How Does Daisy Relate To The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a book that was written in 1923 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It has been a critical and financial success since it was released and is on many of must-read lists. Several movies based on the novel have been released over the years but none of them come close to the popularity of one released in 2013. According to one source, The Great Gatsby is a thinly veiled version of Fitzgerald’s own life. He wrote books as a way to make money and gain fame so that the woman he loved would marry him. He threw extravagant parties to impress her just as Gatsby did to impress Daisy. His version of the story, however, ended on a much happier note than his book. As with any various form of adaptation, there are several differences between the

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and is the main female protagonist. The way she is portrayed varies greatly depending on which movie you are comparing to the original book, but the difference stood out to me the most in the 2013 version. In the novel, Daisy is described as being “bright”, “passionate”, and as always having “an excitement in her voice” (pg. 6). She is also very often seen as a greedy and unlikable character who readers are unable to identify with. On the first day that Daisy is reunited with Gatsby, she is touring his house and is overwhelmed by how luxurious all of his belongings are. She weeps with remorse of something that she could have had if she would have waited for Gatsby. It almost seems as if she is crying because she is so upset that she is not as rich as she would have been with him. In the movie, she was written to be more reserved and indifferent about everything. The audience is able to sympathize with her about her great loss of the man that she once loved. She is also not depicted as greedy in the movie. In the scene where she cries over Gatsby’s luxurious clothing, it is implied that she is upset because she lost so much valuable time with the love of her life. I believe that the director of the 2013 movie, Baz Luhrmann did this to make Daisy more mellow and likable to