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There can be many differences in modern day movies and novels. They may have preserved the same plot line or main points but changed certain details, whether large or small, changing the story in a drastic way. Changing some details can change the mood or feel of the story or characters within the story. Before the differences can be determined, the similarities need to first be examined.
One of the major differences between the two works is the initial meeting between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Gatsby and Nick met at a party that Gatsby had thrown at his mansion. Nick had been invited to this party because he was Gatsby's next door neighbor, and Gatsby knew that Nick and Daisy were close, as they were cousins. Daisy is the girl that Gatsby let get away. This basic plot is the same in the movie and the novel. However, the details change within the two plots. In the book version, Nick and his friend, Jordan Baker, run into each other at the party, and Jordan decides to look for her friend Gatsby so that Nick could meet him. They looked around but could not find him anywhere. At one point they end up sitting at a table with some other people. "We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age...'Your face is familiar,' he said politely" (51). The two men began to talk about the war for some time and then their conversation turned to the party. "This is an unusual party for me. I haven't even seen the host. I live over there... and this man named Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with an invitation... 'I'm Gatsby,' he said suddenly (52)”. The meeting in the movie occurred differently. They were still at a party in Gatsby's house, but Gatsby met Nick in a crowd of people and it seemed as if he was looking for Nick. When they met,...

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...use. The movie shows the scene in which Gatsby is relaxing in his swimming pool, waiting for a call from Daisy saying that they can run off together. The phone rings and as Gatsby rushes to get out of the pool, Wilson shoots him, leaving Gatsby to bleed out in the pool. Gatsby's death is not describe in the novel, it is barely mentioned that they found him in the pool with blood floating about him and "...the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass..." (170), rather than in the patio.
In the Novel Fitzgerald never brings up where Nick is writing from or even implies it. In the movie, it’s implied that Nick has checked himself into the sanitarium and his writing from there while attending counseling sessions. Also implying that The Great Gatsby made a huge impact on his life. Overall the 2013 version of The Great Gatsby followed the novel very closely

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