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The Great Gatsby Movie Analysis Essay

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Eleni Powell Great Gatsby Analysis 11/13/17 The Great Gatsby is a movie set in the 1920’s. The main character Nick Carraway lives next to the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Throughout the movie you experience the roaring 20’s first hand. They take you to the lavish countryside, through the struggling “valley of ashes”, into the bustling cites, and down into the bootlegging speakeasies. Gatsby is a secretive man and no one knows the truth about him. By the end of the film you find out his past and his secrets are revealed to us by Nick. Nick was like Gatsby’s best friend through the film. Nick was like a middle man between Gatsby and Daisy. Daisy Buchanan was a woman who lived, with her husband Tom, across the bay from Gatsby. Tom had been sleeping around behind Daisy’s back and nick was the only one who knew who it was although everyone suspected he was. Although there are many characters to follow the main one was Gatsby his life was the main purpose of the film. A major theme in the movie was wealth. Gatsby was known for throwing extravagant parties and everyone in New York would attend. His parties were elite and people like movie stars, gangsters and politicians would attend his fantastic parties. Not only did these parties represent wealth but they represented the American dream. Women who attended the parties wore provocative clothing cut their hair real short and drank openly. These were things women wouldn’t even imagine doing 20 years ago. Everything was going great in America and people believed they could do anything. The acting in the movie was outstanding all the actors did a great job portraying the characters you would imagine in the 1920’s. The costumes and make up gave the film a real 1920’s look it was like watching an old film from that time only in color and a lot clearer. One thing I found ironic was the music Craig Armstrong (music director) used in the movie. There were two songs that stuck out the first was the song they played during Gatsby’s first party. It is called a Little Party Never Killed Nobody, and this is how everyone felt in the 1920’s or in other words it was the persona that was expressed. The second song was 100$ Bill, this song was playing in the speakeasy when Gatsby

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