It is the roaring twenties. People are happier than ever and in a world full of opportunities. Failed writer, now bond broker, Nick Carraway ventures to New York City in hopes for a better life. He finds himself whisked into a world of wonder and mystery when he buys a house in West Egg besides a mysterious man named Gatsby.
Adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The plot of the film by Baz Luhrmann maintains the integrity of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original text.
It stays truthful to the illusion and fraud of it all. Gatsby is blinded with the prospects of living a better life, and which shapes his actions that lead him to a wild goose chase. Gatsby makes the judgements towards life. He never recognizes the irrevocable nature of life and never realizes what a careless individual Daisy is.
Everything is fraud. The green light tricked Gatsby and instilled false everlasting hope that could recreate the past which resulted in the sacrifice of Gatsby’s life. Everything about Gatsby is cater to Daisy. Everything is prep and handled with precision for Daisy. His hope lasts
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Gatsby is an interesting, but tragic character. He has mansions, money, servants, and lavish parties, but underneath it all, he has nothing. He built his whole persona around the love of his life, Daisy. to only come to the realization that the relationship with her is all in the past. Gatsby is so confident with the love they have for each other that essentially keeps him stuck in the past. So obsessed with Daisy, he doesn’t realize the world crumbling around him. He may seem like a confident and well-built character, but as both the novel and film progresses, his ideal life shatters and the audience realizes he is not the person we first thought he was. He comes so close, but is still so far away from the hope he has instilled in him from the green