The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s use of flashback in proves to be an
effective tool in order to reveal information from the characters’ past. These flashbacks
are effective because they allow the reader to know and understand the character better
before a situation in the novel arises. Three examples o ....
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.... to Nick
that when the girls were eighteen, he was with Daisy Fay in her “little white roadster.”
This flashback is effective because it gives us an idea of how Daisy and Gatsby’s
relationship was purely based on beauty and not friendship. The placement of the above
quote was essential because it allows us to experience early in the novel how Gatsby had a
relationship with Daisy. This first example of flashback by Fitzgerald proves to be
effective and its placement essential bec ....
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