Question 41
GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2025
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
Read the following excerpt from *The Great Gatsby* by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
"I was within and without, simultaneously. I was looking at the world from a distance, yet I felt its pulse in my own veins."
Identify the narrative technique employed in this passage, explain how it shapes the reader's perception of the narrator, and discuss one other narrative technique that Fitzgerald uses elsewhere in the novel to contrast with the one identified here.
Answer Options
Correct Answer
A.
The passage uses a dual‑perspective (subjective omniscient) technique that makes the narrator appear both involved and detached, creating an unreliable or ambiguous voice that forces the reader to question his reliability. In contrast, Fitzgerald also uses a straightforward first‑person limited narration elsewhere, which provides a clearer, more trustworthy account and highlights the purposeful ambiguity of the dual perspective in the excerpt.
B.
Here Fitzgerald uses a stream‑of‑consciousness technique, immersing the narrator in a continuous flow of thoughts that eliminates any sense of detachment; in other sections he switches to a reliable third‑person narrator, which contrasts with this fluid interior monologue.
C.
The excerpt demonstrates an objective, camera‑eye narration that reports actions without revealing the narrator's feelings, creating a neutral tone; elsewhere the novel employs a dramatic monologue, which offers a more personal viewpoint.
D.
The passage employs a third‑person omniscient narrator who observes the events from an all‑knowing stance, giving the reader a detached view; elsewhere Fitzgerald uses a first‑person limited perspective, which actually narrows the scope rather than providing contrast.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
The passage uses a dual‑perspective (subjective omniscient) technique that makes the narrator appear both involved and detached, creating an unreliable or ambiguous voice that forces the reader to question his reliability. In contrast, Fitzgerald also uses a straightforward first‑person limited narration elsewhere, which provides a clearer, more trustworthy account and highlights the purposeful ambiguity of the dual perspective in the excerpt.
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2025
Literature In English
Question 41.
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2025
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Literature In English
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