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A paper which compares the two novels, with regard to specific themes such as the role of the hero, environmental pressures on the characters, and the nature of emotional/romantic relationships as portrayed in the two texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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both novels are basically pessimistic in outlook, both deal with superficiality and depth in emotional relationships, both consider the concept of the hero, and both address the impact of environmental
factors (sociocultural pressures, technology, Fate) on the lives of the characters. In A Farewell to Arms, for example, Hemingway is not looking at the theme of destruction only in relation
to war; the idea of breaking, and change for the worse, recurs frequently throughout the text, and Henry is constantly encountering situations in which a brief period of security or
rest is marred by death or a major disruption to his life. In The Great Gatsby, we see the American Dream as something which is unattainable, or which is constantly
undermined by presence of destruction and decay; this is particularly well exemplified by the valley of ashes, which contrasts vividly with the opulent but unfulfilling world of the affluent.
Henry and Catherines relationship begins, for both of them, in a desire to escape from the unpleasant realities of the world: Catherines
initial attraction to Henry is born out of her need for love after the death of her fianc?, and Henry is, to begin with, cynical about the idea that love
can have genuine depth. Both while their relationship is still comparatively superficial, and later when it becomes truly meaningful, they perceive it as a distraction from the harsher realities of
life. Each tells the other to avoid thinking about painful experiences, but at the end of the narrative, pain intrudes in a way which cannot be ignored in the form
of Catherines tragic death, and the stillbirth of their child. The latter indicates that not only is Henrys present happiness destroyed, but also his hopes for the future.
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