Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Chapter 6 Blog
I think that Nick waited to reveal this because it makes the story better and more open to the reader’s interpretation. This way, we were allowed to draw conclusions about Gatsby even though we didn’t really know his back-story. This also prevented us from treating him stereotypically. If we would have know the truth about hi before than we would have seen his actions as a reflection of his past but from this perspective we see them as just actions of an unknown man. I think that this is a great strategy by F. Scott Fitzgerald because it allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about Gatsby.
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Keaton I agree with you when you say that it allowed us to not judge him or produce stereotypes about him! The very first paragraphs in the book were about judging people, and I think that Nick was wanting us to draw our own conclusions about him and try to figure out by our selves is really behind him, instead of us learning a little about him, and assuming the rest of the story. Good blog :)
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