Differences Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie

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As I was finishing up reading the last page in the classic, 1920s set, novel, The Great Gatsby, my teacher announced to the class that we have a test on it, in the next two weeks. She said, “The movie comes out this weekend. Go ahead and watch it, but I am pretty damn sure it isn 't like the book at all. It probably is not even set in the 1920s; it probably will have a modern twist to it. So make sure all you students read the book and not just the movie.” (Marlaire) Therefore, my friends and I all decided that we will wait until we take the test to go see that movie. However, as the weekend hit, my best friend, Olivia, and I were too eager to wait. So we went to go see this classic text turn into a movie and see how the director, Baz Luhrman, …show more content…

The synopsis of the book and the movie are mostly the same. “The dialogues that the characters in the movie used were directly from the book.” (Scott) The American Dream theme is exactly the same, as well in the movie and book, and how the American Dream is something that an individual’s own conscience desires. Meaning everyone has their own unique American Dream. For example, to Jay Gatsby, the American Dream in the movie and in the novel was to get affluent, and with this, he wanted to charm Daisy Buchanan. (Rawden) The green light Gatsby often looks at represents the American Dream. The green symbolizes money, but the green light is at the Buchanan 's house, portraying that Gatsby can never achieve his dream because he lives in “West Egg meaning ‘new money’ and has no hope of becoming accepted by the 'old money’, East Egg, particularly Daisy” (41, Fitzgerald). “Furthermore, Daisy’s American Dream was always and forever will always be to be rich.” (35-36) She never left Tom because she knew he was the man who could secure her for the rest of her life, rather than new money Gatsby. In the end, this all ties back to the commonality of Fitzgerald’s text and Luhrman’s movie. On the other hand, the movie was a bit of an exaggeration of the 1920s. The cars, the colors, the parties, and all were a bit over dramatic. The first big difference is Nick Caraway …show more content…

In the book, yes, Tom is an arrogant, brutish man, and a cheater, but he still has softness in his heart, when Mrytle died. He didn 't point fingers at Gatsby right away. Yet, throughout the movie, Luhrman played Tom as a true villain; making Tom look like the maleficent guy, when really we should look at Daisy’s character. She’s a gold digger. If Gatsby didn 't have money at all, she wouldn 't have “loved” or stayed with him for a single second. In reality, her character is shallow, selfish, and she’s a killer. She isn 't as innocent as everyone sees her

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