... 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 to despise anything " ... phony", yet it is ironic because he spends the whole novel fighting against ... society for reasons he cannot explain and being spiteful to the people around ... ...

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The two novels, The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye, have two characters who are very similar but at the same 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 ... rich man, but at least he has a heart, shown in the scene in which he takes the blame for killing Myrtle when actually it was Daisy's fault: ""Was Daisy d...

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Tom Buchanan vs. Stradlater The two novels, The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye, have two characters who are very similar but at the same 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 ... rich man, but at least he has a heart, shown in the scene in which he takes the blame for killing Myrtle when actually it was Daisy's fault: ""Was Dai...

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• Grade Level: High School

... protagonist have been destroyed by either the cruelty of the world around them or their own inability to realize the falseness of the dream which they hoped to attain. In 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 and the dialogue used by Hold...

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• Grade Level: High School