The Great Gatsby Differences Between Book And Movie

The fight scene between Gatsby and Tom shows stronger emotional aspects of Gatsby's character and personality that are interpreted in the film differently than in the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The most appealing moment happened during the fight between Gatsby and Tom when fighting over Daisy. I noticed a big importance contrast between the movie, and the book. In the climax of the fight between Tom and Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes the out play of the situation different than the director of the movie. Fitzgerald describes the whole ending of the scene (pages 133-134) as mostly Tom just pestering Gatsby about his illegal job in front of Daisy. Tom describing Gatsby as a “bootlegger” was the way to get Daisy upset. She felt betrayed and sad about how Gatsby earned

Tom pushes Gatsby's buttons further by exposing his childhood and occupation, leads to Gatsby turning on his heel and yelling “Shut up!” repetitively while holding a fist in the air ready to punch. This is what pushes Daisy in the movie. Gatsby's anger and lack of control makes Daisy shocked. Tears stream down her face as she yearns at Tom to let her go home. Furthermore, the only similar thing between the two interpretations was that in both cases Tom states “Gatsby looked in that moment, as if he had killed a man”. In both the book and the movie Tom mentions this but the way Gatsby looked like he had “killed a man” meant different things to the audiences reading the book or watching the movie. The audience reading would understand that Gatsby was embarrassed in front of Daisy and that he wasn’t ready for her to know what he did for a living. In the movie, Gatsby looked this way not just because he was embarrassed about his occupation, but more he was embarrassed about how he lost his temper in front of Daisy. He knew he hurt and scared her badly which is why in the movie he looked as though he “killed a