Fitzgerald wrote his novel during an era which clearly indicated that living in an unreasonable manner, making all sorts of abuses and excesses, recklessly without any kind of consideration has serious and in the same time damaging effects upon people's lives. Immediately after the First World War, the social and political climate reached an energetic climax during the roaring twenties. With a new focus on individualism and the pursuit of all sorts of pleasures and excitements, this period was filled with adventures that had serious negative consequences. The excess of pleasure and drinking which were the main causes that triggered the inevitable destruction of the characters in "Tender Is the Night" reflects Fitzgerald's sensitivity to the excesses of the Jazz Age prior to the Great Depression.

It could be said that in life we experience the phenomenon of rise and fall and that between the two of them there is equilibrium. Underlying this concept of equilibrium there are the destruction,...

In comparison with Hemingway's novels, Fitzgerald's lost generation is not hopeless but rather overwhelmed, inexperienced and also completely unreasonable.
Bibliography

Nicolas Tredell, University of Sussex. "Tender Is the Night"

The Literary Encyclopedia

Published 16 September 2006. http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1685

SparkNotes: Tender Is the Night

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/tender/

Bibliography

The Odyssey" by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html

Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University - "Study Guide for Homer's Odyssey" (updated 31 January 2002)

http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html

The Odyssey Teaching Resources

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/homer.htm