Gatsby's Revelation When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, he used a unique writing technique. It used a first-person point of view in the form of a narrator, Nick Carraway, who was also involved in the story. This style allowed the author to withhold any information that he did not present to the narrator in the story, causing the reader to learn things the same way the narrator did. The protagonist in …showed first 75 words of 537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 537 total…a complete meaning from the pieces of information. This way of learning about Gatsby was particularly appropriate, because of the nature of Gatsby's character and how he became that way. There would be no suspense if the reader knew everything about Gatsby before the story took place. It is the purpose of the entire novel. All in all, Fitzgerald's style is very interesting and suspenseful to read. Bibliography The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald