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Corruption In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Following the publishing of the book, The Great Gatsby written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald was the release of the replication of the book into a movie in 2013. This movie reenacted the book and contained some flair added by the producer. There has been argumentation whether or not the director's changes altered the whole idea of the book and focused too much on the love story. Others say the love story is the whole corruption. The movie of The Great Gatsby was modernized by a few elements. During Gatsby's parties, the dancing and music make it more modern because the director added music from the 2000's. His house is also more modern and over the top in the movies. The movie included more dialogue than in the book which played a part in the modernization. Most of the dialogue from the book was contained within the movie, but the movie also added some more lines. In the book and the movie, Nick Carraway is the narrator. The novel contained more of Nick's thoughts and portrayed him as a reliable narrator. In the movie, the first scene shows him in an asylum which changes the whole image of Nick. He is no longer a reliable source because his mentality is not fully accurate. In the movie, Nick can be mistaken to be homosexual and …show more content…

The theme of The Great Gatsby is corruption. Does the movie focus too much on the love story and not enough on corruption? The love story is that Daisy and Tom are married but Tom is cheating on Daisy with a girl named Myrtle in New York and Daisy is cheating on Tom with her long lost love Gatsby. Obviously the love story is corrupted but the movie does not highlight Fitzgerald's original intent for the movie which is the corruption of the American dream. Gatsby is living the American dream because he did not inherit any money, he made it all by himself when he came to New York. The way he made his money was very corrupted and only glimpses of it is

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