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Examples Of Doubling In The Great Gatsby

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In the paper, “Point of View, Telephones, Doubling, and Vicarious Learning in The Great Gatsby,” by Paul M. Levitt, we learn that there is more power behind the words that mark the page. Authors go through a distinct process to keep the reader intrigued enough to keep reading. One way an author does this is by doubling. Doubling is when the main character starts to act like another character. For example, “ But when Jack dies, Marcus has no way of knowing Jack’s final thoughts...the narrator becomes the dying gangster and shares his memories with the reader…” (300, 4). I mostly disagree with the thought of doubling. It is a great tactic to help the readers understand the plot, but you don’t want your characters to become too alike. Personally,
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