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Movie And Book Comparison Of The Great Gatsby

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The 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered to be an American classic and is one of the most widely-read books in modern America. There have been several film versions of the novel, most recently a 2013 version that was directed by Baz Luhrmann. Although, both the book and the film effectively portrayed the energy of the 1920s, the characters in the book and the film were not so well-aligned. In particular, the characters in the novel are complex, well-rounded people, whereas the movie tends to paint many of the key characters as simplistic archetypes. Unlike Daisy’s nuanced character in the novel, Luhrmann portrays her as the helpless victim of the film. One way in which Daisy is sold as the innocent girl is when …show more content…

One way in which the book and film capture the times, is in the handling of, sales of, and consumption of alcohol. We see in both sources that Gatsby’s fortune is largely made from bootlegging illegal liquor and that despite alcohol being prohibited, people of wealth still regularly indulged in this luxury. This reminds readers and viewers that the twenties were a time of prohibition, but also a time when people drank heavily to show off their means. Another way in which the 1920s are portrayed is through the description of and use of clothing in the book and film; respectively. In the film, one sees Gatsby dressed in flamboyant suits made of expensive fabrics. In particular, he wears a pink suit when the gang goes on an outing to New York. In the book, Nick is often consumed with thoughts of Gatsby’s attire and shortly after Myrtle’s death, Nick observes Gatsby and can “think of nothing except the luminosity of is pink suit under the moon.”(Fitzgerald, 144) In both sources, Gatsby’s extravagant clothing is used as a tool to display his success. Moreover, the clothing in the book and the film shows the hope that individuals had in during the twenties. Although Gatsby’s life was not perfect, he dressed to be who he wanted to be and not who he was. Through the treatment of alcohol and clothing both the book and film successfully portray

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In the novel, Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby shows Daisy and Nick around his mansion showing off his wealth and material goods which creates an ideology to illustrate the difference between old money and new money and the vast difference between these two classes. His vibrant shirts caused Daisy to start weeping, realizing that her life could have been different if she chose to stay with Gatsby, “ ...shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel,... shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue” (92). By showcasing a vivid description of shirts and emotions of bittersweet, such as the use of “sheer linen”, “thick silk”, and “fine flannel” conveys

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Nick Carraway, the narrator and Gatsby’s neighbor, describes a few of Gatsby’s physical appearances and costumes throughout the novel with vivid colors and contrasting imagery. During Gatsby’s various encounters with Daisy, his unattainable holy grail, Gatsby once wears “a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie” and is later described as wearing a “gorgeous pink rag of a suit” (Fitzgerald 84, 154). Somewhat overboard with his sense of style, Gatsby looks to gain the attention of others, particularly Daisy, by presenting his newfound money through his clothes from rags to riches. Gatsby’s car, similar to every part of his appearance, is a spectacle. A sight to be seen, Gatsby’s car is described to have a “rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns” with “many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory” (Fitzgerald 64).

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The Great Gatsby is an American novel written by Scott Fitzgerald. On the surface, the book revolves around the concept of romance, the love between two individuals. However, the novel incorporates less of a romantic scope and rather focuses on the theme of the American Dream in the 1920s. Fitzgerald depicts the 1920’s as an era of decline in moral values. The strong desire for luxurious pleasure and money ultimately corrupts the American dream which was originally about individualism.

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For example, they have big elegant houses, cars, and dress very put together. Gatsby thinks he is doing this, but many things stick out to Nick, showing him that it’s all fake. The shirts Gatsby wears are bright and colorful with his initials on the pockets. Real rich men in the twenties didn’t wear such vibrant shirts. Also, his car was described as a clown car with a banana yellow outside, and a weird shape.

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While F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby in The Great Gatsby as a chivalrous figure, that sentiment is lost in Baz Luhrmann’s film of the same name, however, both works depict him as a loyal man. Gatsby is chivalrous and for the most part a gentleman in the novel, yet Luhrmann’s version of Gatsby differs from this persona. In chapter seven when Gatsby finally confronts Tom about Daisy (105-109), Gatsby does not become aggressive in his confrontation, but instead he remains composed. However, towards the end of the film, Luhrmann’s Gatsby becomes aggressive and violent towards Tom during the encounter. While the language used in

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“And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time” (Fitzgerald 138). These words, spoken by Tom Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby, exemplify the personality traits that are omnipresent throughout the novel. Tom is Daisy Buchanan’s husband whom she marries after her first love, Jay Gatsby, leaves for the war.

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The entire plot of the movie “The Great Gatsby,” directed by Baz Luhrmann, is pretty much very accurate to the novel of the same name written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. They both center around a man named Jay Gatsby who throws extravagant parties in hope that one day his love Daisy will wander in. Of course like all movies that are based off of books they all have their similarities and differences. Whether they be very small or very noticeable, sometimes even changing the entire story completely, they are still there. Sometimes the purpose of this could be that the director wants to add their own little twist to the story or it could be that they are going for a much deeper meaning or symbolism.

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In an attempt to win Daisy back from her lifestyle of “Old Money”, Gatsby becomes excessively greedy with his money. While he himself may not care about wealth, he knows Daisy does. Therefore, when Daisy comes to his mansion, he flaunts his expensive shirts. “‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.’”

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