Differences Between Great Gatsby Book And Movie

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, has become known as one of the greatest American novels of all time. The novel has become so popular that their have been two films made based on it. Many novels have been made into films and in most cases they stay true to much of the story, however they also commonly have their own twist and changes from the original story. Although The Great Gatsby book and film contain the same setting description, the morality and emotion apparent in the film have a stronger effect on the reader.

The book The Great Gatsby gives Jay Gatsby a fiendish appearance. Jay’s involvement in illegal activities such as bootlegging is over emphasized in the book. It was very repetitive in the novel that Jay was involved in illegal activities and the amount that it was focused on made it a very prevalent part of the book. The actions Jay make once he finds out Daisy has a daughter make him seem like a scoundrel. Jay acted like Daisy’s daughter didn’t even exist and continued on trying to get Daisy all to himself, taking her away from her daughter. This novel shows that things are not always black and white, and this includes people that appear as heros.

There is a large emphasis placed placed on Tom sneaking off with women and visiting his mistress. It draws all of the audience’s attention towards his actions and makes the audience feel he is the only one doing anything wrong. Very dramatically Tom told Wilson that Gatsby was the one driving the car that killed Myrtle. The fashion in which this was portrayed, made it appear as Tom was conniving and plotted Gatsby’s death. Films generally have a hero and a villain so it was probably easiest to create a single villain rather than have the closest thing to a hero also appear as a