The movie and the novel The Great Gatsby surprisingly contrast in many ways. This is surprising because with small changes between the two can cause some confusion to the audience. Small changes can have a huge effect on how the audience perceives both the novel and the movie. Although most of the time there is a purpose as to why the writer decides to make these subtle changes. While reading the novel and watching the movie The Great Gatsby one will notice they have differences concerning the beginning
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Between the movie and book of The Great Gatsby there are similarities and differences. The setting in the book is different than the movie. The setting is plotted differently. Also‚ there are some characters that are different. The parties are different as well. They go in a different order in the movie than the book. In the book the setting said it was in West Egg “the less fashionable” (Fitzgerald 5). Also the author mentioned it happened at “wilson’s garage” (Fitzgerald 25). In the movie‚ the
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Period The movie‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ begins with Nick Carraway (main character) working with a doctor to recover from his health after troubles with alcohol. Nick also confesses the events leading up to Jay Gatsby’s death. Also‚ Jordan Baker’s entire storyline is sped up and her unlikely romance with Nick is cut out throughout the movie. In the book‚ the two have a casual affection for each other‚ especially as Jordan is shown to be dishonest. Furthermore‚ While Fitzgerald’s book always feels
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The film ran pretty close to the actual book. The dialogues for the most part were exactly the same and the scenes in the movies seemed to fit those of the book very well. Many of the differences were very minor and insignificant. There were a handful of differences that are worth noting however. Many of them are scenes left out of the movie that occurred in the book. A few times something is switched around. I had a list of differences from the film that spanned 3 pages but I selected a few of the
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Great Gatsby the book contrast against the book in many different ways. Nothing in the movie that was changed from the book‚ changed the overall impact or the meaning of the story. At the beginning of the movie there is not very many differences to the book but near the middle to the end it starts to change a little more. The First contrast would have to be at the beginning of both the movie and book‚ were Tom was described in the book as a very muscular man‚ thats fit and doing all these sports
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After watching the film‚ The Great Gatsby (2013)‚ I feel like as if the movie and film correlates together well‚ especially when it comes to the characters. Each of the characters from the film were well-played actors—I felt like none of them were miscasts—and I wouldn’t change a thing about it if I was the director of the film. This film does a fantastic job with the visuals from the exciting parties Jay Gatsby threw at his mansion to the shocking emotional moment in which he was also killed by
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GT-4th 12 January 2017 The Great Gatsby: Novel and Movie With Analysis The Great Gatsby is an extraordinary piece of work. This story covers up several themes such as money‚ love‚ and the American Dream. This story follows the life of Jay Gatsby who pretends to be someone he’s not to win back Daisy Buchanan‚ the girl of his dreams. Having the opportunity to read the book and watch the movie‚ there were several differences and similarities I observed. These similarities between the novel and the film
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The Great Gatsby: Differences in the Film and Novel There are a few differences between The Great Gatsby novel and film. The scenes that are different do not necessarily change the overall plot of the film‚ but they do modify the meaning and tone of that specific act. However‚ even with the differences the film stays true to the novel for the most part. Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby stays fairly faithful to the novel‚ but there a few scenes in the movie that have been changed from the book. The
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The film The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann and produced in 2013 was a commendable representation of the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald that it was based off of. The roles of the main characters Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio)‚ Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan)‚ Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton)‚ and Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) were played on point. The movie mostly kept the same feeling as the book or helped the viewer understand it more. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan’s roles in the book were recreated
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John Spirikaitis Mrs.Calabrese English 11th CP November 16th 2014 The Great Gatsby by‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that creates imagery almost around every corner. The book also shows how cupidity and duplicity can lead to chaos. As a human being in this world‚ its natural or a need to want things that our of reach: not caring of the ramifications along the way. The book The Great Gatsby has been produced into multiple films. The two that we are most aware of was an older version made in
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