Compare And Contrast The Great Gatsby

The book “The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a literary classic. If someone has not read it they have at least heard about it. It is one of those timeless classics that is read even years after its creation. The book was also adapted into a movie with actors like Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. But like all movie adaptations, it has some differences from the book. Some of the differences are minor and some are major. Three key differences in the movie are Nick and Gastby is first interaction, Myrtle Willson is death, and Gastby is funeral. Although they do not change the main plot they do add or take away important moments for some characters.
The first encounter between Nick and Gatsby in the movie is not the

…and this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with an invitation.’ For a moment he looked at me as if he failed to understand. ‘I’m Gatsby,’ he said suddenly.” (Fitzgerald 52) It is a small detail that is not too big and grand it is small and intimate. On the other hand, the first encounter in the movie is more rushed. With the loud music and quick movements. There was no time for a proper conversation between the two and Gatsby revealed himself right away with a big and grand gesture. This of course is because it is a movie so it has to move fast and be grand and loud but it is different from the book

Not the funeral itself but the events leading up to it. In the movie, it pushes the thought that Nick is all Gatsby has. That he has no one else. In the funeral scene, it shows that not a single person had shown up and Nick was the only one who cared about him. However, in the book, it is shown that this is not true. While yes there were not many people at the funeral and Daisy did not show up, Nick was not the only one there for his funeral. Gatsby is father shows up for his dead son something that does not happen in the movie. “But he wouldn’t eat, and the glass of milk spilled from his trembling hand. ‘I saw it in the Chicago newspaper,’ he said. ‘It was all in the Chicago newspaper. I started right away.’” (Fitzgerald 175) There is also Wolfshime, the man Gatsby worked with/for, he was mentioned once in the movie and they portrayed it as he barely cared about him. But in the book, Wolfshime offered to pay for Gatsby is funeral along with having regrets about not being able to go. “‘Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead,’ he suggested. ‘After that my own rule is to let everything alone.’” (Fitzgerald 180) None of these scenes happened in the movie. It only showed Nick grieving Gatsby and being at his funeral, which in the book was not the