is almost summarising his life very shortly as if it were to be written in a memo or told in a short
It is usually the author who evokes characters, so it is pointed out that Joe is creating his own story and its truths. Joe is an unreliable, as we sometimes question whether he is going insane rather than it just being Jed, for example when he keeps seeing things in the library. Clarissa asks him “which way this fixation runs” which forces us as readers to revaluate Joe’s reliability as a narrator. Jean Logan is part of the subplot that reflects the main plot. Like Joe, she is in a stressful situation that causes her to doubt the loyalty of her husband, like Joe does with Clarissa.
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.
"Sensitive as Gossamer": Unstable Characterizations in Tess of the D'Urbervilles When Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, was first published in 1891, it was released in serial version for The Graphic magazine and was heavily edited to provide for the Victorian sense of modesty and decency. Many important parts of the novel were omitted, moved, or simply altered, destroying some of the novel's literary and symbolic meaning. Some of these differences between the original and edited versions completely altered the storyline of the novel, making it hard for readers to identify with characters and understand the motivation behind their actions. The edits made to Hardy's original version alter vital sections of the novel, de-emphasizing themes and character development in the process. Phase The First of the serial version of the novel was released with drastic alterations that made it practically a different story.
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. The beginning of the chapter is structured in a way that Nick jumps from topic to topic, after talking about his upbringing he briefly talks about Gatsby, then goes back to talk about his family and his job before coming back to the present to discuss his current life in the East, before going back to discuss Gatsby’s mansion . One way to consider these ideas of Nick being connected is the fact that Nick craves a strong male role model, first his Father and then Gatsby. Later in the chapter Nick goes to visit his cousin Daisy and her partner Tom for a dinner party. This random party is another way in which Fitzgerald tells the story.
And finally when Sam tries to warn him that he may have damaged their relationship by demanding that Sam address him as Master Harold, Hally further demonstrates his arrogance by stating: “The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.” Yet despite all this, Hally is appealing to us as a young man who has been injured by the circumstances of his birth. When he describes how he approached Sam for help in fetching his father from the bar, we can empathize with the shame he must have felt at having to go and fetch his father who lay on the barroom floor. We can understand the relationship that builds between the young boy and the man when Hally reminisces: “Little white boy in short trousers and a black man old enough to be his father flying a kite. It's not every day you see that.” We have no difficulty understanding why the memory of the kite is
He was known however to add twists to the endings of his short stories and poems to produce a chill of ironic horror in the reader, which is notable in "The Son's Veto" as Randolph rides atop his mother's hearse on the way to her final resting place as the route leads past a mourning yet snubbed and rejected--by Randolph, not by Sophy--Sam, the grocer. Having said this, it is possible to identify ridicule of class prejudice in the character and role of Sophy's son, Randolph. He is raised to be like the Vicar, his father, and, like him, to disdain Sophy's country upbringing and lower class ways and dialect. Though Sophy was tutored by the Vicar to have more sophisticated city-like ways, the country girl still lay at the heart of Sophy's dialectic speech and understanding about life, at the heart of her world view, if you will. When Sophy tells Randolph that she intends to accept Sam, the grocer, as her husband, Randolph flies into a fit of horrified emotion because Sam isn't a gentleman as society defines it, which was by wealth and family background and not by manners anto define it today.
This chapter is counted into a climax and a turning point of the novel. Due to the effect of alcohol and ignorance from Sally and the bar singer, Holden made himself of a fool with collapsing sense of security. When he was in the park, he was overwhelmed by depress and miserableness. Tape, ducks and pond triggered his depressing memory of his brother Allie’s death and the fear of his own funeral, thereby revealing the root of his previous manic behavior: Holden was troubled by unexplained disappearance and he was in deep anxiousness that all the things that were related to his pure, innocent childhood would suddenly vanish. This echoes one of the themes of this novel—adolescent confusion on the way to the adult world and the pain of growing up.
Additionally, the novel continues to tell the story of Okonkwo and his family. Towards the middle of the novel his attitude continues to cause him problems. His actions cause his and his family’s life to alter. In chapter thirteen of the novel it states, “Okwonko’s gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy’s heart.” It continues to say, “The only course open to Okonkwo was to flee from the clan.” During a ceremony an unexpected turn of events causes Okonkwo and his family to be exiled. Due to his personality
Andrew Wolff IB English Mrs. Singer Act 3 Commentary Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 3, the “To Be or Not To Be,” portrays Hamlet as a very confused man. He is very unsure of himself and his thoughts often shift between two extremes. In the monologue, he contemplates whether or not he should continue to live, or if he should end his own life. Also, he considers seeking revenge for his father’s death. However, unlike Hamlet’s first two major soliloquies, this one seems to be governed by reason and not frenzied emotion.