Ernest Hemingway portrays his male characters to be very caring and thoughtful people. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea, there are two main male characters, Santiago and a boy with whom he fishes. Santiago is very mild mannered and very considerate man. He portrayed this when the boy couldn't fish with Santiago because he had no luck in catching fish. He did not get mad at the boy, but felt that the boy should be with a crew that is catching fish. This showed that he wanted the best for the boy no matter what. Santiago said, "You're with a lucky boat. Stay with them."(Old Man, 10) Secondly Santiago felt a lot of remorse for catching such a majestic animal for such a futile end. He felt very proud that he broke his streak of not catching fish, but now that the sharks had ripped apart the marlin he felt very

Also the short story, "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway, the older waiter was a very thoughtful and considerate person. He felt that, "I am one of those who like to stay late at the cafe, with all those who do not want to go to bed."(Well-Lighted, 32) This showed his compassionate side, because the younger waiter didn't want to stay because it was disrupting his life too much and the waiter was only thinking of himself. In contrast the older waiter felt that he should be there if anybody needed a good relaxed atmosphere to grab a drink. This showed the compassion that he held for people that he doesn't even know.

The narrative point of view exhibited by both authors helps to display the characters of their novels. Ernest Hemingway portrays his characters to be up front and emotional. F. Scott Fitzgerald on the other hand, has his characters to be very mysterious and to keep their emotions inside without showing them.

The personalities of the characters portrayed in Ernest Hemingway novels compare greatly with an anti hero, a person searching for their own values and beliefs. A great example of this could be the spiritual fishing trip that Santiago took, not catching fish for "forty days"(Old Man, 1) and still out their trying to find the luck with the fish that he once held. Furthermore, the portrayal of his characters in his short stories is one of death and misery for the male characters demonstrated or in other words not a fast living hard-hitting male. The soldiers in "In Another Country" are put into that same category because of their wounds that they suffered during the war. In the short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" there is a man with a diseased leg that inevitably dies. Throughout all of his novels and short stories he shows suffering and disease and usually death for characters or at least the downfall of the character of what they are trying to achieve.

On the other hand, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the first person point of view in the novels that were researched. The use of this narrative point of view helps the author to hide the flaws of his characters and to portray his character to be more mysterious. Jay Gatsby was portrayed very mysteriously throughout the whole novel by having secret phone calls such as, "Yes . . . Well, I can't talk now . . . I can't talk now, old sport . . . " (Great Gatsby, 99) This narrative point of view shows no background as to what Jay was trying to hide or to what was going to happen and leaves the reader in the dark. An example of this could be, "His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale."(Great Gatsby, Pg. 126) This quote not only shows

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