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Similarities Between gibe addle-head and Abe trades union in companionable is the Night shaft of light loon and Abe North are characters in F. Scott Fitzgeralds fabrication, Tender is the Night. As presented in the blood of the novel, Dick Diver and Abe North did not seem to have much in common. As the character of Dick Diver developed, the reader found the characters to be analogue to each other. There were numerous unexpected similarities as the novel progressed. The institution of Abe Norths character served as a preview to the good deal of Dick Diver(Stern, 117). The characters deterioration, relationships with their wives, and their effects on the other characters were some of the main similarities between Dick Diver and Abe North. At the start of the novel the characters of Dick Diver and Abe North seemed to contrast. Dick was hospitable and admired by many. Meanwhile, Abe had already deteriorated in character. The archetypical thing that was said about Abe was ne gative. When Abe first appeared Mrs. McKisco conveyed her opinion of him to Rosemary, Well, hes a gooey musician. (Fitzgerald, 8). This statement was related to the lack of progress in Abes profession as clarified by Brady, he was a musician who after a brilliant and precocious start had composed nothing for seven years. (Fitzgerald, 33). proceed from these descriptions, Abe character was reduced to a pitiful drunkard. However, Abe was not always the bankruptcy as Nicole pointed out, Abe used to be so nice... So nice. Long ago-when Dick and I were first married. If only you had known him then. (Fitzgerald, 99). At this point of the novel it seems that Dick has control of his life in comparison to Abe North. Yet, Dicks own life was stagnant. Unlike Abe howe... ...gradation were parallel. A comment made by Nicole in the beginning of the novel now appears to be a forecast on the fate of Dick and Abe, So many smart men go to pieces nowadays. (Fitzgerald, 99). flora Cited and Con sulted Bruccoli, Matthew J. The Composition of Tender Is the Night. Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press, 1963. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York Collier Books. 1982. Grenberg, Bruce L. Fitzgeralds Figured Curtain Personality and score in Tender Is the Night. In Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender Is the Night, ed. Milton R. Stern. capital of Massachusetts G. K. Hall, 1986. LaHood, Marvin J., ed. Tender Is the Night Essays in Criticism. Bloomington Indiana University Press, 1969. Stern, Milton R., ed. Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender Is the Night. Boston Hall, 1986.