Examples Of Double Vision In The Great Gatsby

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character which you are reading, an example of this is the protagonist of “Gatsby”, Nick Caraway. Another technique of point of view that Fitzgerald uses is what is now known as “double vision”. Double Vision is “the discernment of events both as an outsider and as an insider”. One great example of this is Nick Caraway from Gatsby, he not only takes part in but also explains the novel, and he also calls himself and “entangled and then later a “watcher”. His stories also seems to convey a sort of gentleness but without any softness to it, they evoked mood, and were impressionistic, which has made his works stand the test of time. (Pardis 82). To make his stories work with the people of his time, Fitzgerald had to write about themes revenant