In both the book and the movie, The Great Gatsby, they both are comparable, but they also are intended to be different. Some ways the movie might be different from the book would be because of the following elements in the story that are changed when adapted: the setting, the way the characters are portrayed, and how the events that occur in Great Gatsby aren’t similar. Some elements that were from the book are still in the movie, but some were left out to fit movie audiences a little more. In both the movie version and the book version of Great Gatsby, they are considered to be similar, but they are be different from each other when it comes to the setting, the characters, and the events occurring throughout. Initially, In the book, the parties …show more content…
that Nick attends are very similar to the movie in many ways. For example, when Nick attends the first party, he meets Tom Buchanan and Daisy. This party revealed Tom’s character to be full of hatred and being a racist when he mentions about, “The Colored Empire” (pg. 12); Tom, in the movie, has an identical interpretation in comparison to the book. At the Second Party, This is where Nick meets Gatsby the first time. At the party, he was the only invited person while many “people were not invited” (pg.14), along with people gossiping that “He killed a man” and “He was a German spy.” (pg. 44). In the movie, Gatsby and Nick still meet each other and people still gossip rumors about Gatsby’s life, but Nick does end up getting drunk and parties with the uninvited guests. When Nick goes to the third party, he begins to discover the truth behind Gatsby and who he really was. For example, Nick finds out that his real name was James Gatz and saved a man named Dan Cody on a yacht during a storm in West Egg (pg. 98). In the movie, he does save Dan and he came from a family in the midwest that we’re poor. In both the book and the movie, the characters are portrayed similar in comparison to movie, but the background of each character are different.
For example, Nick was from Minnesota and worked at Yale news to write “very solemn and obvious editorials to the Yale News” (pg. 4). In the movie, Nick works at a commerce company at Wall Street in New York. Gatsby was a man who claims that he was a veteran in World War one by accepting “a commission as first lieutenant” (pg.66). He also claims to be a graduate from Oxford University and a descendant of a rich family. In the movie, Gatsby still does brags about his claims, but he always believed in hope because he wanted to impress Daisy ever since they met. Nick then finds out by Jordan Baker that Gatsby was a man from a poor family in the midwest and that he ran away from his family. He became wealthy because he saved a man named Dan Cody on a yacht during a storm. Tom Buchanan was a high-tempered, racist, and arrogant character that is careless about his actions and acts violent towards others. For example, Tom argues with Daisy and he “broke her nose with his open hands” (pg. 37). In the movie, he still does have the same characteristics and still acts careless towards others; he is also self-centered and thinks he knows everything. For instance, When Tom and Gatsby meet at a party, Tom brags to Daisy that he knows about gatsby life, but he really …show more content…
doesn’t. Lastly, The settings and the symbolism of the American Dream, the green light, and the Eckleburg Billboard does compare, but they they also contrast.
For instance, the setting is still in West Egg, which is outside of New York City and there is the Valley of Ashes, which is “a farm where ashes grow like wheat” (pg. 23). In comparison to the movie, The setting is still the same and the Valley of Ashes is still depicted as a poor and grotesque suburb of New York. The American Dream is shown by interpreting that East Egg was a rich neighborhood and was more “elaborate than you expected” (pg. 23). In the movie, most of the characters think that they can do whatever they want. For example, When Nick is in the the car with Gatsby, he thinks that he can do whatever he wants, but he realizes he really can’t. The T. J. Eckleburg Billboard represents that the Valley of Ashes is a “solemn dumping ground” (pg. 24). It serves to show the poverty and the conditions of living in the slums. In the movie, the billboard represent how careless people can be in a poor and unstable life. For example, Myrtle runs outside from her husband and she gets hit by Gatsby’s car. This symbolizes how people are never careful with their surroundings. The Green Light, seen from Nick’s house, is symbolic for showing an “unattainable dream” and something Gatsby “could hardly fail to grasp” (pg. 180). In the movie, it is shown as an enchanted object for opportunity. For example, when Daisy and Gatsby meet for
the first time, the light vanishes and this symbolizes how close they could be to love each other. In both the movie version and the book version of Great Gatsby, they can be compared with each other, but they are be different from each other when it comes to the location of the story, the characters’ traits, and the events occurring throughout the story. The characters are similar in both the movie and the book for the most part; the setting and symbolism of some novel elements in Great Gatsby are slightly different, but are still similar as well as the events that happen in the story.
