1.
Presentation topic : Nick
carraway as unreliable
Narrator
Writer of the novel :
Francis Scott Key
Fitzgerald

2.
Presented by:
Name : Divya Parmar
Roll number : 5
Email : divyaparmar07012@gmail.com
Sem: 2
Paper no : 106 The Twentieth Century
Literature: 1900 to World War second
PG Enrollment no.: 4069206420210024

3.
Points of the Presentation:
● Introduction of Novel
● Introduction of writer
● Characters
● Nick as Narrator of the Novel
● Conclusion

4.
Introduction of the Novel :
● Writer : F. Scott Fitzgerald
● Published: April 10, 1925
● Genre: Tragedy
● Age : Jazz age or Roaring Twenties
● Narrative style: First Person Narrative Technique

5.
F. Scott Fitzgerald :
● Born : September 24, 1896
● Died : December 21, 1940
● Essayist, short story writer
and screenwriter
● To read more about writer
click hear

6.
Characters of the Novel : Main characters
1. Jay Gatsby
2. Nick Carraway
3. Daisy Buchanan
4. Tom Buchanan
5. Myrtle Wilson
6. Jordan Baker
7. George B. Wilson
8. Meyer Wolfsheim

7.
Nick Carraway as
Narrator
Character of The Novel

8.
Nick Carraway as Narrtor:
● Young Man from Minnesota
● Educated at Yale university
● Served American army in ww1
● Goes New york to learn the bond business.
● Settled in West Egg

9.
This is original lines taken
from novel: The very first
lines of the novel spoke by
Nick Carraway. By this
lines he establishing, i was
vulnerable when i was
young
Vulnerable means someone who
belongs to a group within society
that is either opressed or more
susceptible to harm.
“In my younger and
more vulnerable years
my father gave me
some advice that i have
been turning over in
my mind ever since
(From chapter : 1)

10.
This the second
original lines of the
Novel
According to this lines , Nick
directly says that he is not
criticizing anyone! But when we
read Novel we find it is the
series of judgements.
‘Whenever you feel like
criticizing any one,’ he
told me,
‘just remember that all
the people in this world
haven’t had
the advantages that
you’ve had.’

11.
I was within and without,
simultaneously enchanted
and repelled by the
inexhaustible variety of life.
From : chapter 2 of the
novel

12.
Fitzereald make character of Nick like this,
● One foot in parties
and richness
● He attends parties,
dinners of Rich
people like Gatsby
and Tom
● Another foot in real
life, real world
● On other side he
also describe the
valley of ashes, and
lower class society.

13.
Unreliable narrator:
● When we read Novel we find somewhere unreliable
narration:
1. Incident of accident: When accident made my daisy and
gatsby, Nick was not present there!
2. Murder incident : when Gastby murdered by George
wilson, that time also Nick was not present.

14.
Thank you!
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, and Celia Turvey. The Great Gastby.
Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
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