Accurate Depiction Of The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

An Accurate Depiction of Gatsby There has always been the saying “The American Dream” because America is supposed to be the land of opportunity and where everyone in the world wishes they could go so they can have a life by having proper education, health care, and vocation. When the saying became popular in the 1920s, giving the world their first idea of what living in America was like, it not only brought people to America but it gave the social classes that we see represented in The Great Gatsby. That’s where we get the idea of the American dream in Gatsby time of the 1920s. The American Dream is the main theme of the book that everything else is based off of. The American Dream in the book is said to be hope for success and the chance of getting rich; this is

This is Gatsby’s apathetic perspective on rules. When Nick first rides into the city with Gatsby in his brand new, shiny, yellow car, Gatsby is driving very recklessly. He is speeding and not paying attention to others on the road. In the 2013 movie Gatsby is seen flying down narrow roads and city roads swerving in between cars. They even add in a scene of him almost getting pulled over for his horrendous driving, but it being disregarded because of his status. In the 1970s version you see him speeding for a second, but that’s all. This carelessness wraps itself into the theme of Gatsby’s “American Dream”. Another popular theme in this book is the past, before all these friendships and relationships were made. A very specific time in the past that is mentioned in the book is the time that Gatsby and Daisy first met. Gatsby was a soldier in war when he first saw her. Yet again, the 2013 movie shows us this idea better. There is a scene unique to this movie that is a flashback in time of Gatsby in his uniform and Daisy walking past him up a flight of stairs. Gatsby chases her up, and the relationship