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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Gatsby</strong> Exam Questions and Suggested Plans<br />
Exam Questions and Suggested Plans<br />
Question 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Gatsby</strong> is as much Nick Carraway’s story as it is Jay<br />
<strong>Gatsby</strong>’s. How far do you agree?<br />
In your answer, you should consider the following points:<br />
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• the extent to which each of these two protagonists can claim to<br />
be the major character of the novel<br />
• Nick as engaged narrator and Nick as a man who constantly<br />
effaces himself<br />
• Nick’s pale and self-effacing character in contrast to <strong>Gatsby</strong>’s<br />
flamboyant and larger than life character<br />
• <strong>Gatsby</strong>’s story as a kind of fairy tale<br />
• <strong>Gatsby</strong> as mysterious, fascinating, romantic and dazzling with<br />
his splendour and colour<br />
• <strong>Gatsby</strong> as a man who has invented his own character<br />
• Nick’s assessment of <strong>Gatsby</strong> and how it is that which makes<br />
him great for us<br />
• how Nick controls reader’s reactions to <strong>Gatsby</strong> and in the end<br />
adjusts our sympathies to be in line with his own<br />
Consider how, all the way through the novel, Nick has been<br />
“creating” and interpreting for us the story of a man who created<br />
himself. Look at the effect of this on the reader and our<br />
engagement with the shattered dream.
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