A Comparison Of Tea At Nick's And The Wreck And Death

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The 1920s were a time of great parties, great wealth, and great secrets. With prohibition raging and the people becoming more and more carefree, the world of the 1920s gave headway into opportunities for the rich and the poor to mix and enjoy. Fitzgerald encompasses this world of wonder into a story of a man searching for the love of his life whom he devoted his whole world to. The Great Gatsby is a story that brings the reader into this fantastical world and shows him/her all the glory, and all the hidden secrets. Baz Luhrmann tried to bring the same sense of wonder in his film version of Fitzgerald’s novel, and managed to get the mood right in most of his scenes. Tea at Nick’s and the Wreck and Death scenes were two catastrophic events …show more content…

The Great Jay Gatsby, although seemingly invincible to Nick, let down his facade of grace and glory for only one person, Mrs. Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby used Nick to lure Daisy to him, and when the moment finally arrived that he got to meet Daisy again, the moment was not quite as glorious as he had hoped. Fitzgerald wrote a scene in which there was a mood of nervousness and discomfort before the encounter, to a dreamy and excited mood when she finally arrived, and ending with hopelessness. When Gatsby first arrived to Nick’s house, Fitzgerald set the scene with the image of “the door opened nervously, and Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie, hurried in. He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes” (Fitzgerald 84). Fitzgerald personified the door by having it open nervously, erecting a sense of discomfort on the reader. His detailed description of Gatsby standing at the front door, trying to look collected with his expensive and beautiful suit, but failing to hide the true nerves that are shown on his face, brings the reader to feel the same nerves and discomfort as Gatsby did. …show more content…

Fitzgerald intended for the reader to feel the same discomfort as Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick did in the tea scene at their house. Luhrmann created this same discomfort in the way he filmed the scene, the way he created the background, and the way the actors portrayed the screenplay he wrote. Baz Luhrmann started the scene with the song “Crazy In Love” sang by Beyonce. This upbeat song has the lyrics “Got me looking so crazy right now, your love’s/ Got me looking so crazy right now” hinting to the audience that Gatsby, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, was a bit out of his norm and had extremely mixed emotions when it came to seeing Daisy again. By carefully picking these lyrics, Luhrmann started to enforce the mood Fitzgerald had laid out for him. He also used the rain Fitzgerald had wrote about in order to create the same sense of darkness and discomfort. Rain leads to being wet which leads to discomfort and other problems. Leonardo DiCaprio continued to show discomfort in the way he portrayed his character. When first arriving at Nick’s house he had his brow furrowed and his walk stiff and upright. He seemed extremely focused on the littlest details and constantly looked uncomfortable and worried. When he entered Nick’s house, he seemed to be extremely concerned about whether or not the house looked as nice as he had

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