Comparison And Contrast Myrtle Wilson And The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, compared to the film (2013) made, is most unlike the 2013 adaptation, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The novel and the 2013 adaptation is most differentiated by the way Luhrmann presents the characters, which is in his own perspective of how he depicted Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, and Myrtle Wilson.
In the beginning of the film (2013), Luhrmann has Nick talking to a therapist about how he felt about everyone. While in the book, Nick is only giving his opinion and his knowledge of what has happened. In the book, Nick is known for being honest and also for not judging anyone. However in the book, Nick says “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” When Nick said this, it will probably make someone question if he was really a honest person. In the beginning of the film (2013), Nick recites how traumatized he is that all of a sudden …show more content…
In the beginning of the film, they describe Myrtle as very beautiful women because her body is more curvy and attractive. Myrtle is a married wife, but she is Tom's lover because he is also cheating on his wife. In the book, Myrtle husband, Wilson, “thinks that Myrtle goes to see her sister in New York (pg28).” “While she actually going to see Tom.” During this time with Tom, in the both the movie and the novel she is shown doing the same thing, but Nick is always with them when they go to apartment to party with Myrtle family. However in the book, Myrtle wants things that Wilson can’t provide her with so she asks Tom for everything. As in the film, she can get anything she wants in a blink of an eye because Tom loves her.
As the reader can now see, The Great Gatsby novel and the 2013 adaptation movie were quite different. Both the author and the director, Baz Luhrmann, had two different ideas of how characters should