The Great Gatsby Comparison

Nick Carroway is the main character of the book “The Great Gatsby”. The significance of this character being in the story is that he is an ordinary person who lives a regular life. The author expresses Nick Carroway as the main guy throughout the story. In the beginning, he lives in a regular home and works in the bond business. Coming to the end of the story, Nick turns dark realizing what happened in his life. The author describes Nick Carroway in the novel as a dynamic character because he changes from one person to another in situations.

Between decades there have been hundreds and hundreds of innovations and inventions that have been created to make the people’s lives better. But, cultures have changed as well. These changes have been shown by looking back at history through writing and stories passed down from one generation to the next. These stories have reflected how life has changed through the ages and the different lifestyles that people in the past have lived. From reading The Great Gatsby, and comparing the books culture to today’s age, there are multiple differences in then the two time periods.

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

This section of the paper will provide and discuss examples of Nick Carraway’s failure to reserve judgment of others upon meaning them. Through exploring Nick’s judgments of others, his personal bias becomes apparent. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Nick ignores his own philosophy and casts judgment upon characters. It could be argued that Nick knows these characters well enough to cast judgment upon them, but in truth, Nick also casts judgment upon minor characters. The introduction of Mr. McCree and George Wilson are two prime examples of Nick not withholding judgments of a minor character upon meeting them. Upon meeting both the characters Mr. McCree and George Wilson, he describes McCree as a “feminine” man and George as “spiritless man” (30, 25). When Nick is narrating about the nature of Jordan Baker, a woman who Nick builds a small relationship with, she states that “she was incurably dishonest. She wasn’t able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hand, jaunty body” (58). Even if Nick’s depiction of these minor character is accurate, it still provides proof that Nick is not a man who is inclined to withhold all judgment upon a person. Nick does not the reserve judgment of major character either throughout the novel. Up until the end of the novel, Nick has positive judgments of

The American Dream is different for everyone. A great amount of people will do anything to make their dream come true. They will even change themselves. Would you change yourself for someone, someone you love? Gatsby did.

This response intrigues Nick’s interest in Gatsby, helping the mythical like legend of Gatsby develop from the very beginning of the novel. This encounter is integral to the story, not only for Nick, but for the reader as well. By Ms. Baker telling Nick that he “must” know the host of the party, Nick becomes fixated on discovering who this man is, and the reader is left wondering who could this mysterious man be. This curiosity of discovering the man named Gatsby is the basis of Nick’s continued interest and relationship with the protagonist throughout the novel. Nick is cut out to be an unreliable narrator in the telling of the story, for in the beginning of the novel, Nick states himself as one who has the ability to reserve judgement. As the story develops, Nick will eventually come to pass judgement not only on Gatsby, but all of the other major characters as well. Fitzgerald constructs Nick’s character in this manner, giving a higher value to what Nick says, along with what he thinks. This is done because, as the moral center of the entire novel, Nick is the only character who is outside looking in, the only one who is not accustomed to this fast life. By adding a higher value onto what Nick says and thinks, Fitzgerald has further developed Gatsby, and his mythical like aura. Throughout the novel, Nick does quite the opposite of praise and glorify Gatsby, but no matter the circumstance, Nick always comes

The Great Gatsby, a renown novel authored by Scott F. Fitzgerald, describes the life of Jay Gatsby and his surrounding clique. Gatsby, a tycoon well known for his fabulous and extravagant parties, lives a quite interesting life during the roaring 20’s. The novel eventually became so famous, that it was translated into numerous languages, and even made it all the way to Hollywood. The novel first made the big screens as a silent film in 1924, then in the 70’s,and a few decades later it was reborn in 2013. Without a doubt, both films were a great hit, however the 2013 screening made the bigger bucks. Although the 2013 film contains ample similarities to Fitzgerald’s novel, there are definitely a couple of differences. One of few differences between the film of the novel, is how Baz Luhrmann presents Gatsby’s parties. Secondly, another difference between the film and the novel, is how Gatsby responds to the quarry he has with Tom Buchanan.

