Similarities Between Catcher In The Rye And The Great Gatsby

The plot in both the novel and article are similar to one another as the protagonists resemble their actions and want to begin life as adults. This occurs in the exposition stage of plot in both works. In The Catcher in the Rye, the book shows Holden and his struggle to live in both the past and future. Holden wants to be treated as an adult and wants to do adult activities however, Holden cannot overcome himself, “I ordered a Scotch and soda, and told him not to mix it—I said it fast as hell, because if you hem and haw, they think you're under twenty-one and won't sell you any intoxicating liquor” (Salinger 38). Holden tries ordering an alcoholic beverage and does so, just as an adult would but the bartender denies Holden’s request. Minors

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about Holden Caulfield and the struggle Holden faces which is trying to live in the past however, that is an unattainable vision. Holden keeps Allie’s baseball mitt as a reminder of past and as a remembrance of Holden’s deceased brother. “My brother Allie had this left-handed fielder's mitt. He was left-handed. The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In green ink” (Salinger 21). Holden provides the reader with a description of Allie’s glove explaining that it was a left-handed baseball glove which shows the reader that when Allie was alive, Allie was a fielder who was left handed. Holden talks about the poems that Allie had written when Allie was alive and the meaning behind this symbol is that it represents the past as Holden uses to have a memory of his departed brother. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy which is why Gatsby purchased these numerous items such as the property Gatsby lives in. Gatsby purchased the property because Gatsby knew that Daisy lived on the opposite side of the lake near the green light. The green light is a representation of the American Dream as it is Gatsby’s dream to be with Daisy but it also represents Gatsby’s future as Jay’s future with Daisy is in proximity. “The green light on the opposite side of the lake represents a dream that seems close yet so far away for Mr. Gatsby” (Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby). As previously stated, the green light across the lake is a representation of the American Dream and Gatsby’s future with Daisy however, the green light also portrayal of Daisy as Daisy is the future that Gatsby