Gatsby
In novels containing interweaving plot and varying scenes, the author's selection of point of view becomes a primary factor in its impact and effectiveness. The Great Gatsby is such a novel which demonstrates this point most evidently. While Fitzgerald's decision to view the plot through the eyes of Nick Carraway presents certain limitations, it provides the means to relate the tone and message of the novel as whole. F. Scott Fitzgerald would be the first to admit that his masterpiece was not without flaws. In a letter written to Edmund Wilson, he criticized what he understood to be the novel's "BIG FAULT." I gave no account of (and had no feeling about or knowledge of) the emotional relationship
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Approximate Word count = 499
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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