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Comparing The Book The Great Gatsby to the Film Many literary works have been adapted into movies, however, books offer more detailed information to the audience compared to the movies. The Great Gatsby is an example of a novel that was adapted into a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. According to Batchelor, even though the movie and the book can be compared, the film does not stay true to the original text (45). However, Luhrmann is not the only producer that has stayed true to the original authors

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is filled with romance, mystery, betrayal and a look on the American dream. Set in the 1920s, the book starts off with the narrator, Nick Carraway, who moves from Minnesota to New York finding his passion of the bond business. He moves to West Egg on Long Island. Through Nick’s eyes, you see the lives of Jay Gatsby, Daisy, Myrtle, and Tom Buchanan’s lives collide and implode. This book wasn’t very ideal, although it did have some good and bad moments such

The Great Gatsby – a Great read Book review written by Irma Kahrimanovic The novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925 by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the rich society in America during the 1920s. This book is a modernist novel that goes under the genre "social commentary". This brilliant novel follows several characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on Long Island, primarily the millionaire Jay Gatsby, his former lover Daisy Buchanan and their

The book I recently read was The Great Gatsby. The author of this well known book is F. Scott Fitzegerald. The genre of this book is fiction. In this book the setting took place in West Egg, Long Island in the early 1920’s. This era was during the Jazz Age. There are many important characters in this story. The main character was Nick Carraway, a guy that moved from Midwest to West Egg to seek fortune and ended up becoming the neighbor of Gatsby. Gatsby was a well known rich man from that area that

My biography book report is about Alexander the Great. Alexander of Macedon was born in 356 B.C. His father was King Philip II had many wives. Alexander’s mother was Philip’s favorite wife. He grew up thinking he was the son of Zeus. At age twelve, Alexander rode a horse that his father thought was un-ridable. When he was sixteen in 340 B.C., he beat back the enemy tribe called the Maedi. He was only twenty when his father was murdered. Alexander became king after his death. Alexander longed to

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a fiction novel. Upon recently moving to the West Egg, Nick Carraway receives an invitation to an extravagant party hosted by his ominous neighbor. However Nick’s relationship with his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, does not end there. Nick is tossed into the whirlwind of Gatsby’s life-- his relationships, work, and mysterious past. You should definitly read the great gatsby it was rlly good!!!! :) ____________________________________________________________________________

ELEMENTS: Setting: Great Gatsby is set in New York City and on Long Island, in two areas known as "West Egg" and "East Egg" Long Island's beach communities were home to the rich and fabulous of the New York City area. “East Egg” is home to the older monied families, the highest ranked in society, the “West Egg” is home to the self made rich, the people who worked for their money and despite their riches, they are still classed below those from “East Egg” in society. Plot: The Great Gatsby is a story

THE GREAT GATSBY 'The Great Gatsby' written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a fascinating work of fiction narrated by Nick Carraway. It explores the intricate details of the lives of the inhabitants of West and East Egg, their differences and similarities as well as the train of events that coalesce them.The investigator chose to write a review of this book because of the appreciation the investigator has for the tremendous work Fitzgerald has done with this literary piece, to be ultimately dubbed

The Great Gatsby The book is called “The Great Gatsby” and it is written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. This book is about Gatsby’s life. He was have perseverance and he loved Daisy, but Daisy married with Tom because of Gatsby did not come back on time after the War and she can’t wait for Gatsby. And at this time, Tom give a pearl necklace to Daisy. But after they got married, Tom had a mistress outside called Myrtle and almost everyone knows. When Gatsby came back, he become really rich and he want

Jennifer Pham Miss Kelsey Hopson H English I 107 11 December 2014 The Great Gatsby Book Report Love, at times, can drive a person crazy. Sometimes, it is good while other times, not so much. This love is displayed in Jay Gatsby, the main character of the book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. As Gatsby’s character is further developed, the realization of him being attached, abstracted, and retrospective comes into light. Gatsby is reunited with Daisy after many years. Gatsby offers to

