1. Nick: Reliable or Unreliable 1)Find 3 significant quotes from Chapter 1 that shows Nick’s perspective on the world. Include the page number. 2)PROMPT: How does the diction, detail choice, and/or literary or rhetorical devices that Nick uses prove he is an Unreliable narrator? http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_sc ott/gatsby/

2. \Quot e # “Abbreviated Quote” (pg#). How does it show him to be unreliable? 1 2 3

3. Quote # “Abbreviated Quote” (pg#). How does it show him to be unreliable? 1 “I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth” (2). STATEMENT: Nick is proven to be an unreliable narrator due to the use of repetition and fancy diction. PROOF: For instance, he repeats the word “snobbishly” when describing both his father and himself. EXPLANATION: This emphasizes that both men are wealthy and arrogant. PROOF 2: Furthermore, Nick uses abstruse language, such as “fundamental” and “parceled.” EXPLANATION 2: The elevated diction exemplifies his tendency to show off his education. SYNTHESIS: Therefore, Nick is unreliable, not because he is a terrible person, but because his life with money has made him unaware of how the world works. His ignorance indicates that we cannot trust what he says. 2 3 4

4. Quote # “Abbreviated Quote” (pg#). How does it show him to be unreliable? 1 “I forget… at birth” (2).Nick is proven to be an unreliable narrator due to the use of repetition and fancy diction. For instance, he repeats the word “snobbishly” when describing both his father and himself. This emphasizes that both men are wealthy and arrogant. Therefore, Nick is unreliable, not because he is a terrible person, but because his life with money has made him unaware of how the world works. His ignorance indicates that we cannot trust what he says. 2 3 4

5. Quote # “Abbreviated Quote” (pg#). How does it show him to be unreliable? 1 “I forget… at birth” (2).Nick is proven to be an unreliable narrator due to the use of repetition and fancy diction. For instance, he repeats the word “snobbishly” when describing both his father and himself. This emphasizes that both men are wealthy and arrogant. Furthermore, Nick uses abstruse language, such as “fundamental” and “parceled.” The elevated diction exemplifies his tendency to show off his education. Therefore, Nick is unreliable, not because he is a terrible person, but because his life with money has made him unaware of how the world works. His ignorance indicates that we cannot trust what he says. 2 3 4

6. Quote # “Abbreviated Quote” (pg#). How does it show him to be unreliable? 1 “I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth” (2). STATEMENT: Nick is proven to be an unreliable narrator due to the use of repetition and fancy diction. PROOF: For instance, he repeats the word “snobbishly” when describing both his father and himself. EXPLANATION: This emphasizes that both men are wealthy and arrogant. PROOF 2: Furthermore, Nick uses abstruse language, such as “fundamental” and “parceled.” EXPLANATION 2: The elevated diction exemplifies his tendency to show off his education. SYNTHESIS: Therefore, Nick is unreliable, not because he is a terrible person, but because his life with money has made him unaware of how the world works. His ignorance indicates that we cannot trust what he says.