AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Gatsby
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Nick
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Buchannan
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nick Carraway, fictional character, the compassionate young narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925). As Jay Gatsby ’s neighbour in West Egg, Long Island, Carraway has ample opportunity to observe the unfortunate Gatsby as he pursues his version of the American dream.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nick Carraway is a fictional character and narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Gatsby is written in first-person limited perspective from Nick’s point of view. This means that Nick uses the word “I” and describes events as he experienced them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nick Carraway seems to be the perfect choice to narrate the novel. He is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan, he was in the same senior society as Tom Buchanan at Yale, and he rented a house right next to Jay Gatsby. He knows all the characters well enough to be present at the crucial scenes in the novel.