"I lived at West Egg, the - well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the narrator is not Jay Gatsby himself but Nick Carroway, a newcomer to West Egg, New York. Many first-person novels feature the most important character as the storyteller. Reading it from the perspective of Gulliver himself, who does not know what is happening to him, creates a curiosity for the reader. The image described in this scene would be very different from the perspective of the tiny Lilliputians or from an unrelated third-person. In a little time I felt something alive moving on my left leg, which advancing gently forward over my breast, came almost up to my chin when, bending my eyes downwards as much as I could, I perceived it to be a human creature not six inches high, with a bow and arrow in his hands, and a quiver at his back." I heard a confused noise about me, but, in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky. I could only look upwards the sun began to grow hot, and the light offended my eyes. I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my armpits to my thighs. I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir: for as I happened to lie on my back, I found my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground and my hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same manner.
"I lay down on the grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my life, and, as I reckoned, above nine hours for when I awaked, it was just daylight. Lemuel Gulliver is a sea captain who explores the world, and we see his adventures through his perspective. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is another literary work told in first person.
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