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    The Great Gatsby I: All throughout grade school and even high school‚ my teachers‚ parents‚ and even friends told me not to take the easy way out when it comes to books. Always read the book before the movie. I usually took the easy way out‚ watched the movie‚ and then skim the book. After doing this project I see what everyone was talking about. The book is much better than the movie‚ it gives you more of a sense of what is going on‚ a greater sense of when the story takes place‚ and it gives the

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    The Great Gatsby movie vs. book In his movie there were many details that remained loyal to the book. There were some others that were changed slightly‚ either for filming reasons or for careless from the director. Surprisingly‚ there were some facts that were left out‚ that in my opinion were critical for the story and the symbolism on it. The movie showed many things as they are described in the book‚ and also as many people imagined them. The golden toilette set‚ the medals and Daisy’s picture

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    The Great Gatsby the novel and the movie have similarities and differences. The major differences the movie and the novel have is that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner‚ Jordan and Nick have something going on‚ and Gatsby makes an entrance. These are some examples of the differences between the novel and the movie of The Great Gatsby. There are many differences between the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby. One difference is that Gatsby died thinking that he was a winner. It was the phone

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    The Great Gatsby Comparison Paper The similarities and the differences between the book The Great Gatsby and the movie G are many in both accounts. The book The Great Gatsby was written and set in the 1920’s with all caucasion characters‚ and the proper talk and everyday life of the 20’s. The movie G is much different in this aspect because the writter’s and the director of the film decided to modernize the story and make it more catered to the new african america lifestyle

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    half hour long film adaptation of The Great Gatsby‚ one shall await a bombardment of drama and romance from the disillusioned era of the 1920’s. The cinema was published in May of 2013 and is understood as becoming drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy and all that would encompass such a life. Taking place in 1920’s New York City‚ narrator Nick Carraway tells the tale of Jay Gatsby’s life‚ as Nick had witnessed it first hand. Millionaire Jay Gatsby lived in a Gothic mansion in West Egg

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    The movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although mostly everything seems to stay the same‚ some movie scenes differ. Nick’s character is tweaked and Gatsby’s parties are not the same. The movie also creates more false hope than the novel does. Nick Carraway is the first character introduced into the book and movie‚ but in a different aspect. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Nick right away as the narrator. He is giving a monologue about

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    differences and similarities about the myth and movie? Hercules killed his parents ‚ but then said he was adopted. Hercules showed all labors in the myth. In the movie it did not show all labors. The differences in the myth is that ‚ there’s more stories than the music. In the movie there was more action. A lot of acting was in the movie. In the myth ‚ Hercules has to perform all twelve labors in order to reach godhood. He then remains as a god. In the movie ‚ Hercules becomes a god by performing the

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    The Great Gatsby was originally written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It follows Nick‚ as he tells the story of his neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and his love for Daisy Buchanan. During the 1920‚ where lavish parties and drinking were very common. In 2013‚ it was adapted into a movie‚ produced by Baz Luhrmann.The book and the movie were fairly similar‚ however their are a few significant differences between some of the characters and settings .These changes also effect the theme of the movie‚which is the search

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    One of America’s most iconic novels‚ The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ was recently adapted into a film by the famous director Baz Luhrmann in 2013. I have personally read the book and seen the movie and can say that the film closely resembled the original book. The scenes‚ character descriptions‚ and conversations were‚ for the most part‚ spot on. Many of the differences were very minor and insignificant. Regardless of how similar the film and book were‚ film critics and viewers had mixed

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    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

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