The Great Gatsby Narrator's View

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In " The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald, the use of a first person affects the way readers interpret the text because it only gives a one-sided story. It doesn't tell the whole story to the reader so the reader doesn't actually know what really happen or how accurate he characterize the other characters. It is only the narrator's view of the character or event. If the narrator hates someone and says that he is evil, the reader will also think that since the readers only know the information about the character from his view. The narrator's view is biased so the information he says might not be accurate so the readers can't interpret it correctly and might also agree with his bias opinion. Nick characterize his cousin with" her face was

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