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.
Gatsby realizes that life of the high class demands wealth to become priority; wealth becomes his superficial goal overshadowing his quest for love. He establishes his necessity to acquire wealth, which allows him to be with Daisy. The social elite of Gatsby's time sacrifice morality in order to attain wealth. Tom Buchanan, a man from an "enormously wealthy" family, seems to Nick to have lost all sense of being kind (Fitzgerald 10). Nick describes Tom's physical attributes as a metaphor for his true character when remarking that Tom had a "hard mouth and a supercilious manner...arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face...always leaning aggressively forward...a cruel body...[h]is speaking voice...added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed" (Fitzgerald 11). The wealth Tom has inherited causes him to become arrogant and condescending to others, while losing his morals. Rather than becoming immoral from wealth as Tom has, Gatsby engages in criminal activity as his only path to being rich. His need for money had become so great that he "was in the drug business" (Fitzgerald 95). Furthermore, he lies to Nick about his past in order to cover up his criminal activity. Gatsby claims to others that he has inherited his wealth, but Nick discovers "[h]is parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" (Fitzgerald 104). Gatsby enters a world where money takes precedence over moral integrity. Materialism has already overshadowed a portion of his spiritual side. A quest for true love is doomed for failure in the presence of immorality. Once wealth has taken priority over integrity, members of the high social class focus on immediate indulgences, rather than on long-term pleasures of life such as love.
Though the story is told from Nick’s point of view, the reader gets many perspectives of Gatsby from different characters. One can see from characters like Jordan Baker -Nick’s girlfriend through the majority of the novel, or Tom- the husband of Nick’s cousin Daisy; that Gatsby is not as good as everyone where to think. Based on how these characters act and feel about Mr. Gatsby it is evident that they dislike him to some extent, showing a bit more of a flawed human side of him. Tom is quoted saying “I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn't far wrong.” about Gatsby depicting Tom’s harsh feelings towards him and showing the reader Tom’s negative feelings about Gatsby. Because the story is told from Nick’s point of view, Gatsby is still painted as this mysterious man because Nick is a bit curious of him and does not know Gatsby in the beginning. ‘"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."’ Nick says to Gatsby, showing that he thinks he is worth more than Daisy, Tom, or the other characters. With this quote one can infer that Nick holds Gatsby on a bit of a high platform than the other characters, giving the reader Nick’s indirect characterization of
Novels are very unique things to read. They contain so much detail and information it’s almost hard to comprehend. Sometimes these unique novels are translated into movies and while most movies disappoint the reader by not capturing the complete essence of the novel, I felt that The Great Gatsby did not disappoint. Sure, there are some differences between the two but not enough to make the movie a complete disappointment. In this essay, I will begin by comparing the two together, the two being the novel and movie, then I will gradually move in the contrast of this essay.
However, he believes that there is a reason behind his dishonesty and that he is not a man of total fraud. Gatsby, indeed, has been dishonest, both with himself and with the rest of the world. He has lied to Nick and the others about where he comes from. His made-up story is that he comes from a wealthy family of now deceased people. He says that he is an Oxford-educated man. He also claims to be from the Midwest and lies about his own name. In reality, he is midwestern, but his father is alive and well. He is not an Oxford graduate (he only attended for five months) and he comes from poverty. His birth name is James Gatz. He is a man of new money, and he established his wealth illegally by selling drugs with his business partner, which explains his alias. In addition to Gatsby’s dishonesty by others, he is dishonest with himself. Gatsby has fabricated a dream—a fictional reality—in his mind. He wants Nick’s cousin, Daisy, whom he met five years prior to the story’s beginning, to marry him. However, this marriage could never happen, because Daisy is already married to an East Egg man named Tom, with whom she has a child. Despite the odds, Gatsby continues to push Daisy toward breaking it off with Tom. His dream overwhelms the harshness of his reality, thus causing Gatsby to continue to falsify reality and misshape it to agree with what he wants. His dishonesty is the root of his
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 true and strong meaning to their friendship that made his and Gatsby’s bond feel organic and real and you were able to see that clearly unlike with Waterston where you just saw the friendship and didn’t feel any emotion. But I felt much more of a connection with his character than I did with the ’74 version. If you have read the book and seen the original film, then you understood where Nick was coming from in the scene where he was furious with Gatsby, after he believe he killed Myrtle only to find out that Gatsby wasn’t the one driving the car that killed Mrytle, MaGuire, did a fantastic job in showing his emotions and how what happened to Myrtle and the person that killed Myrtle affected him. I loved that Nick was a lot more real in this movie. He didn’t hold back and he gave the audience a reaction that anyone in life would have had if they were in his situation. Nick had the major issue of being dragged into situations because of people he knows. I thought Maguire did a great job of showing ...
