Great Gatsby
There is a numerous amount of similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby, and J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Both authors write
about the real world and how real people behave under certain circumstances. For
this reason there are many similarities between the two novels. There was a vast
variety of similarities ranging from themes, symbols, and common persona
between the characters in both stories. For example both stories contained a
wealthy character, the narrator who portrayed the average man, and the dream of
being able to win the love of a former friend, among many others. But the
similarity which seemed to be most evident between the two stories was that of
"phonies." Both stories contain minor as well as main characters whose surface
behavior disguises their inner feelings.
A minor character in The Great Gatsby who is fake is Jordan Baker. Jordan
Baker always appears to be "cool" but also portrays the irresponsible exploitation
that Nick sees in Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Jordan is supposed to be the top
woman's golfer. But this is ironic because the reader learns of how she cheats.
This makes Jordan fake because everyone believes her to be the best female golfer
but in re
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It was always rusty as hell andfull of lather and hairs and crap. Don't even mention them to me" (Salinger 2). While he is out having fun and enjoying himself hehas Holden write an essay for him. But when he discovers Gatsby and his wife Daisy having anaffair he becomes extremely upset. Holden is also fake when he is in the hotel room and is looking outthe window. He is saying how everyone else in the other rooms were pervertswhen he was the one being perverted and looking through their windows. Morrow, the mother of one of the boys at Pencey. He has an affair with Myrtle Wilson andthinks nothing of it. Ackley is Holden's roommate who doesnot exactly fit into society. Working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievementof wealth, and when he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, hefell in love with her. The common similarity between these two main characters is that they arealways trying to be someone they are not. Both of these characters tried to portray a differentperson throughout the entirety of both novels. The fourth and final comparison of phonies between the two books is aboutHolden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye and Jay Gatsby from The GreatGatsby.
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