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Differences And Similarities Between Myrtle And The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby is a story about a man, who climbed his way up to the top with sheer determination and a girl who had an abusive cheating husband whom she did not really love. It is told by a man who is relatively poor, lives next to Jay Gatsby and is a cousin of Daisy’s. The newest movie is quite similar to the book but there are some differences. In the book, there is much more ‘space’ left for the description of the scenes. They appear more lively, more colourful, even when written to be ‘bland, grey, unmoving’ unlike the movie which, to no surprise, expressed the greyness much more. The town where George Wilson and his wife Myrtle lived really was grey. Jumping to the end of the book, to Myrtle’s death, we could clearly see how they changed the movie from the book. In one Myrtle only had a few scratches, in the other, well, Myrtle was practically run over, that was how horribly she had impacted with the …show more content…

In the springtime Gatsby and Daisy are reunited and, one could say, start blooming with love once again, forgetting everything else. When summertime starts, all the parties, love, everything intensifies. Love is in the air so much that even Daisy’s husband Tom realises it, even though he is cheating on Daisy himself. And the everything goes to hell (heck, sorry, I probably have to keep this PG) when autumn comes around. All the fights start between everyone: Daisy and Tom, Daisy and Gatsby, Myrtle and Wilson, Myrtle and Tom. Then, when Myrtle gets run-over by Daisy, everything gets even worse. Wilson thinks that Gatsby killed Myrtle because he felt guilty for being in a rendezvous with her (which obviously never happened), so he decides to kill Gatsby as revenge and then kill himself. And then Gatsby’s funeral happens at the very end, just like the circle of all this metaphoric

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Within The Great Gatsby, the audience perceives a summer spent through the eyes of Nick. As Nick, we witness the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy, as well as another story, hidden in the context of the many encounters and conversations held; the wealth of the Roaring Twenties. Many of the characters show an interesting aspect of the wealth brought upon by the Roaring Twenties, and how it has affected them. Several characters are exceptional examples, including Myrtle, Tom, Gatsby, and Nick himself.

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According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are those who are the “pursuing” and those who are the “pursued”. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy and Tom are the ones being pursued by people like Gatsby and Myrtle. They are representations of Gatsby and Myrtle's desires, and as these two characters desperately chase after what they want, they lose sight of what they have in the moment. Their pursuit for their desires becomes obsessive as the story progresses and eventually leads to their demise. The difference in how these two characters death’s are portrayed by Nick conveys Fitzgeralds belief that regardless of how one pursues his or her desires, falling for temptations and forgetting what is important will lead to misfortune.

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What happens when the very dream you are pursuing turns out to be a merciless illusion? Shattering the lives and hope of its pursuers, the American Dream is like a double-edged sword cutting deep into the lives of everyone who tries to pursue it. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the ways in which obtaining the American dream drives the behavior and actions of characters such as Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson, leading them to prioritize their own desires and ambitions above all else, ultimately resulting in tragic consequences. However, if you recognize the American Dream as a facade like Nick, you can in turn live a much more gratifying life. The disastrous outcomes for Gatsby and Myrtle as well as the fulfilled life

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Gatsby’s dreams and aspirations in life are rather interesting and amazing as he goes about his life in the book. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald helps highlight the social, moral, and political issue that were very present during the 1920’s and today. Gatsby is the focus of the book as before the book began, he was an ex-soldier who came to wealth by some rather illegal ways. Daisy a married woman is his person of interest, who was his ex-lover 5 years before the book started. Gatsby’s actions, and words demonstrate a clear obsession with Daisy that seems to have no end.

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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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The entire plot of the movie “The Great Gatsby,” directed by Baz Luhrmann, is pretty much very accurate to the novel of the same name written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. They both center around a man named Jay Gatsby who throws extravagant parties in hope that one day his love Daisy will wander in. Of course like all movies that are based off of books they all have their similarities and differences. Whether they be very small or very noticeable, sometimes even changing the entire story completely, they are still there. Sometimes the purpose of this could be that the director wants to add their own little twist to the story or it could be that they are going for a much deeper meaning or symbolism.

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