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MonkeyNotes-Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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CONFLICT

The plot of the book revolves loosely on the question of the Diver's rise or fall.

Protagonist: Dick Diver is the protagonist of the novel. (Neither the authorÂ’s training nor his time period would have encouraged him to make Nicole the main protagonist, even though she is a key character of the story.) Dick is a promising young psychiatrist who destroys himself by marrying Nicole and drinking excessively.

Antagonist: Dick is his own antagonist. He allows himself to be destroyed by his own self-indulgence, including his marriage to Nicole, his taking of her money, which is held by Baby Warren, and by his own lack of faithfulness. In his unhappiness, he begins to drink excessively and spiral slowly downward. As with most of FitzgeraldÂ’s characters, Dick is destroyed as a result of wealth.


Climax: The climax occurs with the breakup of DickÂ’s marriage to Nicole. The most tense moments of the book revolve around the dissolving relationship between the two of them. Towards the end of the book, they barely speak, preferring instead to amuse themselves with others. When Dick makes a fool of himself in front of Rosemary and Nicole starts an affair with Tommy Barban, the stage is set for the breakdown of their marriage, which is the climax of the plot.

Outcome: The novel ends in tragedy for Dick Diver. In the final pages of the book, Tommy tells Dick that Nicole no longer loves him. Nicole reminds Dick that he has not loved her for a long time. Dick moves out of their villa at Tarmes and returns to New York State. He starts practicing medicine again, but moves from place to place for increasingly shorter periods. Finally Nicole and the children stop hearing from him altogether.

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