The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an iconic representation of the roaring 1920s and the different social classes and trends of the time. The Great Gatsby displays how far one is willing to go for love. The 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald was so popular that it was recreated into a film in 1974 and then recreated again in 2013. Although all three versions of The Great Gatsby were very similar and followed a very close storyline and script, there were some notable differences as well. However, the characters personalities and the representation of the 1920s were portrayed differently between the three versions.

Nick Carraway was a prototypical West Egg resident, following in his prestigious family’s footsteps. He never had to work for anything, completely opposing the mystical “American Dream.” Nick, both the narrator and a participant in Fitzgerald’s book, was mesmerized by the aura of unknown surrounding Jay Gatsby. He threw ravishing parties that seemingly never ended, and had a mansion that everyone, both sides included, in town admired. Nick had an overwhelming admiration for the legend of Gatsby, leading to his biased and unreliable judgement while narrating The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby one of the classics of the twentieth century due to the connotations novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald gave to the dialogue, setting, mood\tone and characterization that favor the novel. Along with this drama and fiction book many films were made like The Great Gatsby by Jack Clayton, 1974 version who is faithful to the basic story but is slower and less vibrant. On the other hand is the Baz Luhrmann, 2013 version who is also faithful to the basic story with some narration and dialogue directly taken from the book, but it also added more edge and drama to rise up the intensity in the climactic argument between Tom and Gatsby in chapter seven. In both film adaptations they interpret the novel differently through the use of tone\mood and how they visually present the themes and characters. Although they differentiate in various aspects they also share similarities.

The film representations of the scenes from The Great Gatsby and Midnight in Paris of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, have similar scenes, which represent the 1920’s where many people are caught up living in the past and the “Golden Age.” The scenes within the film, The Great Gatsby, represent the book well, but there are some scenes that were removed from the film that represent specific scenes from the novel perfectly. As for Midnight in Paris, the scenes represent the themes from Fitzgerald’s novel with the lighting, music, and characters. In the film Midnight in Paris Gil tries to steal Inez’s pair of earrings so he can give it to Adriana.

As I began reading the novel The Great Gatsby I was introduced to many important characters. First off I met Nick Carraway the self-proclaimed narrator of the story. Nick is a young man who moved from Minnesota to the city of New York to learn the bond business. I learned that Nick studied at Yale and served time in World War One. Nick describes himself as an honest man, who does not judge onto others however contradicts himself when he says he is highly moral and has a stronger dignity than others. Nicks’ character really intrigues me because although what he says about his personality, I believe by the end of the novel he will be changed man and become a different person. This can be perceived early on because in chapter two he

In The Great Gatsby, A key part of the story is the death of Myrtle Wilson who is Tom Buchanan’s Mistress that he uses for his own desires. In the 1974 Version of the story Myrtle and her husband George Wilson were in an argument that I assume to be about her affair with Mr. Buchanan. Earlier in the Day Mr buchanan drove the bright yellow car. The bright yellow car was coming towards the gas station and she is trying to escape her husband's arms to get to the car and the scene ends. In the next scene she is dead and people assume that Mr Gatsby did it however, Daisy Buchanan was the one who was driving the car to try and calm herself down. In the 2013 Version Everything is the same except for it goes into

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway arrives in New York in search of the American dream. He goes to visit his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom, and soon figures out that his next door neighbor, Gatsby, is in love with Daisy. Nick’s eyes are opened to a lot as he spends time in New York. Some themes he was exposed to are corruption, materialism/decadence, and American dream. These themes are represented throughout the story by Tom’s affair and his friends wealth and their lifestyle.

Summer can sometimes feel like torture, especially if you find yourself with nothing to do. It is during these times that watching an entertaining movie can bring your dull and boring day to one that is filled with excitement and exuberance. To enlighten your day, two movies you should watch over the summer are The Great Gatsby and Frozen.