The Great Gatsby and Chicago were movies based upon the uprising of 1920’s. Although with two different plot lines, these two movies share the same outcome. Gatsby, a very wealthy men trying to bring back his soulmate which is a woman who is well off, married and with child and they try to rekindle their love with an affair. Chicago, two women accused of a murder and is sent to jail but both women wanted to become the greatest singers of all time. The two stories explain in their end that it was the lie that killed them. And the development of characters in both stories have shared the same paths and outcomes that made them hate the overall reality of life.
Jay Gatsby and Roxie Hart both believe that they could become successful. The author
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of both stories have made these characters hopeless romantics. In the beginning of Chicago, Roxie Hart was in an affair while her husband because she believed that this man would be able to change her life and help her become a national singer that everybody loves. She was so gullible to the fact that her lover would never talk to her about her singing, he only cared about what was under her clothes. She then kills him but didn’t realize that he had a family and kids waiting for him at home. Likewise, Gatsby believed to be with the women of his dreams before he went to the war. After the war, news came out that his lover was married the richest man in the country. But knowingly, he still tried to pursue a relationship with her and win her back so they could rekindle their love for one another. He became rich and through grand parties for people to always talk about him so one day she would come to one and be amazed and never go back home. But once she attended one and met up with him, she wanted to run away with him and never look back and he tried to convince her to just stay and be with him. Although Gatsby’s love interest was for the best, he was naive to the fact that she only wanted him because he would do anything for her no matter what the cost. Her husband is an abuser and she needed a shoulder to cry on and he could also reward her for being there for him because he believed that they still had the same feeling from before. The difference was that Gatsby knew when to share the truth with someone and when to tell a lie. He trusted Nick and implanted him with false truths about himself which was a smart move considering that he was the only chance on getting back with his love interest. And in doing so, he made a huge progression in his plan. Roxie wouldn’t mind telling the world the truth. She almost radded herself out when they came out of the jury house and news reporters were standing outside waiting for a statement for her actions. And the song, We Both Reached For The Gun, came on because Billy Flynn had to talk for her because she was going to ruin everything. Where there is an innocent murder, there is a close friend narrating their story. Nick Carraway was one of Gatsby’s closes friends. He might of been his right hand man when it came down to their scandalous affair because he was the only one that stuck by Gatsby’s side. (Evidence) Because of his loyalty, Nick helped Gatsby with his affair which could have lasted a lifetime. People believed that Nick was easy to manipulate, but he was just trying to help out Gatsby win back his lover. His intentions were clear that he admired the man a little too much but he thought that he could help bring back some light in Gatsby’s life because he felt sorry for him. (Evidence) Just like Nick, Amos Hart in Chicago mirrored the same characteristics. Amos Hart loved Roxie Hart with all his love. (Evidence) and he would do anything for her in order to keep their relationship going. When Roxie shot a man, she believed that he would vouch for her. And they practiced the words and he believed “every word she spewed out and he believed him like a dummy” her saying while she was singing about him. He was her right hand man when it came down to getting her out of bad situations. Both characters developed a sense of disappointment in the end of both stories because of the lies of their loved ones. (Evidence) and because of that, their character evolved into someone who was very loyal and could see the best in people and in the end they were hurt by the naiveness that their loved ones that they thought was the truth. The difference between the two characters was that Amos didn’t quite know how to detect a lie from someone he loved because she blantelenly made up a story that almost made her innocent. Nick knew the lies and the secrets of the riches but he didn’t say anything because he believed that there were better ways into handling the situation. (Evidence) Both stories ended in a tragedy when Amos Hart and George Wilson came into the picture.
