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    The Great Gatsby the novel and the movie have similarities and differences. The major differences the movie and the novel have is that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner‚ Jordan and Nick have something going on‚ and Gatsby makes an entrance. These are some examples of the differences between the novel and the movie of The Great Gatsby. There are many differences between the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby. One difference is that Gatsby died thinking that he was a winner. It was the phone

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    half hour long film adaptation of The Great Gatsby‚ one shall await a bombardment of drama and romance from the disillusioned era of the 1920’s. The cinema was published in May of 2013 and is understood as becoming drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy and all that would encompass such a life. Taking place in 1920’s New York City‚ narrator Nick Carraway tells the tale of Jay Gatsby’s life‚ as Nick had witnessed it first hand. Millionaire Jay Gatsby lived in a Gothic mansion in West Egg

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    The movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although mostly everything seems to stay the same‚ some movie scenes differ. Nick’s character is tweaked and Gatsby’s parties are not the same. The movie also creates more false hope than the novel does. Nick Carraway is the first character introduced into the book and movie‚ but in a different aspect. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Nick right away as the narrator. He is giving a monologue about

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    the novel “The Great Gatsby”. The book‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald has had great success‚ and has been adopted into a wildly popular film seen all across the world. While the two pieces closely resemble each other‚ they can easily be contrasted. When looking at both the book and the movie spin-off‚ we can point out differences in their setting‚ how characters are portrayed‚ and well all we can also find similarities‚ such as Mr. Gatsby’s parties. Between the movie and the book‚ we can conclude

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    The Great Gatsby is a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. The movie represents the novel ‘’The Great Gatsby’’ written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is Scott’s analysis on the American society during the Roaring Twenties. The characters represent the American Dream. The main-characters in this story are Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Daisy Buchanan. When Nick Carraway moves to New-York he buys a house on West Egg‚ Long Island. His neighbour is the wealthy and mysterious man named Jay Gatsby. As weeks

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    The Great Gatsby was originally written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It follows Nick‚ as he tells the story of his neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and his love for Daisy Buchanan. During the 1920‚ where lavish parties and drinking were very common. In 2013‚ it was adapted into a movie‚ produced by Baz Luhrmann.The book and the movie were fairly similar‚ however their are a few significant differences between some of the characters and settings .These changes also effect the theme of the movie‚which is the search

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    One of America’s most iconic novels‚ The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ was recently adapted into a film by the famous director Baz Luhrmann in 2013. I have personally read the book and seen the movie and can say that the film closely resembled the original book. The scenes‚ character descriptions‚ and conversations were‚ for the most part‚ spot on. Many of the differences were very minor and insignificant. Regardless of how similar the film and book were‚ film critics and viewers had mixed

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    The Immorality in The Great Gatsby Good morning/afternoon Ms fellow classmates‚ Today I will analysis F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel‚ The Great Gatsby which has recently been adapted into a movie from Baz Lurrhman and I will discuss the immorality in the character Daisy Buchanan when she hit Myrtle Wilson her husbands mistress with Jay Gatsby’s car kill her instantly and knowingly drove off without stopping. Then allowing Gatsby to take the blame for it and the subsequently an unexpected

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    Critical Analysis of the Great Gatsby “I think a woman gets more happiness out of being gay‚ light-hearted‚ unconventional‚ mistress of her own fate…. I want [my daughter] to be a flapper‚ because flappers are brave and gay and beautiful‚” from Zelda Fitzgerald. In the 1920’s Zelda Fitzgerald says she wants her daughter to be a flapper‚ a woman who smoked cigarettes‚ drank‚ drove vehicles‚ and did not respect what was considered acceptable behavior. Zelda Fitzgerald is the wife of the author F.

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    2011 Biographical Analysis of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life is correctly portrayed in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s life is portrayed through the characters‚ events‚ and dreams. The characters in The Great Gatsby reflect good or bad qualities of either Fitzgerald himself or people that were in his life. Also‚ in the book‚ there are some events that occurred in Fitzgerald’s life‚ again some good some‚ bad. One more way Fitzgerald’s life is portrayed in the book is through the dreams

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