The Great Gatsby Book Vs Movie

While reading the praised book The Great Gatsby, authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald, details of characterization was present. The reading was a glamourous book catching all readers eyes. While being wed, Daisy reconnected with Gatsby after 5 years, without seeing each other, through her cousin, Nick. She once had an ardent love with Gatsby before he went off to War. He was a poor man and had to stay in combat longer than expected. Thus, leading Daisy to have no choice but to move on in her life and get married to a prosperous, barbaric polo-player, Tom Buchanan. When Gatsby returned from the war he longed for Daisy. Gatsby then became wealthy by doing criminal acts just to earn back the love of Daisy Buchanan. They fell in love again after

The movie certainly captured what made the 1920’s roaring. The movie caught the big parties and the elegant clothing fast cars and drunken joy. Baz Lumberman made the parties look real and like how Gatsby had them. The parties were bigger than life and they successfully made Fitzgerald's words come to life.

Multiple differences lay in the three main literary elements analyzed between the two different media representations of The Great Gatsby: characterization, mood and tone, and theme. Characterizations between the book and movie involved differences in actions and portrayal that better correlated with the drama of television and the subtlety of literature. Mood and tone also shifted in order to better associate with their represented media. Television was more direct and dramatic, whereas the book was more uncomfortable and detail-oriented. Themes changed to target a different audience but focused on the same ideals. The themes of love and loyalty were explored, but instead of focusing on the loyalty between people despite lost love like in the book, the movie focused more on how our love for someone else can dictate our actions. On the other hand, there were similarities between the two medias: the characters were all there and followed the same plot, Myrtle still died, and Gatsby still took the blame for Daisy. The basis of the differences between the movie and the book originated with the differences between the characters’ portrayal; as their actions changed so did how the audience receive the story.

For example, Leonardo Dicaprio’s character of Gatsby was focused on emotions. I enjoyed that Redford was very calm and cool about everything and the way he approached the character but, Dicaprio made such an open and outgoing character which made the movie more entertaining. DiCaprio captured Gatsby’s intensity and charm and brought out the crazy mood swings and took his character and the audience to a more emotional place. Both Robert Redford and Leonardo DiCaprio had their own way of approaching the character and really selling Gatsby but Leonardo DiCaprios was better. Another reason I prefer the 2013 version of the 74’ is because of the bond and friendship Nick Carraway played by Tobey Maguire and Gatsby had MaGuire was able to bring a

I: All throughout grade school and even high school, my teachers, parents, and even friends told me not to take the easy way out when it comes to books. Always read the book before the movie. I usually took the easy way out, watched the movie, and then skim the book. After doing this project I see what everyone was talking about. The book is much better than the movie, it gives you more of a sense of what is going on, a greater sense of when the story takes place, and it gives the characters more definition.

Mariah Thomas Mr.Bannister English III January 29th,2016 The Great Gatsby Movie vs. Book There are many differences to be found between The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgereald’s, written in 1925 and the film created by Baz Luhmann in 2013. In The Great Gatsby movie(2013)

“So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"- Nick Carraway, a famous quote that captures the harsh indictment in chasing the American dream. “The Great Gatsby” an original literary art form, has been adapted to film by director Baz Luhrmann. Both forms display different approaches at telling the story. Yet the novel written by the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald is proven to be superior. The characters of Daisy Buchanan and Gatsby are diluted and the historical message of the novel are changed in film thus creating a very lacklustre attempt at illustrating “The Great Gatsby”.

Throughout “The Great Gatsby” Jay Gatsby makes it his goal to achieve Daisy’s love for him as she once had. While both the novel and the film clearly show Gatsby’s great motivation to obtain Daisy's love, in the film, Luhrmann exaggerates Fitzgerald's reasoning for why Daisy decides to choose Tom over Gatsby. Luhrmann does this through the use of imagery and the addition of new events. Luhrmann is able to exaggerate Daisy’s reasoning for why she chooses Tom over Gatsby by being able to implement visual imagery of the events that happened in the book. This meant that the developer of the movie would be able to set up scenes that corresponded with the novel but being that it was a film, there could be more added to it that could not be used in the book such as the use of nonverbal communication. As a result this creates a more villainous characterization of Gatsby in the film opposed to in the book whereas Tom carries that characterization.

