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Differences Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie

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A Fantastic Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann's interpretation of the book “The Great Gatsby” was pretty spot-on. He brought a modern world taste and language to the movie by also keeping the movie in the same time frame as F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of Great Gatsby. Some major pieces from the book where missing in the movie but the enthusiastic cast and script brought it all together.

The movie starts with the life of narrator, Nick Carraway {Tobey Maguire} in a mental institution. Aside from the book, Nick shares with a psychiatrist his encounters with Jay Gatsby{Leonardo DiCaprio}, Carraway's neighbor, a mysterious man that no one seems to know about and a millionaire who throws extravagant parties.
Jay Gatsby played nicely by Leonardo, is a lonely man trying to relive the past and look for genuinely caring friends, which he finds in Carraway. One of the major plots in the the movie and book is Gatsby's longing to rekindle his past relationship with Daisy Buchanan {Carey Mulligan}, a young, beautiful woman whom he had an old flame with. Gatsby uses Caraway and Daisy’s long time friend, Jordan Baker{Elizabeth Debicki} as a step stools to reunite with Mrs.Buchanan, causing her to choose between Gatsby and and her cheating, aggressive husband, Tom{Joel Edgerton}. …show more content…

Luhrmann builds the main character up, giving the viewers that suspense to see what happens next. As the movie goes on it flashes back to Nick and his observation by psychiatrist, giving us a glimpse of how Daisy and Gatsby’s side relationship grows.Jay’s feelings are made very clear on how he feels for daisy, in the book and movie.Daisy’s feelings are never fully developed in either

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The story revolves around Jay Gatsby and his extraordinary life. Gatsby's lifestyle involves his great amount of wealth, an enormous mansion, and the hosting of parties that can only be dreamt of. All of Gatsby's qualities can be described as being purely "great", thus making him the Great Gatsby. MAIN CHARACTERS (a clear, concise description of each) Nick Carraway:

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Jay Gatsby knows this situation well. By any means necessary, Gatsby completely and single-mindedly modifies himself as a person. This evolution efficiently severs any ties between that of the original James Gatz that Daisy first meets, to the reinvented Jay Gatsby created just for her. Frustratingly, every bit of this is in vain. Gatsby brawls with Tom Buchanan, her husband, over who Daisy’s heart rightfully belonged.

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Throughout the novel, Gatsby’s every action is inspired by his desire to court Daisy, and Jay believes that he will successfully woo her. However, this dream is soon put to a blunt and abrupt halt when Gatsby is killed by George Wilson, who is falsely led to believe that Gatsby killed his wife. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, who identifies as Gatsby’s

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The movie version of The Great Gatsby by Coppula is far less detailed than the book by Fitzgerald. In the first party that was thrown by Gatsby in chapter 3, many details were left out of the movie. These details were both minor and major, and left either a little or big difference o in the way the story was conveyed. The scene where Gatsby meets Nick for the first time is very different in the movie than in the book. Despite the differences that are displayed in the movie, the general plot and atmosphere of the party remain the same.

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In the book, Gatsby was a character with a lot of respect and integrity. He wasn’t the type of guy to let his feelings escalate out of control, but in the film we saw that he loses his temper and lashes out on Tom, when he starts making accusations that they are different. Another character that was portrayed differently was, Daisy Buchanan. In the book, the author wanted the audience to give no sympathy towards Daisy because of the way she left Gatsby. Daisy seemed to be shallow and selfish through the actions that she made, and didn’t seem to be interested in the relationship that was once there with Gatsby.

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Through his direct actions later in the book the audience is able to realize that although Jay Gatsby seems to be in control he has unrealistic expectations and views of life. Jay Gatsby expects that once he rekindles the flame that he once had with Daisy that she will leave Tom Buchanan to be with him. He believes that once he has the wealth that Daisy desires, he'll be able take her away from the life that she had established for herself for many years. Although Daisy agrees to have an affair with Gatsby she ultimately will never leave Tom, a factor that Gatsby refuses to accept. Both Tigger and Jay Gatsby are portrayed as lively characters who have the tendency to have delusional fantasies and aggressive instincts.

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