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The Great Gatsby: Comparing The Book And Movie

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First, in our comparison and differences, we should talk about the characters. First is Tom while in the book it shows that he was a bit uptight having Nick around in the first few chapters, Tom in the movie is more relaxed and with great confidence a bit snobby. When we first meet Daisy in the book, it appears that she is having the time of her life hanging out with Jordan but when any talk starts to head towards the love for Tom, she immediately saddens. Seeming to hide from the world. While in the movie, she from the very beginning is sad when she sees Nick but cheers up after some talking to. The last of the main characters is Jordan, in the book first meeting Nick shows quite a bit of interest in him as a man and a person. While in the movie it is very different, she is practically a blank canvas, she doesn’t show much interest and emotion. And for the man in the library, in the book, he is quite drunk and very heart broken. While in the movie he actually brings some sense into the “Gatsby disguise” and doesn’t …show more content…

When the movie’s first scene is shown, Nick is talking to a doctor in a hospital and revealing that Nick has many different symptoms of sicknesses. While in the book is wasn’t that he was talking to a doctor, just like he is writing about it or talking an insignificant person. While the big party was being held in the movie, Nick states that he was the only one to actually be invited. While in the book it could possibly referring to past parties, but it did say that a few that were invited to that party. The movie changed the setting when they met Gatsby quite a bit, first Gatsby wasn’t in a quieter area, he was serving to his guests. And second, they had Jordan leave Nick alone as he talked to Gatsby. In the book, he was in a quieter part of the garden, and Jordan stays with them as Nick and Gatsby talk to each other. I believe the book version is better for the

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I think these differences make the book and the movie way both interesting. I think the differences are good because it sums it all up and with hearing both the book and the movie it fills in the blank questions in your

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In the movie though George is seen crying before he shoots Lennie. This doesn't occur in the book. It makes George seem more innocent and sympathetic. Although the plot and theme are similar the characters are portrayed differently in

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In Chapters 1 and 2 Nick states “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, … represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.” 2. In chapters 7 and 8, Tom learns about the affair between Daisy and Gatsby. Nick points out the irony of losing both women in his

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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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Gatsby’s parties are enormous, elaborate, and energetic in both the film and the novel. In the novel, the parties are described as if they would take place during the Roaring Twenties, but parties in the film are given a modern adjustment. Booming music is playing at Gatsby’s parties in both

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Aristotelian Argument: Representation of the Great Gatsby The two movies, The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann and Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen had quite similarities in the character’s to the novel. Both films created a significant portrayal of The Great Gatsby. The films had a similar theme as in the novel towards reliving in the past. Characters, like Nick and Gil, were selfish and didn 't want anything but to succeed in what they wanted.

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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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One of the first differences in the details happens in the movie during the party in the New York apartment, at the party, Catherine, Myrtle’s sister, uses drugs to enjoy the night, whereas, in the novel, they only use alcohol. This is an important detail because it shows the story's modernization to better fit today's audiences. The next detailed difference is at Gatsby’s party, the music that the partygoers are dancing to is much more modern than the jazz that is played in the novel. This is another example of the director’s attempt to make the 2013 movie resonate with modern audiences. A third difference in the details is when Nick meets Meyer Wolfsheim.

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Another difference is that in the movie they go into town, but in the book it 's never mentioned. Something else that was different was that in the book the mood was happy most of the time, while in the movie the mood was sad. A difference between the book and the movie is that in the book momma was going to burn Byron, but in the movie she does not burn him. A big difference is that in the

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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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In Search of Human Morality Although the past is generally portrayed as a recollection of mistakes, regrets and unfond memories, it does not define one’s self identity. This plot is explained in vivid detail in both novels The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a coming of age novel of an uncommon bond between two unlikely friends who separate due to the increasing religious and political tension in Afghanistan 's years of corruption. After several years, Amir, the protagonist, receives a call and a familiar voice reminds his that there is a way to be good again. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald bases in Long Island, New York in the Nineteenth Twenties where

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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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However, The key thing about Daisys character is that she is Gatsby’s American dream. The novel shows us this mostly through Nicks narrations especially about his past and how coming from a poor family being excepted and loved by Daisy would mean that he had finally reached his American dream. In the film we also see this idea slowly revealed and this movie takes advantage to show us Gatsby and Daisys past, visually seeing why Daisy is so important to Gatsby. The film takes what was told during the novel and keeps the character of Daisy extremely similar to her novel version, and is faithful

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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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