Amos Hart loved Roxie so much that he was blinded by the lies that Roxie spewed out when she was being questioned about shooting a man. Rather than listening to all the signs and concrete evidence, Amos disregarded it out of love. In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson was the clueless husband who loved his wife dearly. He believed that she was in an affair with someone but didn’t want to believe that she could do such a thing. However as a result, Tom manipulate George to think that Gatsby was the lover of his wife. By doing so, Gatsby was the one to take the fall. The consequences of these two men was a lifetime of pain and regret. Despite the unconditional love that spiraled into a world of deception, both characters had their own way of dealing with the consequences. When Amos found out that Roxie used him for his money and conviction to get her out of jail he was distraught and didn’t know what to do with himself. However, when Tom spread lies about the affair and told George that Gatsby was the lover of Myrtle, he reacted with anger and hatred and wanted to avenge the life of his wife by taking away his …show more content…
life. Both stories developed an antagonist, and they are very important to the story because they help bring out the problems and the realities of the protagonist and also help the readers understand the view from the antagonist too. Tom Buchanan was trying to up one everyone, (evidence), but his life was not perfect as he thought it was. His character thought that ostracizing the affair of Gatsby and Tom Buchanan’s wife Daisy was the best way to end their relationship. When Gatsby confronted everyone about the scandal and Buchanan tries to squash the tension, he then insulted Gatsby’s fortune, Gatsby doesn’t think about his reaction and tries to attack him. Tom believed that by revealing the difference between Gatsby and everyone else, he would make Daisy want to degrade him and rethink their relationship. But at the same time, he doesn’t help Tom’s case because it makes everyone else feel bad for Gatsby. Tom’s intentions was clear, he was just trying to be the big dog in the state but doesn’t realize that other people are becoming larger than him and he feels the need to squash them with any dirt he can get on them. When confronting Wilson about the murder of his wife, Myrtle, Tom thought that it was Gatsby that killed her because he is the only millionaire that drives a yellow fast car. (Evidence) By him selling Gatsby out was just a plan to make everyone hate him and not trust him. By telling the public that he was the one that killed Myrtle will create a shift in the city and people would just think that he is a heartless killer who needs to pay for his wrong doings. Tom orcustrated his whole plan because he just wanted to be the top dog in the city and carry on a false confidences about his “happy family”. A character that would be close to Mr. Buchanan and that is money hungry and would do anything to make his name stand out but is also make himself sound like the protagonist would be the notorious Billy Flynn. Flynn made a song that metaphorically states that he would do anything for “love” but his actions have reflected that he only takes cases that will bring attention to the media and will put his name in the open for everyone to hear. And the more people hear about it, the more money he will receive in return. Flynn is introduced when Roxie is in dire need of a lawyer to get her out of prison so she could become a star even though she is guilty with or without charge. But in doing so, Flynn only works if he is guaranteed a paycheck after the trial ends or even begins. But as trial goes on, he scams the crowd into thinking she was innocent the whole time when in reality she killed him in cold blood. But he also sees that by winning her trial he gets the money and a good name in the papers. The difference between the two antagonist would be that the amount of popularity that Flynn gets doesn’t bother him as long as he gets what he worked for. Tom Buchanan ruined someone's life because he didn’t like them and was intimidated by them and he just wanted to feel like the superior one in the room. Both stories developed various themes and out of both stories, greed was one of the top themes of the two stories. The director of Chicago, Roxie Hart was in it for the money. Since er character was developed she was always trying to be rich. Her affair was based upon her career as a singer, she only loved him because he told her that he had connections to producers. But when he lied about the people he knew, she had to kill him. When she went to jail, she encountered Billy Flynn who was going to help her case. The whole time, their agreement stated that as long as she is in the papers, then they both would get paid. Throughout the movie, the viewer would believe that she was money hungry and would do anything to reach fame. Furthermore, in The Great Gatsby, Jordan is telling Nick about Gatsby’s and Daisy’s past relationship, she explained they were so in love, but he didn’t have a penny to his name. (evidence) Fast forward to the present time, they rekindled their love and he told her that he could live with her, but she still wanted more. Gatsby was a prime example as well because when talking about his past, he made it his mission to become successful. Dan Cody was the mentor of Gatsby and he showed him the rich life of a millionaire. When he died, he tried to inherit all of his money, but he had family members who sued Gatsby for stealing but due to malicious intervention of Cody’s mistress, Ella Kaye he gained the all the money and carried on his legacy as Jay Gatsby. Another common theme would also be the American dream that could never be attainable because there will always be something missing. In Great Gatsby, the author elaborates that Jay Gatsby is one of the richest man in East Egg and he had grand parties that would ignite a light in the sky and people would be drawn to it. However, the only reason why he made these grand gestures just for Daisy because she lived across the ocean bound. But his intentions only because of the love he had for Daisy. Likewise in Chicago, the director shows the audience how far Roxie had to go to become famous for her talents. Without Mr. Flynn, she wouldn’t have met the peak of her talent in the end of the movie. Manipulation created the drama between characters.
