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Tom Hit Myrtle Analysis

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The elements that the screenwriter did not keep true to had a lot to do with the personalities of certain characters and with the way the audience might view them because of the changes. One of the changes made between book and movie were the reasons that Tom hit Myrtle and the other being what happened after Gatsby was shot. In the book Tom hit Myrtle because she wouldn't stop saying Daisy's name. The screenwriter made it more difficult for the audience to hate Tom by making him show remorse after doing something that he did so thoughtlessly in the book. Then there's the way Daisy reacts to seeing Gatsby's shirts. She acts almost the same in both the movie and the book. the screenwriter wanted Tom's character to seem softer and he was originally
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