Differences Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie

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. The beginning scene is different because in the novel it seems as though Nick is just the narrator of the novel. While in the movie Nick is talking to a physiatrist and begins writing the novel himself, because he does not want to speak of the events that happened in New York. In the movie the changes to Nick’s role are made in order for him have a more important part in the movie. This allows the audience to see Nick in a different light, they almost feel bad for him seeing how affected he was by all of the events. Gatsby’s and Daisy’s separation in the novel seemed to have been caused by the fact that Gatsby was poor and Daisy’s parents did not allow her to run away with him. While in the movie it shows that the reason they separated was because
There was quite a big difference from the scene in the novel to the scene from the movie. In the novel when Gatsby is shot dead by George Wilson it says that Nick came over to see Gatsby and ended up discovering his body. While in the movie the scene shows that George Wilson shoots Gatsby right in front of the butler who is on the phone with Nick. This difference allows for the reader to feel for Nick in the way that he found Gatsby’s body and it lets Nick write with more emotion. The movie only shows Nicks concern when he hears the gun shots not allowing for the full emotion to