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The Great Gatsby: Comparing The Book And Movie

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In the movie the characters were portrayed well rather than in the book. The characters made the connection present that each of them had with each other. Gatsby made his love for Daisy present and Nick’s neutral attitude between both sides was the same in the movie compared to the book. In the movie the scene where it shows George Wilson getting the gun with anger towards Gatsby was frustrating to watch because George had all that rage over someone who didn’t even commit the crime to begin with. The scene at Myrtle’s apartment when they were having their “gaudy” party was better in the movie because in the movie the loud red color of her apartment made it look trashy and less elegant than Tom and Daisy’s dinner party with Nick. In the movie how Gatsby’s mansion …show more content…

In the book it talks about how Nick and Jordan had a romance but in the movie Jordan’s character appears a minimum amount of times and has a dull character. Although her role was cut short it did add mystery to the movie since throughout the movie it was only known that she was just a pro-golfer. In the book Gatsby’s parties were described to have classical music but in the movie it was modern day rap music like Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey. This made the movie more exciting and even persuasive into attending one of Gatsby’s famous parties. The characters in the movie were accurate although Daisy was thought of to act differently in the movie. Her personality from the start of the movie showed that she would much rather be and stay with Tom then go off and run with Gatsby. Although they both have money Daisy’s character showed the way she looked at each of them and with Tom there was more emotion towards him and eye contact. Uncertainty from Daisy in the movie on how she felt towards Gatsby is shown. In the book there was a lot of detail that was left out in the movie and made me expect there to be more from

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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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In the movie, a scene was added to the book, the scene when Mrs. Foster and Winnie go to the bread shop. Another difference in the scene is that the book doesn’t include the scene at the bar were Miles is playing cards with another person. As well as the scene of the campfire and the dancing with Jesse and Winnie. Differences can also be in actions and what the actors say just like when Jesse and Winnie jump into the lake in the movie, and in the book Miles and Jesse jump into the lake, Jesse also tell Winnie the secret and Miles tells the story in detail instead of Mae, they didn’t discuss who takes Winnie to the lake, but in the book they do, the constable doesn’t go with the man in the yellow suit but Mr. Foster and his people do and on the other hand the constable went. Another Jesse never gives the bottle to Winnie but in the book he does, also the man in the yellow suit shoots Jesse with a gun and Jesse shows him he has everlasting life.

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There were many similarities and differences between characters in both the book The Great Gatsby and The Great Gatsby movies; however, the most distinct, evident comparison and contrast were between Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Jay Gatsby, or James Gatz, finished his life as a well-known, eccentric, and extremely wealthy man. Not much was known about Jay Gatsby to most, but everyone knew that he always hosted wild parties at his gothic, luxurious mansion. Tom Buchanan was also a very rich many, but his personality was drastically different than Gatsby’s. Tom was not very outgoing and was recognized as a brute and a bully by most people, so he really did not have a lot of close friends.

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In the novel, you had to imagine the character 's expressions. In the movie, they showed you how the characters were feeling. It showed how they didn 't have deep and real emotions. It also demonstrated how emotions were another important thing that the community was missing. The character 's expressions and music played key roles in the film adaptation of the book.

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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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Gatsby always has colossal blowouts and they happen so often and are so sizable that people from all over New York show up. The book, portrays Gatsby’s party as this amazing, breath-taking scene with people all over the place and dancing and drinking, while the first movie is bland and doesn’t show how eccentric the first party is. The second movie, however, is bright, bold, eye-catching, and reels you in. While both movies left out the scene from the library, the second one makes a quick reference to it.

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That is a big difference when reading the book and watching the movie. In The Great Gatsby, the movie and the book have similarities and differences. Majority of the scenes did match up to the book details, but there were three differences between the book and the movie that were more noticeable. The three differences between the movie and the book were major details such as characteristics and connections between the characters, the sexual preference of Nick Carraway, and lastly, the age of Tom and Daisy’s daughter.

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In The Great Gatsby movie, Daisy, for example mostly spoke sweetly throughout the whole movie. In the book, her voice was described as ringing like money. Instead, in the movie she appeared to be an innocent person but was actually extraordinary selfish in her own actions. In the movie, Jay Gatsby had a violent, dramatic outburst at the Plaza Hotel when he was provoked by Tom Buchanan. Another difference would be that Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway did NOT have a loving relationship like in the book; they didn’t communicate in the movie as much as they did in the movie.

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The movie didn’t do a good job portraying Gatsby in my opinion. In the book, it put a huge emphasis on how hard he worked to get to where he got. I feel like it just shows Gatsby as a rich wealthy man who didn't have to work

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A few differences were that in the movie Nick names off the types of people that show up to one of Gatsby's parties like “ Film stars, Broadway directors, morality protectors, high school defectors.” but, in the book Nick’s only example of the people there was “Young Englishmen dotted about”. Other differences were that in the movie Jordan had greeted Nick first while in the book Nick found Jordan in the garden and quickly went to greet her, and when Jordan and Nick went to find Gatsby in the library instead of the owl-eyed man saying the books were real he said Gatsby was fake. In both the book and the movie when Nick met Gatsby, he was not aware that the man he was talking to was Jay Gatsby, but in the movie Nick embarrassed himself more when he repeated rumors had heard to Gatsby that “He’s third cousin to Kaiser and second cousin to the devil”.(Fitzgerald pg.46)

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In the film during one Gatsby’s parties, Daisy and Gatsby left in secret. They were enjoying each others companing and dreaming about the future. Gatsby wanted him and Daisy to live in his house and stay in West Egg. Contrary to what Gatsby said, Daisy wants to move away from New York, back to her hometown. (Luhrmann).

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Such as the fact that Nick never meets Tom and Myrtle’s downstairs neighbors, the McKee’s, directly, how Daisy gave Gatsby his name because he introduced himself as Jay Gatz, and how Myrtle never purchased the dog directly though it is still present in the movie. There is also the fact that Gatsby and Nick are not introduced the same way as they are in the book. In the book Nick is sitting at a table with Jordan and Gatsby and mentions that he hasn’t seen the host. Nick still mentions that in the book, but Gatsby mentions Nick over without Jordan in sight changing that small piece of the storyline. The other minor difference that you pick up in the movie that you do not see throughout the book is that Daisy looks like she knows Gatsby is poor when she meets him, which changes the way their relationship is perceived.

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The movie changes when Daisy and Gatsby last seen each other, the people who are met at Gatsby’s party, and what happens when Nick invites Daisy to tea. The first detail that was changed in the movie is how old Pammy is. In both the novel and the movie, Daisy has a Daughter who is named Pammy. Although Pammy isn’t a main

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The novel The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, is wide read novel among high school students. There are several movie versions of the novel. As a class, we watched two different movie versions of The Great Gatsby. We watched the latest movie version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and the second version is by A&E Cable Network for television. We only watched the beginning; however, we spotted multiple differences between the book and the movie.

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For starters, there are similarities between the book and the movie. For the most part the the movie is very accurate with portraying all the symbolism that was portrayed in the novel. This includes the scene where we are first introduced to Jordan Baker and Daisy Buchanan, who are both wearing white and in a room filled with flowing white curtains just like in chapter one of “The Great Gatsby.” The color white in both the novel and film is supposed to represent innocence. There is also the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock that Gatsby reaches out to that represents his dream.

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