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, begins with the narrator of the story Nick Carraway during the Jazz Age of the post-war 1920’s in America. Nick resides on the West Egg with “new” money, while his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom live on the East Egg, with established families and homeowners. Also living on West Egg, in a grand mansion next door, is the mysterious Mr. Jay Gatsby. Nick mentions Gatsby’s mysterious actions, such as walking to the end of the dock and almost seeming

The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922 on Long Island, New York. Wikipedia, Amazon and the Reader's Encyclopedia’s summaries point out and stress that this book is the quintessence of life in the “Jazz Age” or the roaring 20s in America. Besides the fact that this is clearly an interpretation, I infer that the novel will go into great detail about the extravagant and lavish lifestyles of the wealthy in that time period. The narrator of the story is Nick Carraway, pointed out only by enotes and the

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Setting The Great Gatsby takes place in a fictional suburb of New York, right outside of the New York City. Being a rather short novel, the story takes place over the boiling summer of 1922. Something that I have realized through out the book was that many, but not all, of the important events happened in the evening or late at night, such as the death of Myrtle and all of the lavish parties thrown my Gatsby. Plot In the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway moves to

This book called “The Great Gatsby” By F. Scott Fitzgerald is set during the 1920’s of America.The story is about of young man who over the course of a the summer, learns hard truths about people. The narrator during the time is a part of a rich crowd which where the action takes place."Nick Carraway the narrator, who is a determined starter in the city of New York world of money , describes the chances of his arrival in the East and of his discovery that his home is next to that of the wealthy and

hosting, when her assistant Shelly walks in. “Sorry to disturb you Miss Blake. I remembered your love for the 1920s and found this book I think you would enjoy.” “Thank you so much Shelly.” Shelly smiles and leaves. Lilian looks at the book, The Great Gatsby. Curiosity getting the best of her she opens it. She finds it to be dedicated to an L.B. Flipping to the back of the book she finds a note from the author. “There was once a woman I fell in love with, in a very brief amount of time. She was

The book The Great Gatsby, written by the amazing mind of Frances Scott Fitzgerald was interesting in more ways than one. The plot, the characters, the setting, the time period, the ways the characters thought and acted was very impressive. Fitzgerald wove an excellent story full of characters that were not your normal ‘run-of-the-mill’ people. The story begins at a house in Long Island, New York, in a place called West Egg VIllage. This house belongs to Nick Carraway. Nick was an educated man who

The Great Gatsby is a story about the American dream and the people that lived it and those who pursued it. The story consists of the very rich, Tom and Daisy Buchannan, who inherited their wealth and lived in east egg. In the west egg lived, Mr. Gatsby, who it was rumored to have made his money in bootlegging. Also in west egg there was our narrator, Nick Carraway, who moved from the Middle West to learn the bond business. This was very popular at the time, early 1920’s, when the American dream

1920's, the story places in New York and Long Island . Narrator Nick Carraway is an old soldier who graduated from Yale University and worked as a salesman. He lives in the modest house on Long Island next to Jay Gatsby's magnificent house. The real name is James Gatz, Jay Gatsby, a man who is so obsessed that you can print your house in an extraordinary way, his source of money is a lot of speculation, actually romantic and restless, in love with the soldier. Tom Buchanan's wife is Daisy; The woman

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is widely known for his stories about America’s “Jazz Age” in the 1920s. In this particular story of his, the main setting of the story is in East Egg, West Egg, and New York. East Egg and West egg are both neighborhoods where lavish people live. The main characters are situated in these areas. The main characters of the story are Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. Jay Gatsby is a man who is widely known

ends when Tom gets mad at Myrtle for bringing up Daisy in their conversations. Tom ends up breaking Myrtle's nose. Back in West Egg, Nick meets his neighbour, Jay Gatsby, a mysterious man who throws parties at his mansion every weekend. Later in the book, Nick and Jordan fall in love and begin dating. Soon after they begin dating, Jordan tells Nick that Gatsby and Daisy used to be in love before Gatsby was sent to serve the country in the First World War.