Compare And Contrast Myrtle Wilson And The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby was a pretty good movie. There were different scenes in each movies, the first and the second. In the newer version of the movie, it shows when Myrtle is killed, when Gatsby swerved the car when Daisy was driving. Also when George went to kill Gatsby he killed him while he was getting out of the pool, then shot himself where he stood. However, in the old version of the Great Gatsby, The music was very dramatic. It showed when Myrtle and George Wilson were arguing and when she ran out of the house. It skipped the part of Daisy hitting her with the car. Also, when George went to kill Gatsby, he shot him more than once, and he was laying inside the pool on a raft when killed. George walked into a foyer i believe it was and shot

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