Structure

Question 1

What structural methods do we see in the Great Gatsby?

Answer 1

• Frame narrative (Nick)
• Jordan’s narrative
• Flashbacks
• Foreshadowing
• Self-conscious, unreliable narrator

Question 2

Self-conscious narrator
“I’m inclined…

Answer 2

“I’m inclined to reserve all judgements” Nick CH1

Question 3

Frame narrative
“I was within and… CH2

Answer 3

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life” CH2

Question 4

CH4
Gatsby’s medal

Answer 4

“For Valour Extraordinary”…“Then it was all true. I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal” CH4

Question 5

Jordan’s narrative
“The officer looked ar Daisy while she was speaking… CH4

Answer 5

“The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time” CH4

Question 6

Frame narrative
“Unlike Gatby and Tom Buchanan, I had no… CH4

Answer 6

“Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding lights” CH4

Question 7

Gatsby’s backstory
“ his imagination had never… ch6

Answer 7

“his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all” CH6

Question 8

Flashback CH6
“the leaves were falling, and they…

Answer 8

“the leaves were falling, and they came to a place where there were no trees and the sidewalk was white with moonlight” CH6

Question 9

Flashback
“if he climbed alone… CH6

Answer 9

“if her climbed alone… and gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder” CH6

Question 10

Flashback
“listening for the tuning-fork… CH6

Answer 10

“listening for the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star
2 CH6

Question 11

Nick’s narrative
“So we beat on… CH9

Answer 11

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” CH9