Similarities Between Thomas Sniegoski And The Great Gatsby

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The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald would be books you would probably find on two opposite sides of a library. However, these books have their similarities as well. Both books have people that well help with any of their situations. Nick in Great Gatsby and Dr Michael Jonas and Ezekiel. They also have a woman who in the main character's eyes is mere perfection but the woman doesn't notice the value of the man till it may be too late. Lastly, they both fight with themselves causing them to eventually wallow away into their own destruction.

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