Under little examination, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms appear to have common themes, but beyond the surface, the two books are radically different. The Great Gatsby tells the story of an ambitious man, Jay Gatsby, his former girlfriend Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Gatsby, returning from the war, becomes a bootlegger during Prohibition in an attempt to win back Daisy who, ironically, is unhappily married to Tom Buchanan. In contrast, A Farewell to Arms has a much less glamorous plot that focuses on Frederick Henry. Henry faces many obstacles due to his involvement in World War I. Due to his difficulties, he abandons his role in the army and attempts to flee the country with Catherine, his pregnant girlfriend. Fitzgerald's writing style is much more descriptive and creative than Hemingway's bland and laconic nature. Even with the similarities between the themes of war and the reactions of the characters in the novel, the two books have different characters, plots, settings, and styles. In every novel, the war is told....