1. Catcher in the rye
1.1. isolation
1.1.1. Holden constant reconsiderations to not reach out of people or to not interact with a lot of people
1.1.2. this also leads to indecisiveness
1.1.2.1. Holden inability to make a choice regarding, but not only restricting to... for example the phone booth scene, the inability to call anyone is a good example of indecisiveness
1.2. disillusionement
1.2.1. Holden view of the world and how it's phonies, people who are trying their best to fit into the social class expectations in society and ending up hiding their true selves
1.2.1.1. this can also lead to social class upward mobility and social class expectations
1.2.1.1.1. an example of this can be the head principal of Pencey when he was letting the students eat steaks on the weekend so that if the parents asked their kids what they ate for dinner, the students would respond with steaks and in return, giving the parents an unrealistic impression of the headmaster himself
1.3. innocence
2. gatsby
2.1. disillusionment
2.1.1. gatsby's desperate attempt to get with Daisy
2.2. isolation
2.2.1. gatsby trying to do everything to get Daisy back on his own
2.3. social class upward mobility
2.3.1. gatsby throws parties, building his reputation as a big party man who is rich and mysterious, making him more and more intriguing for all of the party goers
2.4. reinventing one's identity
2.4.1. the entire book itself, how Gatsby goes from a poor soldier to a rich and well known person
2.5. reapeating the past
2.5.1. Gatsby constant thoughts of able to going back to Daisy and replicate the relationship they have years ago