A common theme in The Great Gatsby, Hamlet, and The Catcher in the Rye is disloyalty. The main characters in all three novels, Jay Gatsby, Hamlet, and Holden, are all betrayed at some point in their lives. Gatsby is betrayed by Daisy, as she ... , and sweet religion makes a rhapsody of words: heaven's face doth glow:" (173). In this play Hamlet is betrayed by his mother, as she goes against his beliefs. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is betrayed by his old friend Stradlater. Stradlater goes off and dates the girl Holden has had a major crush on for awhile, and has sexual intercourse with h...

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... time, different from each other. Tom Buchanan can be considered one of the antagonists in The Great Gatsby, and can be compared to the character of Stradlater from The Catcher in the Rye. Tom is sort of a grown-up Stradlater and by knowing each one of them, we can learn a lot. Their relation makes one of The Great Gatsby's themes extremely evident ... he takes the blame for killing Myrtle when actually it was Daisy's fault: ""Was Daisy driving?"-Yes. But of course I"ll say I was" (Fitzgerald 151; ch. 7). Stradlater, from the Catcher in the Rye, and Tom Buchanan, one of the antagonists i...

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... time, different from each other. Tom Buchanan can be considered one of the antagonists in The Great Gatsby, and can be compared to the character of Stradlater from The Catcher in the Rye. Tom is sort of a grown-up Stradlater and by knowing each one of them, we can learn a lot. Their relation makes one of The Great Gatsby's themes extremely evident ... he takes the blame for killing Myrtle when actually it was Daisy's fault: ""Was Daisy driving?"-Yes. But of course I"ll say I was" (Fitzgerald 151; ch. 7). Stradlater, from the Catcher in the Rye, and Tom Buchanan, one of the antagonists i...

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... his life based on a series of lies. Nonetheless, Jay Gatsby is passionate and optimistic, which is something the reader can relate to. Another example is Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden is a cynical and apathetic teenager; a product of the 1930s. He lacks heroic attributes such as honesty, and he even refers to himself as weak. He claims ... ...

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... the poems of T.S. Eliot he describes a world in which all hopes and ambitions are lost. He paints a picture that shows this life as a wasteland for the soul. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, incorporates several nihilistic aspects. In the novel the principle character, Holden Caulfeild embarks on what is to become a four-day odessy through New York City. By observing the actions ... ...

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... pictures in order to send the reader or audience a message. Symbols are used to represent something else by association, resemblance, or convention, for example works like Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby issues many symbols which are reflected in the film as well as the novel. For example, the Green Light which connects Gatsby ... ...

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