Live for the day, because tomorrow may never come, an often-heard motto in the 1920 s and the themes of two well-known novels of the 1920 s. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are two novels about the lost generation. They are striving to find an order for their world, a world that has been shattered. They attempt to reach their allotment dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its imaginary goals. Not only are the themes of these two novels similar, but the characters within the novels have many similarities. An example of two characters that are similar would be Jay Gatsby, from the novel The Great Gatsby and Robert Cohn, from the novel The Sun Also Rises. These two characters, Jay Gatsby and Robert , are similar because they are both the romantics of the novels, they are also the rich outsiders.

Robert Cohn and Jay Gatsby are both outsiders of the novels and are not wanted by the crowed. The title The Great Gatsby is like a paradox, for Jay Gatsby is neither great no Gatsby. Jay's real name is Gatz and he can not be great, because he is not accepted by the person, he most desires to be with, for he is an outsider. Gatsby being part of the "new rich" makes him an outsider as well as him living in West Egg, for it is the less …show more content…
Jay Gatsby has obtained his money through crimes he has committed in order to buy objects he feels he needs to win the woman. With his money Gatsby throws his famous parties in hope that he will find his dream. Robert Cohn has been able to have and to do whatever he wants for the majority of his life, because his family is very rich. He has flirted with the arts, started a small magazine, written a bad novel, and now lives among other American writers in Paris. Both Jay Gatsby and Robert Cohn have had privileges do to their money, even if they acquired it in different