Differences Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie

The One Great Gatsby

As the tranquil blue water turned a blood red, a shadow of a man floats among the waves, bleeding from a gun wound to the chest. Gatsby wants to find his long lost love Daisy, so he throws multiple elaborate parties to try and find her. He finds her but she is married, so he invites her to his house to reconnect with her. Gatsby eventually ends up being shot by George because George thinks Gatsby killed he wife Myrtle. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the 1974 version of the movie directed by Jack Clayton, and the 2013 version of the film directed by Baz Luhrmann all have these basic points in common. More impressively, there are many symbols and a great attention to detail in the 2013 version produced by Baz Luhrmann,

Scott Fitzgerald, an author whose use of symbols is found throughout his books, would prefer the 2013 film version of the The Great Gatsby due to the reunion of Gatsby and Daisy. Nick has invited Daisy over tea on Gatsby’s request so he can surprise her when she arrives. Gatsby has already taken the liberty of ordering way too many flowers for Daisy and arriving early so he can be there when she arrives. But 5 minutes before Daisy arrives Gatsby is shiftless and thinks she is not going to show up so he is nervous and distraught. Daisy arrives in the pouring rain and is welcomed by Nick, but Gatsby is nowhere to be found. After a few minutes of Nick and Daisy talking there is a banging on the door. And just before Nick answers the door, Gatsby storms in, soaked from the downpouring rain, and proceeds to talk to Daisy. As Gatsby is talking, he breaks Nick’s clock and says he will fix it later “quote”. The rain stops and they walk over to Gatsby’s mansion. In the 2013 version of the film, the reunion scene is a pivotal plot point in the movie and uses many symbols such as rain, the clock, and flowers to hint that they have deepers meanings then just being props in a movie. Gatsby breaks the clock, orders way too many flowers for Daisy and gets soaked in rain. Fitzgerald would prefer the 2013 version of the reunion scene over the 1974 reunion scene, where the clock is not mentioned at all, there are almost no flowers, and it does not appear to be raining. The no show of these

We see a car filled to the brim speeding down a crowded driveway, swerving left and right to avoid people and cars. They reach the end of the driveway and a huge mansion comes into sight - hundreds of people are rushing into the mansion for the party of their lives. Nick enters the mansion and sees many elaborate people, numerous drinks and even more cigarettes. Flappers are dancing, and dates are singing. Nick enjoys the party and so does everyone else. Nick eventually meets Gatsby at the party for no more than a minute or two, which is when Gatsby asks Nick to ask Daisy to tea at Nick’s house the next day. In the 2013 version of the film J Gatsby is widely unknown and is a mysterious character with many different backstories - most false. He also doesn’t party with his guests, but instead is overseeing the party from one of the rooms in his mansion. While the 1974 version of the movie Gatsby is walking around the party and talking to people, but no one knows that it is Gatsby. In the text Gatsby watches the party from afar and doesn’t walk around the party, “The bar, where we glanced first, was crowded, but Gatsby was not there.” so I believe that Fitzgerald would prefer the 2013 version of this scene for this reason. Also there is a lot of alcohol in the 2013 version of the film and and not