Back in the day, people would do anything to become the richest. Both main characters in both tales have had their share of lying into getting what they want. In the Great Gatsby, Daisy was the love interest of Jay Gatsby and the reader believed that she was just manipulating Nick Carraway in order to keep seeing Gatsby. Likewise, Gatsby would manipulate people into thinking that he wasn’t what he seemed. (Evidence) One of the characters that was easy to manipulate was Nick Carraway, he was naive to the fact that rich people don’t always become rich in a noble way. Jordan manipulated Nick in order for him to like her and the result turned into a heated fight that made Nick realize that nobody in that town had an inch of integrity. Nick’s character development was important because when the reader finds out the truth about the upperclassmen, they too are inform that even the classiest people are the dirtiest
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, “The Great Gatsby”, and Baz Luhrmann’s film, “The Great Gatsby”, both have similarities and contrasts between the two of them. The Great Gatsby is a novel and film taken place in the 1920s filled with wild parties, mysterious people, The American Dream, and most of all, love. There are several things that can be compared between the novel and film; such as the characters and the setting. There are also contrasts between the two as well; which is mainly involving the character Nick.
No one truly knows the true story behind Gatsby and his wealth. This adds an intriguing aspect to the life of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby lies in order to uphold his image. For example, Gatsby states that he is an Oxford man, however the reader finds that this is not entirely true. The social class that Gatsby strive to be a part of is well educated and proper. Gatsby creates an omission lie, that he is an oxford man. This is because Gatsby refrained from telling the whole truth, Gatsby leaves out certain information to hide the full truth. This deceives characters making them believe that he is well educated and fits in with the high society. In addition Gatsby lied to Nick about how he acquired his money. At first, Gatsby told the tale that he inherited his money, in order to fit in with the old money social class. Gatsby did not want to tarnish his his already vague image by letting it know that he was part of the mob. Gatsby wanted to be viewed as a gentleman not a
Gatsby, Myrtle and Tom lie to themselves and others through their words and actions. Gatsby and Myrtle attempt to be social climbers; Gatsby loves the idea of Daisy and Myrtle loves the idea of Tom and what he can provide for her. They both try to appear as someone they are not: Gatsby tries to appear as a successful man who comes from a wealthy family while Myrtle longs to appear as an upper class woman. Their lies have tragic results since Myrtle, Gatsby and Mr. Wilson all die needlessly. However, Tom, who seems to be successful, lies because he is selfish and thinks only about fulfilling his personal needs. Clearly, The Great Gatsby demonstrates that deceiving others, for any reason, inevitably leads to tragedy for the individual and others who touch their lives.
Truth in The Great Gatsby & nbsp; The Golden Age, a time when money was abundant. Wealthy family always demanded to impress others rather than living their own. life. How did wealth develop with scandals and how would dreams contribute to destiny? In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" Nick Carraway's great American dream was to control the truth. he lives his life. & nbsp; & nbsp; Money is a motivating force for almost everyone, but not everyone. loses sight of who they are. Gatsby's house and parties were a part of the shows he wanted to impress Daisy with. Daisy, confused by Gatsby's money. and wealth tried drawing away from her husband Tom when she saw financial security with Gatsby. Although Nick was tempted to be successful and wealthy he viewed ethics and even his own morals to be additionally.
Dreams are goals in life where people aspire to execute their passionate desire to an extent where it motivates them, allowing many to grasp their objectives (Dictionary). However, the dream can consume someone’s thoughts and acts, altering their persona. The nature of each protagonist in the novel, The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, and in the film American Gangster by Ridley Scott, were very similar due to the fact that their dreams destroyed their character. The protagonist in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, first aspired to become a rich man. In efforts of fulfilling his desires, his own dream destructed his emotional conscious. Similarly, the main character of American Gangster, Frank Lucas was destructed, but by immorality and wrongdoing
Jay Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald, two different beings, one a book character, the other a human being but both are the same person. Jay Gatsby, as evinced by the the title, is the main character in The Great Gatsby. His goals and achievements is what the novel revolves around. Gatsby is the most interesting character which is why he leaves something to think about in everything he does in the book, but what makes him amazing are the parallels between him and Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby as a catalyst of his life in the novel.
Jay Gatsby, one of the main characters in the novel, fails to realize that when one tells a lie, it comes back to bite you. For example, he initially tells his neighbor, and potential friend Nick, that he had inherited his redundant sums of money from his family. One night, the night Gatsby reunites with Daisy, he and Nick are admiring his substantial house. During the conversation, Gatsby slips out, “It took me just three years to earn the money that bought it” (Fitzgerald 90). By this, one can see Gatsby lie about how he acquired the wealth he has. When Nick questions his inheritance of the money, Gatsby automatically stutters with another lie- that he lost his family fortune in the panic of the war and had to earn all the money again by himself. Gatsby may have not realized he let this lie slide out from under him due to the rush of emotions connected with the reunion of his long lost love. Nevertheless, he did lie to Nick about his past, along with many other people, including Daisy. When he and his love first meet, he lies to her and comes off as a rich, stable man, she would be lucky to fall in love with. This is not the case, however. He is not as innocent as to have just inherit the wealth he gloats. Fitzgerald states, “He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses. I don’t mean that he had traded his phantom millions,...
