F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, are two novels that deal with the tragic culmination of the American Dream, personified through respective protagonists. However, these protagonists are perceived very differently as a result ... general impression of that particular character formed by his counterparts and not that of the narrator. The narrator describes the way Lennie walks as "the way a bear drags his paws"" (Steinbeck, 19). This allusion of Lennie to a bear reinforces the common sentiment among the characters that he is more akin to an animal,...

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