Similarities Between Baz Luhrmann And The Great Gatsby

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People have different understandings of stories and information. What they do with their understanding of that information is entirely up to them. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was portrayed in his book as one way and portrayed in the movie, by Baz Luhrmann, as another. The three main comparison points between the two pieces were the large parties, the different characters, and the mysterious green light. These three components helped each writer portray their thoughts and ideas about this story. The parties were a very big deal. The first party was when Nick and Tom went to the apartment of Myrtle Wilson. In both pieces Nick tries to politely excuse himself and leave because being with his cousin’s husband and mistress made him very uncomfortable. Tom wouldn’t let him leave and he continued to guilt him into staying because it was rude to leave him with his mistress and her sister. That day everyone in the apartment got drunk. “I have been drunk just twice in my life, and the second time was that afternoon-”(pg.29) However in the movie the party was …show more content…

Nick is depicted as a fine young man who fancied Jordan Baker in both expositions. “I enjoyed looking at her. She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage-”(pg.11) However in the he is shown as very smart in the story he describes and then it turns around he ends up in an institution. In the book he is a very smart and polite person who is struggling to sell bonds on Wall Street. The character of Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress, is depicted as a cheater in both the book and the movie. In the movie she was very ignorant with calling Tom all the time when he was home with daisy and she was completely rude to her own spouse Mr. Wilson. In the book she was shown as a thick woman who didn’t mind cheating on her husband. “She smiled slowly and, walking through her husband as if he were a

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