The two novels, The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby are completely different pieces of literature. Fitzgerald's Gatsby is a first person weaving of deep-rooted symbols, clever foreshadowing, and vivid alliterations. Grapes has a third person plot with fewer of these advanced literary methods, but with a unique intercalary chapter concept. However, the similarities between the two main characters are staggering. Both of these men are about 30 years old and seem to be quite average. Neither are especially smart, rich, strong, or good looking. They both come from a strong, supportive family and reside in decades not even twenty years apart. The situations brought to them are both extremely chaotic and undoubtedly grave. Nick and Tom are both optimistic characters desperate to find themselves, but their dilemmas intensify their morals and values and catalyze their evolution into dynamic characters.

Nick and Tom both arrive into their respective plots abruptly. Nick "decided to go east and learn the bond business," (Fitzgerald 7) after years of his prominent middle-class middle-east family. Nick could have chosen to take over the "wholesale hardware business tha

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