What Is The Difference Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie
The Great Gatsby is by far one of the best classical novels ever written. Fitzgerald sure knew what he was doing with this one. The book is still one of the top sellers and has been made into two movies so far. The difference both large and small between chapter eight of The Great Gatsby and its 1974 and 2013 film adaptions prove that once again, Hollywood can sure make a heart racing film from just a few hundred pages. The film adoptions of the Great Gatsby, talks about the love within Gatsby and Daisy more than any other part of the story. Jay Gatsby was a wealthy, charming young man who knew what he wanted in life. He wanted Daisy. The whole film revolved around this forgotten love that made thousands feel the passion that Fitzgerald embedded
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The book has Gatsby telling his butler that he is going to go for a swim and if the phone rings to get Gatsby. He is hoping that Daisy is going to call. The way the book played out the murder scene was far too simple compared to the way Hollywood approached it. In the book the butler didn’t witness the murder and neither did we. We were just left with the shocking death of Jay. In the old movie Gatsby steps outside as he passes a koi pond inside his house and then goes and dives into his pool. As he’s laying in his pool, he thinks he sees Daisy so he calls out her name. As he does we see a glimpse of who we later found out as Wilson. In the older movie Wilson is a lot more scared and frantic when it comes to killing Gatsby he nervously draws the gun and shoots Gatsby a few dozen times. In the 2013 version the scene is way more dramatic. Gatsby is standing over the pool looking drastically at the horizon when he dives in, then the scene flashes to Daisy who is staring at the phone. Then you see the shadow of Wilson. When Wilson kills Gatsby in this movie he does it willingly and confidently. He does not hesitate one bit and has a sly grin on his face. When Gatsby dies he falls into the pool and whispers Daisy’s name because a few seconds before getting shot the phone ironically rings therefore making Gatsby die thinking Daisy wants him but it turns out that its Nick on the
The book has Gatsby telling his butler that he is going to go for a swim and if the phone rings to get Gatsby. He is hoping that Daisy is going to call. The way the book played out the murder scene was far too simple compared to the way Hollywood approached it. In the book the butler didn’t witness the murder and neither did we. We were just left with the shocking death of Jay. In the old movie Gatsby steps outside as he passes a koi pond inside his house and then goes and dives into his pool. As he’s laying in his pool, he thinks he sees Daisy so he calls out her name. As he does we see a glimpse of who we later found out as Wilson. In the older movie Wilson is a lot more scared and frantic when it comes to killing Gatsby he nervously draws the gun and shoots Gatsby a few dozen times. In the 2013 version the scene is way more dramatic. Gatsby is standing over the pool looking drastically at the horizon when he dives in, then the scene flashes to Daisy who is staring at the phone. Then you see the shadow of Wilson. When Wilson kills Gatsby in this movie he does it willingly and confidently. He does not hesitate one bit and has a sly grin on his face. When Gatsby dies he falls into the pool and whispers Daisy’s name because a few seconds before getting shot the phone ironically rings therefore making Gatsby die thinking Daisy wants him but it turns out that its Nick on the