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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 setting

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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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    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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    In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings

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    Prompt: Compare and contrast these two works—The Great Gatsby and “Strawberry Wine”. Do you notice similar imagery (colors‚ objects‚ words‚ etc.) between the two pieces? Are there similar themes? Do you think the woman has an unhealthy attitude toward her first experience at love? What about Gatsby? Support your position‚ providing reasons and examples from the two works. Your paper must have a clear thesis statement. The body paragraphs must be at least seven sentences‚ and remember to use

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    Tyler Simms Great Gatsby Essay Accelerated English 11 Mrs. Cameron F. Scott Fitzgerald constructed his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by sculpting numerous situation and character contrasts together through out the novel to create and deliver a magnificent work of art. Although Fitzgerald contrasted numerous characters and situations through out the novel‚ there are three that are very pungent; the characters Tom Buchanan and George Wilson and Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Not only were

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    Why Tom Over the Romantic Gatsby? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we are presented with two very different but similar men‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ who find themselves stuck in a love triangle with the desirable Daisy. In the novel‚ Gatsby tries to win her over while her husband‚ Tom‚ tries to turn her away from him‚ in order to have her for himself. Despite the fact that they are both wealthy and well settled‚ Daisy chooses to be with Tom over her long lost love because she and

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    In The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway rents a house in West Egg. He was Daisy Buchanans’s cousin‚ who lives in East Egg. Jordan‚ then tells Nick if he knows Gatsby‚ who is a man who is wealthy and throws parties. Nick then realizes that Gatsby is his neighbor. One day Nick gets an invitation to Gatsby party. When Nick goes he sees Daisy. Gatsby then meets Nick and tells Jordan to tell Nick to invite Daisy to tea. When Gatsby goes to Nicks house he has Nicks house lawn cut‚ flowers brought in‚ etc. When

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    In the film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ each character has their own differences and similarities. But the major changes shown in the film‚ are between the characters of Gatsby and Nick. The film’s take on these two characters stays within the style of the book‚ but some information about them are seen to be excluded in the film. Through the directing style of Baz Luhrmann‚ both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are not portrayed in full as F. Scott Fitzgerald had written them

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    American Memory: “The Great GatsbyCompare and Contrast of the film and book As a top selling mind wrenching‚ interesting book the film industry decided to make a film. Discussed is a compare and contrast of the book‚ “The Great Gatsby” written by F Scott Fitzgerald and the 1974 movie directed by Jack Clayton. There are few differences in the book and the movie. The biggest contrast between the movie and the book would be the stark contrast in the portrayals of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby’s

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