The Great Gatsby Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The 1920s was a time of change and evolution, there were many things going on at the time. In effect, this time period was when modernists were coming about, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald who was a modernists writer. In his most famous novel The Great Gatsby, he describes and details the roaring twenties through carefully created characters. The text was later produced into films in 1974 by Jack Clayton and 2013 by Baz Luhrmann. Yet, in the films they’re are some minor to major differences compared to the original text of the book. The 1974 film, by Jack Clayton is on the older side of the films, but in fact has several structural similarities to the story. In this version of the film, the setting, the costumes, the acts were more significant and overall more appealing/realistically rather than the over exaggerated 2013 film. Nick Carraway himself states, “There was music from my neighbor's house through those summer nights. In his enchanted gardens, men and girls came and went like moths, among the whispering and the champagne and the stars. I believe that few people were actually …show more content…

It illustrated astonishing visuals, and great actors; but did not portray the character's traits quite well. In Fitzgerald’s novel, Nick is detailed as a slender, middle-aged caucasian man with vibrant blue eyes. Who is also described as a very simple man. Therefore, with the illustration of Nick on my mind, based on the story; it gave me an expectation of Nick. After seeing both films, to me personally the 1974 did a better job in demonstrating Nick’s traits. The essence of this statement, is also supported as in, the character's way of communicating, appearance and overall influenced/inspired clothing and music of that era. As to how the music of the 2013 film did not match the 1920s era, rather it was more relatable to the era of today, therefore was not really demonstrating the significant scenes of the