The adaption of the book The Great Gatsby into a movie was done in its own unique way. A book is capable of leaving interpretation up to the reader, while a movie takes the interpretation of someone and gives it visuals for others to follow. A primary source for visuals is in symbols. Symbols are able to be distinguished by different means, whether descriptive words in a novel or by drawing focus with the help of visual and auditory aids in a movie. Novels and movies are both—in different ways—capable of giving a second meaning to something that outwardly would only have one meaning. An object that is emphasized greatly within The Great Gatsby is the green light that rests upon the dock at the Buchanan 's. This light is first brought to attention
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This valley is depicted in the book as being a gray and dull place, elaborating, “the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it” (Fitzgerald 23). This location seems to represent death and is a place that rests on the burnt up garbage of the rich. The Valley of Ashes is the separation of the rich and the poor. The movie is able to represent by doing cut scenes or car chases among the two places, showing the differences in color by strongly contrasting the places, giving the richer land more greenery and grand houses, while the Valley of Ashes is exactly what is says it is. The valley is show as being dull gray, a lifeless area where even the people who live there are shown as being covered in filth and ashes. The Valley of Ashes is the separation of classes, thrown between the connection of the North and West Egg. In the movie when the character are traveling back and forth between the two places it makes sure to pan the camera around to see the differences between the classes. Especially in the scene where Gatsby and Tom are racing to get to the plaza, Tom tries to hurry the ragged looking George to hurry and fill the gas tank of the bright yellow, expensive car of Gatsby 's as Gatsby and Daisy drive by in Tom 's expensive blue
This valley is depicted in the book as being a gray and dull place, elaborating, “the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it” (Fitzgerald 23). This location seems to represent death and is a place that rests on the burnt up garbage of the rich. The Valley of Ashes is the separation of the rich and the poor. The movie is able to represent by doing cut scenes or car chases among the two places, showing the differences in color by strongly contrasting the places, giving the richer land more greenery and grand houses, while the Valley of Ashes is exactly what is says it is. The valley is show as being dull gray, a lifeless area where even the people who live there are shown as being covered in filth and ashes. The Valley of Ashes is the separation of classes, thrown between the connection of the North and West Egg. In the movie when the character are traveling back and forth between the two places it makes sure to pan the camera around to see the differences between the classes. Especially in the scene where Gatsby and Tom are racing to get to the plaza, Tom tries to hurry the ragged looking George to hurry and fill the gas tank of the bright yellow, expensive car of Gatsby 's as Gatsby and Daisy drive by in Tom 's expensive blue