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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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Daniel Aguirre Ms. Tobias English III GT - 6th 12 January 2017 After analyzing both the movie and the novel, I have discovered similarities and differences. Ill try to compare and contrast the two since the movie does not depict the story exactly as how the novel does. Similarities There were still some similarities in the film that tied back to the book. One of the main ones is when Nick walks to Gatsby’s backyard and finds him standing at the edge of his dock reaching out to what was a green light.

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The Great Gatsby is a film directed by Baz Luhrmann and released in 2013. The film is an adaptation of the novel written by F. Fitzgerald, set in the 1920s. Luhrmann presents deep, calculated characters throughout the film who undergo many different life experiences. Many characters face the struggle of loneliness, however, some characters are not as lonely as most. Luhrmann conveys that although characters may appear happy and popular, emotionally, characters often feel empty.

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There are many ways to portray one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best selling books, The Great Gatsby; one of which is from 1974, directed by Jack Clayton, and a more recent version from 2013, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Jack Clayton’s version could be said as more of a traditional style of film, while the Baz Luhrmann version is a lot more extravagant and has a newer music style and lots of CGI work as well. The two movies relate to Fitzgerald novel by having a very similar plot line, even though there are quite a few differences between them. Basically, there is a man named Nick Carraway who tells the story of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, or more known as “The Great Gatsby”. Overall, I believe that Fitzgerald would like the newer 2013 version of the book for a few reasons: Things like Gatsby’s party and the overall environment of the world in the newer version is a lot more bright and colorful, and is a lot more pleasing to the eye.

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The Great Gatsby is an iconic piece of American literature encompassing the 1920s era in American history. This story was written in 1923 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was later adapted into a movie in 1949, 1973, 2000, and then once again in 2013. In the 2000 version of the movie the plot line was very similar to the book with only a few major differences and a few discreet ones as well. The movie however, also followed the book very well and even used direct quotes from the book helping you to understand the point Fitzgerald was trying to make. Markowitz the director made many good decisions in this adaptation as well as a few costly mistakes that made the importance of the book and plot line of Fitzgerald’s book.

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