The Great Gatsby Book Vs Movie

In 1925, when F. Scott Fitzgerald first published the novel The Great Gatsby it sold a disappointing twenty-one thousand copies. Today more than twenty-five million copies have been sold worldwide (Lucey). Directors have take their turn making timeless novels, like The Great Gatsby, into a major motion picture. Forty-nine years after the book was published, Jack Clayton released the film “The Great Gatsby”. Now, American literature teachers are presented with the dilemma, whether or not watching the film would prove beneficial to students. In this case watching Clayton’s film proves to be beneficial to students. It stays true to Fitzgerald’s story line, the motifs are more clearly visible, and viewers are able to witness characters reactions.

On Gatsby’s journey to his beloved Daisy, who he lost five years ago, Gatsby evolves from a poor boy into a rich man and is eventually led to his death. The film incorporates both tragedy and triumph and magnificently captures the Roaring Twenties. “The Great Gatsby” was filmed in more than a dozen different locations, from the United States of America to the United Kingdom. Lead roles like, Jay Gatsby, played by Robert Redford, and Daisy Buchanan, played by Mia Farrow, were casted. Entirely, the 144 minute long, PG rated, film earned a gross of over twenty-six million dollars in