Character: Nick Carraway (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Nick Carraway's home state & university
Nick Carraway's home state & university
Minnesota; attended Yale, served in WWI
Why Nick moved to NY in 1922
Why Nick moved to NY in 1922
To learn the bond business
Nick's dual role in the novel
Nick's dual role in the novel
Both narrator and character within the story
Intradiegetic narrator definition
Intradiegetic narrator definition
A narrator who exists within the story they're telling
Nick's paradox: 'within and ___'
Nick's paradox: 'within and ___'
without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by life
Nick's claimed virtue re: judging
Nick's claimed virtue re: judging
Inclined to reserve all judgements; tolerant
Nick's self-assessment of honesty
Nick's self-assessment of honesty
One of the few honest people he has ever known
When Nick narrates the story
When Nick narrates the story
Retrospectively, two years after events occurred
Nick's age milestone & significance
Nick's age milestone & significance
Turns 30; symbolizes mortality & responsibility
Nick's romance with Jordan symbolizes
Nick's romance with Jordan symbolizes
His internal conflict about NY lifestyle & morals
Nick vs Gatsby: social acceptance
Nick vs Gatsby: social acceptance
Nick more accepted by East Egg despite less wealth
Effect of alcohol on Nick's narration
Effect of alcohol on Nick's narration
Becomes distorted, incoherent, unclear
Nick's light imagery represents
Nick's light imagery represents
Instability of economic & emotional systems in 1920s
Foreshadowing quote: 'we drove on'
Foreshadowing quote: 'we drove on'
toward death through the cooling twilight
Nick's final position (Ch. 9)
Nick's final position (Ch. 9)
On Gatsby's side, and alone