Between the movie and book of The Great Gatsby there are similarities and differences. The setting in the book is different than the movie. The setting is plotted differently. Also, there are some characters that are different. The parties are different as well. They go in a different order in the movie than the book.…
New version- The new version depicts Myrtle’s death. It is also a lot more cinematic about each scene. Two scenes are missing from the new movie that were in the old movie: Wilson showing up to Tom’s house looking for Gatsby, and the entirety of Gatsby’s dad showing up for Gatsby’s funeral. Acting in the new movie is somewhat better than the old version, but missed the emotional bits.…
There is a great deal of differences and similarities between the novel version and the movie version of “The Great Gatsby”. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is the more “official” version of the story. As we all know Hollywood likes to add somethings to their movies and make them more interesting. . Between the two versions there are plenty of similarities and differences which can be seen quite well. In the two versions we were introduced to the five main characters; Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle. While at the second party which Nick goes to, he is able to see Tom and Myrtle's affair present while they are in Myrtle’s apartment. We also hear about the “Green Light” across from Gatsby’s house which is where Daisy lives.…
The movie and the novel The Great Gatsby surprisingly contrast in many ways. This is surprising because with small changes between the two can cause some confusion to the audience. Small changes can have a huge effect on how the audience perceives both the novel and the movie. Although most of the time there is a purpose as to why the writer decides to make these subtle changes. While reading the novel and watching the movie The Great Gatsby one will notice they have differences concerning the beginning scene, the way Gatsby and Daisy were separated and Gatsby’s death.…
Gatsby exemplified the “Jazz Age;” he was known for hosting very luxurious and lavish parties on a weekly basis. Gatsby’s view on spending money was that if he had the money, he should spend it. He hosted parties that weren’t just small gatherings though, they were more of a way for people to show off there social status, an excuse to get drunk, and a way to meet ne people. In fact, most of the people who went to Gatsby’s parties didn’t know Gatsby at all; they just went to prove their social status. Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, explains to us; “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited- they went there”…
In both books, one or more characters express the desire to earn money and become successful, otherwise known as the “American Dream.” With Gatsby, he wanted to be rich and achieve love with Daisy. With George and Lennie, they wanted to make enough money to settle down and sustain themselves.…
To start with, it is requisite to analyze the context in which these two novels were written, since this contributes to develop the themes and tone of each work. “The Great Gatsby”, published in 1925, was written by F.…
In the novel Nick and Gatsby meet at the first party nick is invited too. Nick striking up a conversation with a man that he describes to be about his age, sharing war stories and they make plans to socialize the next day. Nick then exclaims he still hasn’t met the host and the man explains he is in fact Gatsby. However in the movie Gatsby being played by Leonardo DiCaprio it would give it away that he’s the man Nick has been waiting to meet so instead Gatsby over hears Nick say he hasn’t met the host and Gatsby turns around and says I’m Gatsby. One thing I did notice about DiCaprio playing Gatsby was he over used Gatsby saying “old sport” in the book he does say it a fair amount but not as much as he does in the film.…
As Nick travels East his views on his surroundings contrast considerably to those he observed as he was travelling through the west, where he lives. As he enters the East his initial description uses words such as ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Cheerful’ which is a deep juxtaposition to the words used to describe the West i.e. ‘superficial’ or ‘bizarre’. His optimism in travelling East is expressed as he describes the ‘East Egg glittered along the water’ this shows how he sees it across the water as a place of wonder and amazement and that all the lights and colour attract him to it and pull him which is why he is initially so optimistic about going there. America in the 1920’s was described as part of the ‘Jazz age ‘and even though they separated themselves from Europe to avoid a class system there is a very definite divide between the West and East egg. As Nick lives in the West egg which is seen as the ‘less fashionable’ of the two, which runs on new money, with lots of ‘colossal’ mansions ‘squeezed’ together, Nick is, as predicted excited about entering the East egg which is considerably richer and better established.…
The Great Gatsby and On the Road are both similar. They have a lot of different things in common. The time period seems to be the same in both of them by how things are happening in the world, what is going on, and how people are treated. On the Road is about a couple of friends who constantly travel by hitchhiking most of the time. The Great Gatsby is about a rich man who was in love with a girl and he went to the war which caused them to drift apart. The two seem to be nothing alike, but On the Road and The Great Gatsby interpret the same message, they have similar characters, and the women are treated the same.…
Although this rendition of “The Great Gatsby” is noteworthy, Luhrmann included many of the main points but forgot to include the smaller reasons that explained these convoluted messages to the audience. Some critics say this movie “mirrored the novel”, and while this movie did reflect some good ideas and moments from the novel, it seems as if it was mirrored from a carnival mirror since everything is stretched and twisted into an odd new way. 2.5 out of 5…
The latest version of The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann, uses many of F Scott Fitzgerald’s original descriptions and dialogue. It respects the fact that the book is told from the point of view of Nick Carraway, cousin of Daisy, the woman who Gatsby loves. It carefully reproduces various details, such as the clock Gatsby drops when meeting Daisy again for the first time since she married Tom Buchanan five years earlier. It follows Fitzgerald’s instructions that Tom’s lover’s husband’s garage is beside the “valley of ashes” and a huge optician’s billboard portraying the eyes of Dr. T J Eckleburg. It accurately presents everything that Fitzgerald describes, using the…
Popular culture is defined as all of the ideas, knowledge, information, creative works and principles expressed or enjoyed by a majority of a population at a given time. Representations of Jazz, in the 1920s, brought assort open-minded relationships in this era; it also influenced women to break from previous social standards and become more ‘equal’ to men. Two texts, which are associated with this topic, are an advertisement for ‘Lucky Strike Cigarettes’ and the novel The Great Gatsby. Both texts are excellent examples on how women acted, dressed and lived in the 1920s.…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby is somewhat different than the movie when it comes to characters and excitement. Nick Carraway is introduced differently while Gatsby's parties and his hopes are altered. The movie mainly stays true to the novel with a few exceptions.…
“The Great Gatsby” novel and movie share very similar aspects, but they also differ in ways. The main character in the novel and movie name is Nick Carraway. He is also the narrator. In the novel Nick is an intelligent…