F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby : Developing Narrative Empathy through Literature in the Upper-Secondary Classroom

Abstract: This essay presents an analysis of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby through a structural approach with the focus on the narrative techniques of the novel. The essay endeavours to address narrative empathy as an important aspect of the novel, through its narrative techniques, while also examines the potential of using The Great Gatsby as a pedagogical tool for developing students’ empathy in the upper-secondary school classroom. The essay concludes that The Great Gatsby has the potential of conveying empathy to the students, through its narrative techniques.