In the novel The Great Gatsby and the play A Streetcar Named Desire the main characters James Gatsby and Blanche Dubois have a lengthy search for love. Both characters go about their search in similar and different ways. The characters choose illusion over reality, but the way in which they go about it differs. Also in an attempt to impress, both characters try and “buy” love by using material possessions to attract people to them. Although Gatsby and Blanche devote a lot of their lives to finding true love, their searching leaves them unsuccessful.
The origin of wealth is a key factor for deciding which social class each character in The Great Gatsby belong to. Jay Gatsby is the character who made the greatest social mobility. The other characters use him for his parties and hospitality but they do not consider him as an equal. This is something that is evident particularly on page 66 in the novel when Gatsby tells his story to Nick Carraway, the novel's narrator, and Nick describes Gatsby's phrases as so threadbare they lack credibility. No matter how much money Gatsby makes he is never going to be good enough for either Daisy or the other characters.
As the case with most “Novel to Movie” adaptations, screenwriters for films will make minor, and sometimes drastic, adjustments to the original text in order to increase drama and to reach modern audiences. Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film interpretation of The Great Gatsby followed the 1925 classic great plot quite accurately, with minor deviations. However, Luhrmann made some notable differences to the characters and settings of The Great Gatsby in order for the story to relate to the current generation and to intensity the plot
Taking it back to the 1920’s in The Great Gatsby and The Chicago Musical where everything was so different throughout the era. In the 1920’s women used their appearance to gain fame, money, and power. Women in Gatsby and in Chicago where nothing less persuade themselves to be these sexy women who can get anything they want. In the Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald women would always be with men who were so very wealthy but they had to be very popular to get with these sort of men. Remarkably in Chicago written by Rob Marshall it was slightly similar but different as well. Chicago had women who were so gorgeous that would do anything to be on the newspapers so they could make the money they always wished for. But back in 1920s it was not only
The Great Gatsby presents the main character Jay Gatsby, as a poor man who is in love with his best friends cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby was in love with Daisy, his first real love. He was impressed with what she represented, great comfort with extravagant living. Gatsby knew he was not good enough for her, but he was deeply in love. “For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man’s”(Fitzgerald 107). Gatsby could not think of the right words to say. Daisy was too perfect beyond anything he was able to think of. Soon Gatsby and Daisy went their separate ways. Jay Gatsby went into the war while telling Daisy to find someone better for her, someone that will be able to keep her happy and provide for her. Gatsby and Daisy loved one another, but he had to do what was best for her. Gatsby knew the two might not meet again, but if they did, he wanted things to be the same. “I 'm going to fix everything just the way it was before”(Fitzgerald 106). He wanted Daisy to fall in love with him all over again. Unsure if Daisy would ever see Gatsby again, she got married while he was away. The two were still hugely in love with one another, but had to go separate ways in their
Essay 4: Comparative Analysis of Two Texts When comparing two texts, one must look at the characters and themes to find similarities and differences and we see a similarity with the theme of accepting reality in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby. There are differences in both texts with the way the characters fight reality, but the outcome is the same. The power of love in both texts is looked at as more important than social priorities and the main characters will do anything to get what they want and it results in death. One might come to conclusions to say that F. Scott Fitzgerald based the relationship of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan on Romeo and Juliet, seeing that both stories have characters who do not accept the reality and in their minds, love overpowers everything. When looking at these two texts side to side, one would notice many similarities in the actions of the main characters.
The 1920's was a time of great economic prosperity and many people became rich and wealthy. Some people inherited "old money" and some obtained "new money". However, there was the other side of prosperity and many people also suffered the nightmare of being poor. In the novel eThe Great Gatsbyf, Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a wealthy character who lives in a mansion. However, Nick Carraway, the protagonist of the novel and next door neighbour of Jay Gatsby, is an average man who does not have the fortunes that Gatsby has. He is gtoo poorh. Nick Carraway is part of the middle class in society while Gatsby is in the upper class of society.
...are shown that Gatsby is prepared to do everything in his power to acquire Daisy’s adoration again, even let her get away with murder and will blindly go to jail for her. This however only leads him to his ultimate doom, as he is killed by Myrtle’s husband, Wilson. He may be a liar, but readers empathize with him as his only fault for being dishonest is his love for Daisy and being so blind to see that she is not worthy of that adoration.