A vivid scene that was intriguing and I found interesting is the Great Gatsby's Murder scene. These scenes from the book and the movie were two different styles of showing the reader what was going on. The plot was the same, Tom told Wilson it was Gatsby that murdered Myrtle and Wilson wanted to get revenge. This scene was a very important part of the book and I would think the director’s would want the scene to go exactly how the book told it to be. There was a couple scenes that was brought to my attention when watching the movie. According to the book Gatsby had a inflatable pool raft with him in the book, “He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer, and the chauffeur helped him pump it up.” In the movie he just ask one of his servants to get a raft, but it was nowhere to be found in the pool when he died.

“The Great Gatsby” directed by Baz Luhrmann is a loud, extravagant and dramatic new version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920’s novel. The film tells the story of Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire, a writer from the midwest who gets sucked into the hectic world of Jay Gatsby, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jay Gatsby is a mysterious, reclusive man and the only thing you really know about him is that he is extremely wealthy and he likes to host lavish parties in his enormous mansion in West Egg. Another key component of this film is Daisy Buchanan who is played by Carey Mulligan, she is the wife of Tom Buchanan, who is played by Joel Edgerton.

I found The Great Gatsby to be a really good movie. It was very similar to the book as it depicts the way Gatsby sees the green light as a representation of Daisy, while on the other hand the audience and readers sees it as the ever moving American Dream. The luxury of Gatsby’s parties, the 1920’s music hits mixed with the modern day hip hop, are all aspects that are wisely used by the director of the film to enhance the story. We keep in mind that this book is nearly 100 years old, but when you bring in the modern day society’s best music hits, it helps us connect better to this era. In other words we understand more when it relates back to what we are familiar with.

I am right now writing about the differences between “The Great Gatsby” Novel, and movie. To me the movie is so much better because you can actually see it, but in the book you have to visualize it. Yes the book had more detail, but I love movies, I really don’t like to read. The Great Gatsby I believe has an amazing story line that catches your attention right off the bat. I love the lavish life, shiny things, and the 20’s style. Women were known as flappers in that day, which means they were women who wore shorts skirt and had short hair, they made it known they didn’t care about others opinions. This story line is a drama, and a romance, my two favorite things. To start off in the book, Nick meets Gatsby by chance while

Lately, movie adaptations of classic novels and remakes have been hitting the movie industry. One that doesn't get omitted is the latest The Great Gatsby. The 2013 film is a faithful rendition of the novel, by Scott F. Fitzgerald, published back in 1925. A general impression first given to me of the movie was that it was overall an adaptation that followed the original novel in a respective way. In addition, the presentation was interesting and slightly faster paced than the book, including high production and budget as well. Not only are those crucial factors to have in an adaptation, the film especially relays the major theme of the American dream. It begins with a summary of it and continually displays it throughout the film in various ways such as the exhibition of Gatsby’s luxurious parties and the

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott. Fitzgerald is a beautiful masterpiece that is one of the most popular novels sold today. It is popular enough that is had been many different films. The 2013 film of The Great Gatsby offers specific scenes that are different from the book. There is also scenes that describe the book perfectly. One scene that I felt is different from the book is when Jay Gatsby is shot. In the book, Jay Gatsby is on his mattress that his butler helps him pump up at the pool. His butler is waiting for a call from Daisy, and if she calls Gatsby is to be notified immediately. The book goes on with saying that the one who hears the shots is the chauffeur. However, in the movie, instead of Gatsby lying down in the pool, he is

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was published in 1925. The novel vividly paints the wasted American Dream in a 1920’s America just out of World War 1. It shows the postwar panic, the shaking of social; mores, loss of innocence and a culture shock where values of the old generation were rejected with fashion; which included skirts above the knee bobbed hair and a Bohemian lifestyle that came with little moral. The Great Gatsby consists of nine chapters where Fitzgerald presents the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, told through first person narrative by Nick Caraway. He reveals the story of Jay Gatz, where the main objective of attaining wealth was to solely gain the acceptance into the sophisticated world of Daisy Buchannan. In 2013 Baz Lurhmann made a film adaptation of the novel.