Comparing The Great Gatsby And Finding Nemo

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Movies are not only a form of entertainment, when analyzed in depth, reveal deeper levels of meaning. Depending on the approach, one can make inferences about the real world the authors want to illustrate. While many movies expose a deeper meaning, The Great Gatsby and Finding Nemo, through the use of narrative therapy, reveal the importance class and ability play in the real world. The primary problem on how privilege operates is that separation of class is indefinitely denied and discounted for, while it is the entirety of other significant differences. In addition, being genetically different is often times ridiculed and disgraced upon, due to the differences that are displayed, when they are individuals as much as anyone else.
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While Nick Carraway is considered middle-class he is placed slightly on the outside to distinguish the differences each class demonstrates on socialites, morals, privileges, and money, without any bias. As he moves to the “new money side of town” the film introduces classification between “new money” “old money” and the “poor”. Just like the movie, people tend to locate themselves near people of the same class as them. This demographic representation can be shown from a broadened scale to a narrow, for instance towns have distinct classification between the rich and the poor, while the middle-class are somewhere in-between. However, the major problem is people do not realize the grave psychological distinction people make about one another. As Nick Carraway uses his storytelling as a way of narrative therapy, he recalls specific details to aid the way he feels about certain occurrences and peoples actions in the film, one should also consider taking his advice that "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one . . . just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”(The Great

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