The Great Gatsby Book And Movie Analysis

There are many differences between the movie The Great Gatsby and the book written by Fitzgerald The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of things borrowed from the book, but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book. The movie did an excellent job portraying the 1920’s and the parties that happened at Gatsby’s house. It was a very accurate picture of what we the readers would imagine the time period and parties of the book to be shown. A great example is the end of the movie were the actor who played nick carraway the person who the story
Fitzgerald played with the reader's mind wanting us to believe that maybe Nick should have been with Mrs Baker as he says “Her gray,sun strained eyes stared straight ahead,but she had deliberately shifted our relations. And for a moment I thought I loved her” (Fitzgerald 58).Even after the death of Mr jay gatsby the author still puts in our head that maybe they still can have a relationship “Usually her voice came over the wire as something fresh and cool, as if a divot from a green golf-links had come sailing in at the office window, but this morning it seemed harsh and dry. “I’ve left Daisy’s house,” she said. “I’m at Hempstead, and I’m going down to Southampton this afternoon.” Probably it had been tactful to leave Daisy’s house, but the act annoyed me, and her next remark made me rigid. “You weren’t so nice to me last night.” “How could it have mattered then?” Silence for a moment. Then: However— I want to see you.” “I want to see you, too.” “Suppose I don’t go to Southampton, and come into town this afternoon?” “No— I don’t think this afternoon”(Fitzgerald 155).Sadly the movie fails to show this romantic relationship these two characters had.In the movie version thier relationship appears to be based on friendship,rather than