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Compare And Contrast The Great Gatsby

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There are many ways to portray one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best selling books, The Great Gatsby; one of which is from 1974, directed by Jack Clayton, and a more recent version from 2013, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Jack Clayton’s version could be said as more of a traditional style of film, while the Baz Luhrmann version is a lot more extravagant and has a newer music style and lots of CGI work as well. The two movies relate to Fitzgerald novel by having a very similar plot line, even though there are quite a few differences between them. Basically, there is a man named Nick Carraway who tells the story of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, or more known as “The Great Gatsby”. Overall, I believe that Fitzgerald would like the newer 2013 version of the book for a few reasons: Things like Gatsby’s party and the overall environment of the world in the newer version is a lot more bright and colorful, and is a lot more pleasing to the eye. Another reason is that there are many more things going on, like at Gatsby’s party. …show more content…

Scott Fitzgerald would like the 2013 version more is because in the scene where Myrtle Wilson gets hit by Jay’s car, it is a lot more in depth in the newer version, showing Myrtle smashing into the car and over, where the older 1974 version doesn’t even show Myrtle getting hit by the car at all, just her laying in the garage after the accident. This is very significant as it a major event in the book that changes how Tom Buchanan sees Gatsby, even though it wasn’t actually Gatsby who killed Myrtle. Myrtle husband, George, figured out that is was “Gatsby” that killed his wife, which is who would eventually shoot and kill the Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald would again prefer this version of the movie because of it’s more in depth scenes depicted in the book, which are very

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