An example is when Nick proves his non- judgemental attitude by not judging anyone in the movie. For example when Tom brings up the book about white supremacy he keeps his mouth shut, and his thoughts to himself even though he knows Tom is a fool. Just like the book he is a modest character with good morals and treats everyone with respect to a certain extent. Although in the film Nick isn’t as big as a narrator as in the book so it takes away from Fitzgeralds portrayal of Nick because it is not truly Fitzgerald speaking as Nick it is more Nick the character talking about his opinions. As for Gatsby he is exactly the same in the movie as he is in the book and clearly depicts what Fitzgerald envisions himself being.
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. Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are the three main male characters. These men hang out a lot in the novel, even though they are not from the same social class. Tom Buchanan comes from a socially solid old family and is very wealthy.
Tom not only is “graduated from New Haven in 1915” (Fitzgerald 101), but also attains the affluence that constrains Gatsby from reaching his “American Dream”. One of most significant scenario that leads to the suspension of the story is the conversation between Gatsby and Tom in a room in New York City, joined by Nick and Jordan Baker. Gatsby imposes another lie about his background in order to ameliorate his social status; he lies about his background and that he “only stayed [at Oxford for] five months” (Fitzgerald 129) to put himself in the same social class as Tom’s. However, Tom exposes Gatsby’s insecurity and deceitfulness about his status, “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That 's one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn 't far wrong." (Fitzgerald 143). However, mindlessly, Gatsby fails to realize that Tom completely debunks, almost destroys, his credibility. Yet, Gatsby angrily confronts Tom, “Your wife doesn’t love you..She’s never loved you. She loves me” (Fitzgerald 130). Gatsby’s aggressiveness portrays a symptom of “Psychology of Social Status”, which explains that “low-status individuals [are] vigilant toward protecting their sense of self-worth.. [and] are quicker to respond violently to
Because the novel and the movie were wrote nearly nine decades apart, the settings were vastly different. Modernism leaks through every place in the film. Everything seems to filled with vitality. Vibrant hues and lights are displayed everywhere, especially at Gatsby’s parties. His parties resembled Cirque Du Soleil in the film.
Benjamin Disraeli once said, “the magic of first love is the ignorance that it can never end”. In similar ways, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby and the film The Notebook directed by Nick Cassavetes both share a similar love story producing the idea that first love never dies. Both the novel and the film present the idea of a lower class man falling in love with a wealthy woman. Neither of the men are able to stay with the women due to disapproval. When the men finally reconnect with the women, they realize they are already in a new relationship. Although the women are in different relationships, they know they are still in love with their first love, leaving a conflict for them in the current relationship
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, and Baz Luhrmann’s movie adaption can hardly be compared but the film somewhat stay true to the text. Luhrmann’s movie was fun to watch but it should have had more originality to it from the
is Nick. In the novel Nick is a man who comes from a poor family who
Movies can enhance the experience of a story, but they aren’t always completely accurate to the book. The movie, The Great Gatsby, by Baz Luhrmann, is a good representation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel; however, there are quite a few differences between the two. Some differences include; the portrayal of the characters, the importance of symbolism, and events that were either added or taken out of the movie.
The west egg where the newly rich lived symbolizes those who pursued the American Dream. One of the first symbols depicting the american dream would be the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. This is a light that always seems out of reach, and that’s because it is. Gatsby is so admirable to said light saying it symbolizes our lives however it is always close yet so far away.