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F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: The Movie

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A green light flashing across the bay is all Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) has left of his lost love Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan). Desperate to get Daisy back, Gatsby throws exotic parties and makes many rash decisions to have her love once more. The Great Gatsby (2013) is an adaptation of a great American novel of the twentieth century, The Great Gatsby, under the direction of Baz Luhrmann in which he takes big risks in the style and theme of his moves.. The movie goes through the life of self-made millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and his love for Daisy. While many critics believe that The Great Gatsby (2013) is not a good adaptation of the novel due to the overuse of voice overs and a modern spin, I believe that the movie is a well-created adaptation …show more content…

The movie and novel are set around the mysterious and aweing characteristics of Jay Gatsby. Leonardo DiCaprio being casted as Jay Gatsby may be the movies greatest quality. The performance of DiCaprio truly captures the character of Jay Gatsby and flawlessly executes it. From the speaking style to the physical mannerisms of DiCaprio, allows for the Gatsby’s obscure character to be brought to life. The stellar role of Jay Gatsby is one of DiCaprio’s mesmerizing performances, and can possibly not be topped. Along with the role of Gatsby, Luhrmann also exceeds in the casting of Nick Carraway and Daisy Buchanan. The two castings of theses characters by Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan are almost as perfectly executed as DiCaprio’s role. Maguire fulfills the role of Nick Carraway by portraying the innocent and up and coming young adult who gets hurtled into a world that he is not ready for. His speaking is done nearly as well as DiCaprio through his soft-spoken and alertness. The fragile, young, and innocent character of Daisy is beautifully performed by Carey Mulligan. She took the role and made it into her own, slightly evolving the character from the novel to make her more realistic and not as perfect as Gatsby had thought. The performances of the main characters help bring the movie to life and take over the film to make it seem real. Even the casting of …show more content…

Film critic, Matt Zoller Seitz, is among the critics who believe this. In Seitz’s review, “The Great Gatsby (2013), he notes that the film was not a “disaster” per se, yet it did unrealistically portray many scenes of the novel. In order for the film to work in Seitz’s eyes, he believes that the film should follow the same style and aesthetics of the original novel. Seitz argues that the party scenes from The Great Gatsby (2013) are much too vibrant and modern because the film is set in the twenties, which was a prosperous economic time. In his review, Seitz states “All this busywork might astonish if Luhrmann’s heart were in it - but is it?” (Seitz 2). This quote exemplifies how Seitz believes that Luhrmann did not direct this film to the best of his ability. The movie was too unrealistically filmed and that Luhrmann did not focus enough the story of the

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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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This illustrate how cheap she is and liar. Another critical thing in the novel is Gatsby's betrayal to himself. Growing up Jay Gatsby constantly attempted his best to improve as a man. Gatsby had numerous deep desires and had arranged out ways so he could improve as a man. He spent his life on pursuing empty dreams.

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Films intermittently have a rough time bringing out the full potential of a character, this could negatively affect the entire movie, in The Great Gatsby and Midnight in Paris this is not the case. The two films capture the era of the 1920’s, this provides for some shallow characters, everything that mattered during this period was money, such characters are difficult to depict. Throughout The Great Gatsby and Midnight in Paris, specific actors did a phenomenal job of portraying their characters. Baz Lurmann’s interpretation of The Great Gatsby was majorly effective in his portrayal of the characters, the majority of them were spot on. One character that was not done justice is Owl Eyes, he was supposed to be “God” throughout the story, but

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The reason why some people would think Gatsby isn't so great is because he's kind of crazy if you ask me. The only people that don't think he's great are the people that really know him, as in Nick. He criminal whose real name is James Gatz. He loses himself by trying to win Daisy

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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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Despite what the title suggests, within “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby is neither truly great, nor even named Gatsby. His elaborate transition from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, both literally and figuratively changing his identity, completing an ingenious façade to replicate the essence of greatness Gatsby sees in the aristocracy. Although Gatsby attempts to build his own greatness through material wealth, his only means is through the criminal activities of Wolfstein, with this unsavoury connection to the insidious underbelly of New York City undermining Gatsby’s quest for greatness. It is only from the distinctive perspective of Nick Carraway that the idea of Gatsby as “great” emerges. As explained by Carraway, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (pg. 140), this glamourous hopefulness being what attracts Carraway towards Gatsby, with Gatsby representing the idea of the American Dream for Nick Carraway.

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Gatsby is a created Persona who adopts a new name, conceals his past, and appears affluent by dressing and speaking appropriately. He is an idealist since he believes he can recreate the past and he will be able to get married to Daisy who lives in a little bubble of wealth and privilege. At the end of the film, he dies of his unrealistic fantasy. His tragic ending is predictable, so the reasons for his tragedy will be discussed.

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The film uses Gatsby’s natural charm to deceive the viewers. Gatsby makes conversation in a very welcoming way that feels like he can be trusted with anything. His dialogue in the film always talks in a way that appeals to others' wants (Luhrman). In the movie, this is shown through his conversations with other people and the emotional appeal it has on others. Gatsby is very calm and collected in his manner of making conversation, which conveys a joyful

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As said by other critics, “Jay Gatsby's determination to establish a new identity for himself sets him apart from the other characters in the text” (Verderame). Gatsby grew up as a poor farmer boy. Born into poverty from the beginning, Gatsby cared little for his family and was determined to leave them behind for a new life. This tragic past encourages Gatsby to entirely start a new life by changing his identity and personality before the reader is even introduced to the character. “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (98).Critics say, “In doing so, Gatsby has proven to himself that he can successfully change the story of his past” (Scisco).

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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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Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," the 'greatness' of the character Jay Gatsby is multi-faceted and largely subjective. Gatsby's greatness lies in his relentless pursuit of his dreams, epitomized by the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, which becomes a symbol of his unyielding hope and aspiration. Despite coming from a humble background, he reinvents himself, amasses wealth, and even builds an extravagant lifestyle to impress Daisy, demonstrating his extraordinary determination. However, his methods, particularly his involvement in illicit activities, challenge this greatness. His obsession with recreating the past with Daisy, despite her married status, also raises ethical questions.

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The narrative style of "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is known for clearly expressing the themes and characters of the story. We can study the narrator type, point of view, and the author's use of linguistic devices such juxtaposition, objective-correlative, and symbolism in order to analyze the narrative style. First of all, i want to start with narrator type, Nick Carraway, the first-person narrator, tells the story of "The Great Gatsby" in the book. Nick is a trustworthy and perceptive figure who offers a personal description of what happened. Nick provides a distinct perspective and enables the readers to see the plot develop through his eyes because he is an outsider to the glamorous and wealthy world of the other characters.

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The 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered to be an American classic and is one of the most widely-read books in modern America. There have been several film versions of the novel, most recently a 2013 version that was directed by Baz Luhrmann. Although, both the book and the film effectively portrayed the energy of the 1920s, the characters in the book and the film were not so well-aligned. In particular, the characters in the novel are complex, well-rounded people, whereas the movie tends to paint many of the key characters as simplistic archetypes. Unlike Daisy’s nuanced character in the novel, Luhrmann portrays her as the helpless victim of the film.

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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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I think that this cast for The Great Gatsby will be great in a movie. For the main character, Jay Gatsby, I am keeping Leonardo DiCaprio. When I saw Gatsby in the movie, he was everything I thought he would be, He did an amazing job playing Gatsby. He was made to play this role, Leonardo DiCaprio is such a talented actor, and every scene he did made you feel the emotions that Gatsby was

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