The great gatsby - points/critics

Question 1

David O’Rouke - about nick

Answer 1

Nick is considered quite reliable, basically honest, and ultimately changed by his contact with Gatsby

Question 2

Bruccoli

Answer 2

It is simply one of those novels that so richly evoke the texture of their time

Question 3

Scrimgeour - Gatsby never ……………… the …………. about ……………., and despite the ………… of ………, fails to come to ……..-…………….

Answer 3

(Gatsby) never understood the truth about himself, and despite the lesson of fate, fails to come to self-knowledge

Question 4

Flanagan - Gatsby lives in a ………. of …………. ………… and ……………, a ………. shaped as a ………………… between himself and the ………… who is ……………. him

Answer 4

Gatsby lives in a world of romantic energies and colours, a world shaped by as a conspiracy between himself and the writer who is creating him