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English 2A
Bosworth
9 November 2015
Great Gatsby Essay
Great Gatsby Film vs. Novel: Love
The Great Gatsby film, directed by Baz Luhrmann, and the novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are two wonderfully entertaining works that contain a variety of similarities and differences. In the film, the viewer can understand exactly what is happening in the story without inside comments from the narrator and without any real thoughts involved. However, the novel challenges the reader to really look inside the writing in order to follow through and analyze the whole story. Both audiences of the film and novel, The Great Gatsby, can make obvious one particular theme that separates and also shows the synonymous aspects of the two works, love. …show more content…
By attaining Daisy, Gatsby would feel complete in his life. He had worked so hard for the women he loved, by gaining wealth and power on the way. “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that green light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” (100) In this quote, the image described suggests the green light represented a start to a new life with Daisy. It was his hope and dream to attain her love, but “enchanted objects had diminished by one”, meaning that significance of the light has vanished as he feels so close to her, after hes finally reunited. Gatsby’s American Dream had felt almost officially completed with Daisy practically his at that …show more content…
Materialism is the tendency to consider material or object possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. So, instead of really loving someone, you are really just in love with the idea of them. This was obviously used in the book as well as in the movie. Evidently, Tom Buchanan exclaims to Gatsby “‘You're crazy!’ he exploded. ‘I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then—and I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that's a God damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now’" (Fitzgerald 131). In this quote taken from chapter seven, Tom is telling Gatsby that Daisy loves him, Tom, and no one other than him. This shows the audience that Daisy’s love is basically only a possession to Tom. Tom is materialistic here, but Daisy also exemplifies this trait as well. In the end, in the film and novel, Daisy doesn’t call or run off with Gatsby, but chooses to stay with the security of Tom’s old wealth, allowing them both to safely leave town to avoid any
English 2A
Bosworth
9 November 2015
Great Gatsby Essay
Great Gatsby Film vs. Novel: Love
The Great Gatsby film, directed by Baz Luhrmann, and the novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are two wonderfully entertaining works that contain a variety of similarities and differences. In the film, the viewer can understand exactly what is happening in the story without inside comments from the narrator and without any real thoughts involved. However, the novel challenges the reader to really look inside the writing in order to follow through and analyze the whole story. Both audiences of the film and novel, The Great Gatsby, can make obvious one particular theme that separates and also shows the synonymous aspects of the two works, love. …show more content…
By attaining Daisy, Gatsby would feel complete in his life. He had worked so hard for the women he loved, by gaining wealth and power on the way. “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that green light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” (100) In this quote, the image described suggests the green light represented a start to a new life with Daisy. It was his hope and dream to attain her love, but “enchanted objects had diminished by one”, meaning that significance of the light has vanished as he feels so close to her, after hes finally reunited. Gatsby’s American Dream had felt almost officially completed with Daisy practically his at that …show more content…
Materialism is the tendency to consider material or object possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. So, instead of really loving someone, you are really just in love with the idea of them. This was obviously used in the book as well as in the movie. Evidently, Tom Buchanan exclaims to Gatsby “‘You're crazy!’ he exploded. ‘I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then—and I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that's a God damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now’" (Fitzgerald 131). In this quote taken from chapter seven, Tom is telling Gatsby that Daisy loves him, Tom, and no one other than him. This shows the audience that Daisy’s love is basically only a possession to Tom. Tom is materialistic here, but Daisy also exemplifies this trait as well. In the end, in the film and novel, Daisy doesn’t call or run off with Gatsby, but chooses to stay with the security of Tom’s old wealth, allowing them both to safely leave town to avoid any