The Great Gatsby Book And Movie Analysis

The Great Gatsby is a novel which critically discusses the ideals of the American Dream and recapturing the past. In the film adaptation, producer Jack Clayton stays very closely to the plot and even quotes the novel verbatim but fails to capture the essence of the themes portrayed in the novel. The text did not translate well into film; some facts are distorted, the depiction of the characters are different, the general ambience of certain settings do not match, and the movie is weighted towards the beginning of the book, with half of the movie based closely on the first two chapters of the book.

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    Summary: The narrator of The Great Gatsby, Nick starts the novel by describing himself and introducing Gatsby, everything he scorns, but strives to be. Nick moves to the West Egg in New York to work in the bond business. Nick goes to Tom and Daisy’s house for dinner one night. Tom is a friends from college and Daisy is Nick’s cousin. Nick finds out about Tom’s lover, and sees Gatsby reaching off in the distance when he arrives home.

In Scott Fitzgerald’s book version of The Great Gatsby, we can find many differences within the characterizations. Gatsby is portrayed differently in the book than in the movie. For example, in the book, Gatsby was frightened and aware of the fact that Daisy would never be his. In the book he was worried saying, “No telephone message arrived…” This quote shows how he seemed anxious from not hearing from Daisy. In the quote, “Gatsby

The classic American novel, The Great Gatsby, presents a major theme of passing time. Losing Daisy meant losing Gatsby’s entire world, which he only kept alive through his hope of repeating the past. Daisy is a symbol of everything he values and therefore became the entity of his dream: his dream of spending the rest of his life with Daisy, the woman he loves undeniably. But Gatsby doesn’t realize his dream is unattainable because unfortunately, he cannot go back in time or recreate the past. Gatsby is stuck in the past, longing for the relationship between him and Daisy, and can’t accept the future, resulting in his own death. This is depicted in

Jay Gatsby- For my Great Gatsby movie, I'd have Jonny Depp play Jay Gatsby. I would pick Jonny Depp for this part because it is a big one, and I feel that he can handle it due to his experience in large spots. For example he was the main character in all Pirates of the Caribbean and he was also the main character in Edward Scissorhands. If you've seen any of Jonny Depp's movies you would know that he is very versatile and will go to any depth to be the best he can as a character.

The character of Nick Carraway has shown many similarities and differences with the film and the novel. In the beginning of the film, Nick is seen in the setting of a mental institution in which he was admitted for alcoholic issues, the death of Gatsby, and disgust of old friends. Nick is telling the story of Gatsby and the people he met in the time of living in West Egg next to Gatsby’s mansion. In the novel, Nick starts off by telling his younger days when his father told him as he was about to leave for New York, “‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had’” (Fitzgerald 1) In the novel Nick is said to be childish and uncomfortable but in the film he appears sophisticated and and easy

The major similarity between the two stories were the characters. To begin, the protagonist of the story is very much akin to each other. In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is seen as a character

In the movie, “ The Great Gatsby” released in 1974, the music that the director used is more 1920s than the movie that was released in 2013, which contains more up to date music. Also all version open differently. The 1974 movie opens with Nick pulling up at daisy’s house in his boat. The 2013 movie starts was Nick talking to his doctor. In the novel, it begins with Nick headed to Daisy’s house in his car. In the 1974 movie and the novel Nick and Jordan are dating, but the 2013 movie they are not. Also they

Before anything can be determined, the similarities need to first be examined. 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. This basic plot is the same in the movie and the novel ,but 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 Gatsby. She is friends with Gatsby and she wanted Nick to meet him. They look but cannot find him anywhere.

The version of the Great Gatsby by Jack Clayton, and the the one by Baz Luhrmann both showed some significance and connection to the novel. However, not all the scenes were accurate compared to the book. Some differ because of the directors’ point of view, and others because of the time era. The movie by Baz Luhrmann starts with Nick talking to his therapist about everything that has happened to him.

The great Gatsby film done by director Robert Markowitz is alike to the story in many ways that it is not. Gatsby’s funeral in the movie version of 2000 is in many ways just the same as the book. Although there are things that are similar there are many many things that differed as well. Things such as the meeting between Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan after the funeral, In the book it states “ one afternoon late October I saw Tom Buchanan, He was walking ahead of me along Fifth Avenue… Suddenly he saw me and walked back, holding out his hand.” This part is very important because Tom in telling Wilson about Gatsby is the reason for Gatsby's death even though many others can argue it may have been Daisie's fault for not taking the fall herself

This conflicts with the novel because the film gives the reason why Nick writes The Great Gatsby is because a doctor told him too and in the novel he has no real motive behind writing it. Also, Nick is checked into the sanitarium because he is “morbidly alcoholic” but in the novel he mentions getting drunk only twice in his life (Haglund). For him to be an alcoholic, he would have to get drunk more than two times in his life (Haglund). This is a clear difference because in the film it introduces a more “wild” Nick than he is in the novel. The next difference between both works is apartment party that Tom throws for

The 2013 drama/romance movie, The Great Gatsby, is the second movie adaption made based off the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, this film received both glory and criticism upon its release. The Great Gatsby is well known for its “Gatsby era” as well as the love encircled between money and power. Without the glitz and glam of this story in conjunction with the forever love Jay Gatsby, a millionaire known for his magnificent parties, holds for Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby would not be as acclaimed of a story. Baz Luhrmann makes sure to emphasize these characteristics throughout the film through his use of symbolism, irony, and imagery.

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.